Fighter Profile: Elisha Ellison

Background

American heavyweight fighting under the nickname “The Snack Panther”, with a professional record of 5-3. Reliable public information about his career outside the UFC is limited, so this profile keeps to what can be verified.

Career timeline

• Built a regional professional record before signing with the UFC.
• Faced Gable Steveson on the preliminary card of UFC 329 on 11 July 2026 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
• Lost that bout by knockout at 2:31 of round one, dropping his record to 5-3.

Fight craft

There is not enough verifiable public footage or reporting to give a fair, source-backed breakdown of Ellison’s style, and we would rather say so than invent one. What the UFC 329 bout showed is that he was hurt on the feet more than once before the stoppage, against an opponent who chose to strike rather than wrestle.

In the modern MMA landscape

Our wider MMA analysis names Ellison only as the opponent in Gable Steveson’s debut. That is genuinely most of what the public record supports at this stage of his career — he is an example of the roster-replenishment trend the report describes rather than a contender with an established profile.

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Sources

• Tapology — Gable Steveson vs Elisha Ellison, UFC 329
• ESPN — Elisha Ellison fight history
• ESPN — Steveson dominates Ellison at UFC 329

Record and competitive status checked 1 August 2026.