The MMA year in review

April 1996

April 1996 saw 8 professional MMA events and 51 bouts recorded worldwide, up 60 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 84 % ended in a finish — 13 by KO/TKO and 24 by submission — with 7 going to a decision.

Pancrase ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was OFFF 3 - Oklahoma Free Fight Federation 3 with 8 bouts.

8

Events

▲ 3 vs prev yr

51

Bouts

73 %

Finish rate

13 KO · 24 SUB · 7 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Pancrase 2 Icon Sport 1 Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 1 Extreme Fighting 1 Battle of the Masters 1 Oklahoma Free Fight Federation 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 2 Montreal Quebec, Canada 1 Holland Netherlands, Netherlands 1 Tulsa Oklahoma, United States 1 Gussie L'Amours Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 1

Biggest cards

OFFF 3 - Oklahoma Free Fight Federation 3 1996-04-20 8 bouts UVF 1 - Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 1 1996-04-05 8 bouts CFT 2 - Cage Fight Tournament 2 1996-04-21 7 bouts SB - FutureBrawl 6 1996-04-16 6 bouts EF 2 - Extreme Fighting 2 1996-04-26 6 bouts

Fastest finishes

Kevin Nix Submission (Triangle Choke) · OFFF 3 - Oklahoma Free Fight Federation 3 R1 0:28 Mikey Burnett Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · OFFF 3 - Oklahoma Free Fight Federation 3 R1 0:33 Igor Zinoviev Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · EF 2 - Extreme Fighting 2 R1 0:44 Ralph Gracie TKO (Submission to Punches) · EF 2 - Extreme Fighting 2 R1 0:44 John Lewis TKO (Submission to Punches) · EF 2 - Extreme Fighting 2 R1 0:52