The MMA year in review

1990

1990 saw 6 professional MMA events and 37 bouts recorded worldwide, up 100 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 82 % ended in a finish — 7 by KO/TKO and 16 by submission — with 5 going to a decision.

Shooto ran the most events (6), and the biggest single card was Shooto - Shooto with 7 bouts.

6

Events

▲ 3 vs 1989

37

Bouts

62 %

Finish rate

7 KO · 16 SUB · 5 DEC

Methods

Months Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov

Most active organisations

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 6

Biggest cards

Shooto - Shooto 1990-11-28 7 bouts Shooto - Shooto 1990-05-12 7 bouts Shooto - Shooto 1990-09-08 6 bouts Shooto - Shooto 1990-07-07 6 bouts Shooto - Shooto 1990-01-13 6 bouts

Fastest finishes

Kenichi Tanaka Submission (Achilles Lock) · Shooto - Shooto R1 0:21 Noboru Asahi Submission (Armbar) · Shooto - Shooto R1 0:38 Kazuhiro Kusayanagi Submission (Armbar) · Shooto - Shooto R1 1:16 Kazuhiro Kusayanagi Submission (Triangle Choke) · Shooto - Shooto R1 1:17 Yasuto Sekishima Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · Shooto - Shooto R1 1:49