Chas Skelly vs. Darren Elkins

UFC 8-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 19-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
19-11-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
41
AgeΔ 1 yrs
42
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
53.5
Layoff (months)Δ 37.7 mo
15.8
WWNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chas Skelly is a submission threat — 2.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Darren Elkins hunts takedowns — 2.87 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Darren Elkins is a submission threat — 1.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chas Skelly

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 113
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.69 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Darren Elkins

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1911
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 19 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2262.01/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
11903.40/min · norm 3.54
3603.21/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
11693.34/min · norm 3.47
40.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.4%norm 45.0%
49.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 54.85%
20.27/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.09/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Chas Skelly

Distance 81.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 6.5%)

Darren Elkins

Distance 75.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Chas Skelly

Head 90.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.8%)

Darren Elkins

Head 86.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Skelly L/AAccFeatherweight med Elkins L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 450 32.4% 40.9% 685 / 2348 29.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 54 / 71 76.1% 70.8% 242 / 363 66.7% 70.8%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 69.2% 263 / 385 68.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 195 / 502 38.8% 37.2% 904 / 2670 33.9% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 47 53.2% 68.2% 235 / 359 65.5% 68.2%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 80.7% 51 / 67 76.1% 80.7%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Skelly L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Elkins L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 188 / 483 38.9% 39.2% 817 / 1924 42.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 56 / 74 75.7% 70.3% 166 / 227 73.1% 70.3%
On the ground 116 / 149 77.9% 69.4% 186 / 244 76.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 273 / 591 46.2% 35.9% 853 / 1992 42.8% 35.9%
To the body 48 / 71 67.6% 67.9% 182 / 245 74.3% 67.9%
To the legs 39 / 44 88.6% 81.5% 134 / 158 84.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1334.2% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
6734.0% acc · 2.87/15 · norm 1.19
939.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3256.1% def · norm 61.5%
43:3238.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
129:0236.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
28:353:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
53:462:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
172.27/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
251.07/15 · norm 0.46

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Elkins has more cage time on record.