UFC UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld Final

Featherweight

Darren Elkins vs Yadier DelValle

Darren Elkins
United States

Darren Elkins

“The Damage”

29-13

VS
Yadier DelValle

Yadier DelValle

“The Cuban Problem”

11-1

Winner

Winner

Yadier DelValle

KO/TKO (Punch · Head · At Distance) · Round 1 — 0:35

8 August 2026 · Meta Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Yadier DelValle beat Darren Elkins by KO/TKO in round 1 at 0:35.
  • Yadier DelValle landed 5 of 6 total strikes, with 0:09 of control time.

Tale of the tape

Darren ElkinsYadier DelValle
29-13Record11-1
42Age on fight night—
5′10″ (178 cm)Height5′9″ (175 cm)
71″ (180 cm)Reach69″ (175 cm)
145 lb (65.8 kg)Weight145 lb (65.8 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
Duneland Vale TudoTeam—
Portage, Indiana, United StatesFromCiego Avila, Cuba

Fight statistics

0of 2 · 0%Total strikes landed5of 6 · 83%
0of 2Head strikes4of 5
0Leg strikes1of 1
0Knockdowns1
0:00Control time0:09

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Darren ElkinsRoundYadier DelValle
0/2strikes0/1TD0KD0:00controlR15/6strikes0/0TD1KD0:09control

Form going into the fight

Darren Elkins

  1. LJulian ErosaKO/TKO R1 4:152025
  2. WDaniel Pinedaunanimous decision2024
  3. WTJ Brownsubmission R3 2:232023
  4. LJonathan Pearceunanimous decision2022
  5. WTristan Connellyunanimous decision2022

Yadier DelValle

  1. LJordan Leavittunanimous decision2026
  2. WIsaac Dulgariansubmission R1 3:412025
  3. WConnor Matthewssubmission R1 2:542025
  4. WAntonio Monteirounanimous decision2024

Also on this card

Mateusz Gamrot vs Quillan SalkilldLightweightsubmission R1 4:25Diego Ferreira vs Billy QuarantilloLightweightunanimous decisionAmanda Lemos vs Alexia ThainaraWomen's Strawweightunanimous decisionBilly Ray Goff vs Ty MillerWelterweightKO/TKO R3 0:15Steven Asplund vs Guilherme PatHeavyweightunanimous decision

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