Oban Elliott

Oliveira dropped Elliott with a stiff right hand early. Elliott then looked to wrestle his way back into the fight. Oliveira stuffed the takedown entries. A clean one-two then put Elliott down for a second time. Oliveira finished on the ground at 1:49 of round one.

Key moments

• A stiff right hand put Elliott down early in the fight.
• Oliveira stuffed Elliott’s takedown attempts after the first knockdown.
• A clean one-two dropped Elliott again before Oliveira finished on the floor at 1:49.

Elliott's most recent fight ended with Jonathan Micallef taking his back and forcing a second-round technical submission. The result mattered because it followed the Seok Hyeon Ko loss and turned what had looked like a clean UFC launch into a two-fight skid.

Key moments

• Micallef finished Elliott with a technical rear-naked choke at 3:31 of round two.
• The defeat was Elliott's second straight UFC loss.
• It came after the earlier decision setback against Seok Hyeon Ko.

Elliott handled Parsons over three rounds and banked another clean UFC decision win. The result is useful because it showed the same measured style that got him through Cage Warriors was still sturdy enough to carry into a second straight Octagon fight.

Key moments

• Beat Parsons by unanimous decision over fifteen minutes.
• The fight followed Elliott's successful UFC debut against Valentine Woodburn.
• It set up the later Bassil Hafez finish at UFC 309.

Elliott moved back up to middleweight at CW 145 and handled Sean McCormac across the full fifteen minutes for another unanimous decision.

Key moments

• Elliott beat McCormac by unanimous decision over three rounds at CW 145.
• The bout was contested at middleweight rather than Elliott's usual welterweight class.
• The win made it back-to-back victories after the first-round knockout of George McManus.

Elliott beat former Cage Warriors middleweight champion Matt Bonner over three rounds in the co-main event at Ebbw Vale.

Key moments

• Elliott won a unanimous decision over former Cage Warriors middleweight champion Matt Bonner.
• The fight served as the co-main event on a Wales card in Ebbw Vale.
• Cage Warriors later highlighted the performance as a measured outpointing job over three rounds.

Elliott's first Cage Warriors proper appearance lasted barely two minutes, as he overwhelmed Bouali Skikem for a first-round TKO in Cardiff. Cage Warriors later remembered it as the moment fans got their first real taste of what he could become as a professional.

Key moments

• Elliott stopped Skikem by first-round TKO at 2:21.
• The fight was Elliott's professional Cage Warriors debut after his academy start earlier that year.
• Cage Warriors later described the finish as a double-quick statement on the prelims in Cardiff.