The MMA year in review

October 1998

October 1998 saw 18 professional MMA events and 145 bouts recorded worldwide, up 64 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 85 % ended in a finish — 40 by KO/TKO and 67 by submission — with 19 going to a decision.

Pancrase ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was ES - Eastern Shootfighting Championships with 19 bouts.

18

Events

▲ 7 vs prev yr

145

Bouts

74 %

Finish rate

40 KO · 67 SUB · 19 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Pancrase 2 Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 1 Pride Fighting Championships 1 Vale Tudo Japan 1 Extreme Challenge 1 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 2 Hayward Wisconsin, United States 1 Iowa United States, United States 1 Kenosha Wisconsin, United States 1 Portuguesa Gymnasium Sao Paulo, Brazil 1 Tokyo Bay N.K. Hall Urayasu, Chiba, Japan 1

Biggest cards

ES - Eastern Shootfighting Championships 1998-10-03 19 bouts USWF 12 - Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 12 1998-10-24 15 bouts IEF 3 - Iowa Extreme Fighting 3 1998-10-29 10 bouts Rings Holland - The Thialf Explosion 1998-10-24 10 bouts EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21 1998-10-17 9 bouts

Fastest finishes

Jason Powers Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · IEF 3 - Iowa Extreme Fighting 3 R1 0:14 Frazer Kline KO · NOTS 2 - Night of the Samurai 2 R1 0:15 Dennis Hallman Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) · EC 21 - Extreme Challenge 21 R1 0:17 Matthew Torrez Submission (Armbar) · ES - Eastern Shootfighting Championships R1 0:17 Aaron Pendleton Submission (Guilltoine Choke) · ES - Eastern Shootfighting Championships R1 0:18