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Round-by-Round Analysis
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
Darren ElkinsRound 3Diego Brandao
17 / 29Sig. strikes2 / 5
59%Accuracy40%
51 / 71Total strikes8 / 16
0Knockdowns0
1 / 2Takedowns0 / 0
1Sub. attempts0
3:27Control0:56
3.4Pace / min0.4
79%Control share21%
Darren Elkins
Targethead 65% · body 35% · leg 0%
Phasedistance 18% · clinch 0% · ground 82%
Diego Brandao
Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%
Phasedistance 0% · clinch 0% · ground 100%
Statistical signals
Output edgeDarren Elkins landed 17 significant strikes to 2.Control edgeDarren Elkins held 207s of control to 56s.Striking edgeDarren Elkins struck at 59% accuracy to 40%.
Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.
What changed from R2
Accuracy shiftDarren Elkins's significant-strike accuracy moved +25 pts, 59% against 33%.
Target shiftDarren Elkins's head share of landed strikes moved -29 pts, to 65% head with 35% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftDarren Elkins's ground share of landed strikes moved +29 pts, to 82% on the ground against 18% at distance.
Grappling pressureDarren Elkins attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 2 against 0.
Pace downDiego Brandao's significant-strike pace moved -50% from R2 to R3, 0.4 against 0.8 per minute.
Target shiftDiego Brandao's head share of landed strikes moved +25 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftDiego Brandao's ground share of landed strikes moved +50 pts, to 100% on the ground against 0% at distance.
Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA
Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.
Darren Elkins
Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.
Diego Brandao
Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.
Fight summary
36Darren Elkins sig. strikes
23Diego Brandao sig. strikes
3rounds observed
+275%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Darren Elkins)
R1
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R3
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.