The MMA year in review

January 1995

January 1995 saw 6 professional MMA events and 35 bouts recorded worldwide, up 200 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 96 % ended in a finish — 7 by KO/TKO and 20 by submission — with 1 going to a decision.

Shooto ran the most events (1), and the biggest single card was Rings - Budokan Hall 1995 with 8 bouts.

6

Events

▲ 4 vs prev yr

35

Bouts

77 %

Finish rate

7 KO · 20 SUB · 1 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Shooto 1 Pancrase 1 Desafio 1 Rings 1 World Traditional Taekwondo Union 1 Cage Fight Tournament 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Aichi Budokan Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 1 Vancouver BC Canada, Canada 1 Budokan Hall Japan, Japan 1

Biggest cards

Rings - Budokan Hall 1995 1995-01-25 8 bouts Desafio - International Vale Tudo 1995-01-01 7 bouts Pancrase - Eyes Of Beast 1 1995-01-26 6 bouts Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3 1995-01-21 6 bouts CFT 1 - Cage Fight Tournament 1 1995-01-01 5 bouts

Fastest finishes

Yuki Nakai Submission (Heel Hook) · Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3 R1 0:20 Takaku Fuke KO (Spinning Backfist) · Pancrase - Eyes Of Beast 1 R1 0:23 Sidney Goncalves Freitas KO (Punches) · Desafio - International Vale Tudo R1 0:23 Kazuhiro Sakamoto Submission (Armbar) · Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3 R1 0:45 James Adler Submission (Armbar) · Desafio - International Vale Tudo R1 0:46