Fourth wall break: I’ve been around Darren Elkins , one way or another, for more than 15 years. When I was an assistant sports editor at “The Times” newspaper in Munster, Ind., Elkins won a state wrestling title . He took part in a showcase wrestling event the paper sponsored that pitted Indiana state champs against their counterparts from across the border in Chicago’s South Suburbs on the Illinois side. Once Elkins moved on to MMA, I was there when he fought eventual Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran at the Hammond (Ind.) Civic Center – a fight in which they tumbled through the ring ropes onto a table and had to be reset.

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UFC contender Darren Elkins doesn’t give a damn what you think about his ‘Damage’ tattoo – MMA Junkie

Fourth wall break: I’ve been around Darren Elkins , one way or another, for more than 15 years. When I was an assistant sports editor at “The Times” newspaper in Munster, Ind., Elkins won a state wrestling title . He took part in a showcase wrestling event the paper sponsored that pitted Indiana state champs against their counterparts from across the border in Chicago’s South Suburbs on the Illinois side. Once Elkins moved on to MMA, I was there when he fought eventual Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran at the Hammond (Ind.) Civic Center – a fight in which they tumbled through the ring ropes onto a table and had to be reset. I was there when he had a weird and fluke 13-second TKO loss at an outdoor event at a fairgrounds, when the humidity turned the cage surface into a near ice rink. And, of course, I’ve been covering him in the UFC since he arrived

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UFC contender Darren Elkins doesn’t give a damn what you think about his ‘Damage’ tattoo – MMA Junkie