The MMA year in review

April 1997

April 1997 saw 13 professional MMA events and 103 bouts recorded worldwide, up 62 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 88 % ended in a finish — 13 by KO/TKO and 69 by submission — with 11 going to a decision.

HOOKnSHOOT ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was USWF 4 - Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4 with 18 bouts.

13

Events

▲ 5 vs prev yr

103

Bouts

80 %

Finish rate

13 KO · 69 SUB · 11 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

HOOKnSHOOT 2 Shooto 1 Pancrase 1 Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 1 Icon Sport 1 Rings 1

Busiest venues

Evansville Indiana, United States 2 Moscow Russia, Russia 1 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu Hawaii, United States 1 Waterloo Iowa, United States 1 Tokyo Bay NK Hall Urayasu, Chiba, Japan 1

Biggest cards

USWF 4 - Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4 1997-04-12 18 bouts EC 5 - Extreme Challenge 5 1997-04-18 15 bouts HOOKnSHOOT - Absolute Fighting Championship 1 1997-04-05 11 bouts IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 2: Day 1 1997-04-30 10 bouts HOOKnSHOOT - Lightweight Championship 1997-04-04 8 bouts

Fastest finishes

Brian Dunn Submission (Guillotine Choke) · EC 5 - Extreme Challenge 5 R1 0:21 Lance Trammell TKO (Submission to Punches) · HOOKnSHOOT - Absolute Fighting Championship 1 R1 0:35 Russ Paxson TKO (Cut) · HOOKnSHOOT - Lightweight Championship R1 0:39 Katsuhisa Fujii TKO (Punches) · Shooto - Reconquista 2 R1 0:44 Enson Inoue TKO (Elbows) · Shooto - Reconquista 2 R1 0:45