Who won Elkins vs Johnson?
Darren Elkins beat Michael Johnson by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 124, on Sunday 14th January 2018 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).
Elkins vs Johnson stats
Darren Elkins stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Michael Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 12 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.
The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Elkins, with a 47% knock out percentage over Elkins' 35%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Elkins had a slight advantage over Johnson, with a 13% submission rate over Johnson's 12%.
Darren Elkins was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.
Johnson had 3-inch reach advantage.
Elkins was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year earlier than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 88 to Johnson's 96.
Elkins vs Johnson form
Elkins had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jonathan Pearce at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Tristan Connelly at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.
Before that, he had beat Darrick Minner at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
He had lost to Ricardo Lamas at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Activity check
Elkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.
Johnson's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.
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