The MMA year in review

August 1997

August 1997 saw 9 professional MMA events and 56 bouts recorded worldwide, down 18 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 85 % ended in a finish — 8 by KO/TKO and 36 by submission — with 8 going to a decision.

Extreme Challenge ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was IAFC - Absolute Fighting Russian Open Cup 3 with 10 bouts.

9

Events

▼ 2 vs prev yr

56

Bouts

79 %

Finish rate

8 KO · 36 SUB · 8 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Extreme Challenge 2 Shooto 1 Pancrase 1 Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 1 Icon Sport 1 Guaratingueta Freestyle 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Iowa United States, United States 1 Amarillo Texas, United States 1 Davenport Iowa, United States 1 Umeda Stella Hall Osaka, Japan 1 Guarantingueta Sao Paulo, Brazil 1

Biggest cards

IAFC - Absolute Fighting Russian Open Cup 3 1997-08-29 10 bouts EC 9 - Extreme Challenge 9 1997-08-30 9 bouts EC 8 - Extreme Challenge 8 1997-08-09 8 bouts Shooto - Reconquista 3 1997-08-27 7 bouts USWF 6 - Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 6 1997-08-16 7 bouts

Fastest finishes

John Calvo Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · SB 5 - SuperBrawl 5 R1 0:25 Rick Petefish Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) · EC 8 - Extreme Challenge 8 R1 0:39 Roberto Rodrigues Submission (Guillotine Choke) · SB 5 - SuperBrawl 5 R1 0:43 Lisa Hunt Submission (Brabo Choke) · USWF 6 - Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 6 R1 0:43 Phil Johns Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · EC 8 - Extreme Challenge 8 R1 0:58