The MMA year in review

1995

1995 saw 51 professional MMA events and 376 bouts recorded worldwide, up 132 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 91 % ended in a finish — 63 by KO/TKO and 253 by submission — with 32 going to a decision.

Pancrase ran the most events (10), and the biggest single card was IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1 with 27 bouts.

51

Events

▲ 29 vs 1994

376

Bouts

84 %

Finish rate

63 KO · 253 SUB · 32 DEC

Methods

Months Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec

Most active organisations

Pancrase 10 Shooto 6 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 4 Circuito de Lutas 3 Rings 2 K-1 2

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 5 Ibirapuera Gymnasium Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2 Sapporo Nakashima Gymnasium Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 2 Aichi Budokan Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 2 Casper Events Center Casper, Wyoming, United States 1

Biggest cards

IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1 1995-11-25 27 bouts CDL 2 - Circuito de Lutas 2 1995-07-05 21 bouts CDL 1 - Circuito de Lutas 1 1995-04-01 17 bouts CDL 3 - Circuito de Lutas 3 1995-09-12 14 bouts IAFC - Absolute Fighting Eurasian Championship 1995-07-01 14 bouts

Fastest finishes

Mikhail Ilyukhin Submission (Achilles Lock) · IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1 R1 0:05 Mikhail Ilyukhin Submission (Achilles Lock) · IAFC - Absolute Fighting Eurasian Championship R1 0:08 Vadim Goorlev TKO (Punches) · IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1 R1 0:08 Oleg Taktarov Submission (Guillotine Choke) · UFC 6 - Clash of the Titans R1 0:09 Andrei Besedin Submission (Guillotine Choke) · UCMAL - Warrior's Honour 1 R1 0:09