The grizzled Ultimate Fighting Championship vet known as
“The Damage” is not finished yet.
Darren
Elkins (27-11) revealed on Thursday on his Instagram page that
he will be competing on Oct. 14. His first pairing of 2023 will
come at the featherweight division, where he will battle it out
with T.J.
Brown (17-10) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Both men are coming
off losses, having dropped two of their last three.
The ultra-durable Elkins split his 2022 campaign with a win over
Tristan
Connelly followed by a December decision loss to Jonathan
Pearce. The 17-10 record in the Octagon for the Team Alpha Male
product is the exact same as the entire professional record for his
opponent. Since joining the roster over 13 years ago, “The Damage”
has secured wins over names like Dennis
Bermudez, Mirsad
Bektic, Michael
Johnson and Hatsu Hioki,
to name a few.
Brown cannot currently celebrate a winning record in the UFC, as
his three victories are opposed by four defeats. Most recently,
Bill
Algeo landed a guillotine choke on him to put him back in the
red. The pickup from the 2019 season of Dana White’s Contender Series lost his first
two in the UFC, only to bounce back from that with a pair of
decision wins over Kai Kamaka
III and Charles
Rosa. The 82% finish rate for “Downtown” stands far above that
of his opponent’s at 52%.
The UFC Fight Night event on Oct. 14 currently has no name or
designation, due to its broadcast details not being released. There
is no headliner booked for this event that will be held at the UFC
Apex in Las Vegas. A few bouts that will likely be featured on the
main card include a featherweight striker’s delight between
Sodiq
Yusuff and Edson
Barboza, as well as a middleweight rumble pitting Michel
Pereira against Marc-Andre
Barriault.