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Darren Elkins vs. Michihiro Omigawa

UFC 19-12-0 vs. 1-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
19-12-0
UFC record
1-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 8 yrs
50
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.4
Layoff (months)Δ 168.1 mo
170.5
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Michihiro Omigawa is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Darren Elkins hunts takedowns — 2.86 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Darren Elkins is a submission threat — 1.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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: 13-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Michihiro Omigawa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 16
Tier 3 — regional circuit 179

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.15 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11903.39/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2172.07/min · norm 3.52
11743.34/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3563.39/min · norm 3.50
38.4%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 44.7%
51.1%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 54.8%
20.09/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.14/15 · norm 0.29

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

Darren Elkins

Distance 75.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 6.5%)

Michihiro Omigawa

Distance 81.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Darren Elkins

Head 86.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 7.9%)

Michihiro Omigawa

Head 90.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 5.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Elkins L/AAccFeatherweight med Omigawa L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 685 / 2350 29.1% 40.5% 155 / 431 36.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 242 / 363 66.7% 70.5% 35 / 54 64.8% 70.5%
On the ground 263 / 385 68.3% 69.3% 27 / 45 60.0% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 904 / 2672 33.8% 37.1% 174 / 477 36.5% 37.1%
To the body 235 / 359 65.5% 68.0% 24 / 29 82.8% 68.0%
To the legs 51 / 67 76.1% 80.3% 19 / 24 too few to rate 80.3%

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: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Elkins L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Omigawa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 819 / 1927 42.5% 39.3% 252 / 754 33.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 167 / 228 73.2% 70.3% 25 / 56 44.6% 70.3%
On the ground 188 / 246 76.4% 69.4% 79 / 120 65.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 857 / 1997 42.9% 35.9% 282 / 824 34.2% 35.9%
To the body 182 / 245 74.3% 68.0% 40 / 66 60.6% 68.0%
To the legs 135 / 159 84.9% 81.5% 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
6733.8% acc · 2.86/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
836.4% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.17
3256.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2450.0% def · norm 61.5%
129:0236.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
19:4718.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
53:552:18 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
34:124:53 per 15 · norm 3:11
251.07/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
81.14/15 · norm 0.45

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