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UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw
Darren Elkins
Darren Elkins
25-9 · USA
VS
Darrick Minner
Darrick Minner
26-11 · USA
July 24, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Darren Elkins def. Darrick Minner by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:48
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elkins4/71/200:44
Minner19/331/103:17
R2 · 3:48
Elkins16/230/002:17
Minner0/21/101:24
Total
Elkins20/301/203:01
Minner19/352/204:41

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
ElkinsWin probabilityMinner
50.8%49.2%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
25%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Elkins, blue toward Minner. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Elkins51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%38%9%
Submission5%9%14%
Decision27%53%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 20
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.5)act 1
Minner49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%25%15%
Submission20%40%19%
Decision17%35%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 19
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 2
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R218%
R36%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Elkins
46.7%+110
Minner
-11051.6%
Most takedownstie 27.9%
Elkins
38.4%-114
Minner
+11433.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elkins
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
39.1%
+151
Exactly 26
1.8%
push
Under 26
59.0%
-151
03366
Minner
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
39.1%
+152
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.2%
-152
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Elkins
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.0%
+122
Exactly 1
20.1%
push
Under 1
43.8%
-122
035
Minner
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
32.0%
+146
Exactly 1
21.5%
push
Under 1
46.5%
-146
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 9.5 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Elkins50.8%41.2%+9.6+131
Minner49.2%58.8%−9.6-161
By method
Elkins by KO/TKO15.8%9.0%+6.8+816
Elkins by submission12.5%13.6%−1.1+505
Elkins by decision22.5%19.4%+3.1+323
Minner by KO/TKO15.3%14.5%+0.8+465
Minner by submission12.1%18.9%−6.8+334
Minner by decision21.8%24.6%−2.8+234
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.0%66.7%+1.3-250
Over 2.5 rds49.8%47.8%+2.0-133
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.3%49.1%−4.8-111

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
61.8Striking71.2
Minner +9.4
59.7Grappling83.3
Minner +23.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ElkinsMinner
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1597
Pound-for-pound
1537
1593
Divisional
1536
1483
Striking offense
1490
1508
Striking defense
1510
1532
Grappling offense
1516
1502
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
37 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.50
Strikes landed / min
2.84
38%
Strike accuracy
76%
3.08
Strikes absorbed / min
1.33
53%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.70
Takedowns / 15 min
3.33
33%
Takedown accuracy
83%
59%
Takedown defense
60%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.0
Form & résumé
65%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
20%
Last-5 win rate
67%
33%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Darren Elkins
  • WEduardo GaragorriSUB R3
    Close -2409mo before
  • LNate LandwehrU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 2mo before
  • LRyan HallU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y before
  • LRicardo LamasKO/TKO R3
    Close +1552y 8mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R3
    Close +1803y before
Darrick Minner
  • WCharles RosaU-DEC R3
    Close +1545mo before
  • WTJ LaramieSUB R1
    Close +24510mo before
  • LGrant DawsonSUB R2
    opp missedClose +3801y 5mo before
Elkins — win / loss by method
Record: 25-9-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 5 losses
W
48% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
15win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (20%)KO/TKO(25%) 2
2 (13%)Submission(13%) 1
10 (67%)Decision(63%) 5
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Minner — win / loss by method
Record: 26-11-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 2 losses
W
4% of wins
L
18% of losses
Submission
22 wins, 8 losses
W
85% of wins
L
73% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
12% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
24win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (4%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
21 (88%)Submission(70%) 7
2 (8%)Decision(10%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Elkins
Minner
23
UFC fights
3
277.9 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
22.5 min · 7.5 avg
19y 6m
Career length
13y 9m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Elkins
Minner
357W–98L · 78.5%
Overall
39W–8L · 83.0%
234W–73L · 76.2%
Wins
25W–7L · 78.1%
123W–25L · 83.1%
Losses
14W–1L · 93.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elkins
Minner
56W–47L · 54.4%
Overall
267W–182L · 59.5%
31W–28L · 52.5%
Wins
173W–138L · 55.6%
25W–19L · 56.8%
Losses
94W–44L · 68.1%
Distance striking
Elkins
Minner
4.42
Landed / min
8.18
28.4%
Accuracy
62.5%
58.1%
Defense
59.1%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.67
44.2%
Time at distance
13.6%
Grappling & control
Elkins
Minner
2.70
Takedowns / 15 min
3.33
33.1%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
58.7%
Takedown defense
60.0%
1.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.00
72.3%
Control share
70.0%
Strike target map
Elkins
  • Head74%(722)div 64%
  • Body21%(202)div 20%
  • Legs5%(49)div 16%
Minner
  • Head58%(37)div 64%
  • Body30%(19)div 20%
  • Legs13%(8)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Darren Elkins
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Darrick Minner
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.