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✓ Yadier del Valle won · by TKO · R1

Darren Elkins vs Yadier Del Valle — Honest Elo matchup

featherweight
Other bouts 11
Fight Card
UFC Fight Night Gamrot vs. Salkilld
Aug 8, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Corner A
Darren Elkins
#33 19-12-0
Elo 1525
VS
Corner B
Yadier Del Valle
#34 3-1-0
Elo 1524
Final result · recorded Aug 9, 2026
Yadier Del Valle
defeated Darren Elkins by TKO in round 1

Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Darren Elkins 15.1% · Yadier Del Valle 84.9%

Pure Elo pre-fight: Darren Elkins 58.3% · Yadier Del Valle 41.7%

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Other fights on this card · 8
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Notable

Valle

Has never been finished — the only loss went to the scorecards.

Tale of the tape

19-12-0 UFC record 3-1-0
KO 4 · Sub 3 Finishes KO 1 · Sub 2
-2 Streak +1
42 Age 30
5'10" 178 cm Height 5'9" 175 cm
71" 180 cm Reach 69" 175 cm
Orthodox Stance Southpaw
1570 Global Elo 1569
1525 Elo rating 1524
Darren Elkins — Notable ▼
At a glance
Yadier Del Valle — Notable ▼
At a glance

Darren Elkins — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 1190 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
76% Head
  • Head 76%
  • Body 20%
  • Leg 4%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
58% Distance
  • Distance 58%
  • Clinch 20%
  • Ground 22%

Yadier Del Valle — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 28 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
43% Head
  • Head 43%
  • Body 32%
  • Leg 25%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
57% Distance
  • Distance 57%
  • Clinch 7%
  • Ground 36%

Performance comparison

Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.

3.39
1.26
div avg 4.59
38%
46%
div avg 49%
3.34
0.90
div avg 3.37
51%
66%
div avg 57%
2.86
0.68
div avg 1.42
34%
100%
div avg 42%
56%
60%
div avg 65%
1.07
2.71
div avg 0.48
6
5
div avg 3

Division-adjusted profile

each axis = percentile in own division
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The size-fair view: each fighter is measured against his own division, so a heavyweight's lower raw pace isn't punished. Toughness inverts strikes absorbed. Raw career numbers are in Performance above.

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Finish & durability

How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.

Darren Elkins
37% finish rate
KO 4 · Sub 3
can finish?
Yadier Del Valle
finished 0%
never finished
Yadier Del Valle
100% finish rate
KO 1 · Sub 2
can finish?
Darren Elkins
finished 50%
6 of 12 losses

Strength of schedule in UFC

Comparable recent competition — last-5 avg 1523 (Darren Elkins) vs 1525 (Yadier Del Valle).

Darren Elkins red corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1523
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
2
of 19 UFC wins
Toughest win
Mirsad Bektic
Elo 1609 at fight time
Expected wins
17.8
+1.2 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 31 fights
1534
1530
Notable wins
Mirsad Bektic 1609 Chas Skelly 1601
Yadier Del Valle blue corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1525
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 3 UFC wins
Toughest win
Darren Elkins
Elo 1592 at fight time
Expected wins
2.0
+1.0 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 4 fights
1432
1592
Corner A recent form
Darren Elkins
Corner B recent form
Yadier Del Valle
Source Per-fighter stats and bout records from Darren Elkins & Yadier Del Valle on UFCStats. Honest Elo Meter samples each fighter's rating uncertainty (1,000 Monte Carlo iterations). Data analysis, not betting advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.