The MMA year in review

February 1998

February 1998 saw 16 professional MMA events and 143 bouts recorded worldwide, up 100 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 88 % ended in a finish — 24 by KO/TKO and 98 by submission — with 16 going to a decision.

Extreme Challenge ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was ECT - February 1998 with 39 bouts.

16

Events

▲ 8 vs prev yr

143

Bouts

85 %

Finish rate

24 KO · 98 SUB · 16 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Extreme Challenge 2 Pancrase 1 Desafio 1 World Vale Tudo Championship 1 Extreme Combat Challenge 1 M-1 Global 1

Busiest venues

Hammond Indiana, United States 1 Chicago Illinois, United States 1 Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Brazil 1 Atlanta Georgia, United States 1 Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1 Almaty Arena Almaty, Kazakhstan 1

Biggest cards

ECT - February 1998 1998-02-07 39 bouts RnB 2 - Bare Knuckle Brawl 1998-02-20 17 bouts EC 15 - Extreme Challenge 15 1998-02-27 12 bouts Rings Holland - The King of Rings 1998-02-08 11 bouts M-1 MFC - World Championship 1998 1998-02-14 10 bouts

Fastest finishes

Noe Hernandez TKO (Doctor Stoppage) · EC 15 - Extreme Challenge 15 R1 0:13 Kerry Schall TKO · ECC - Extreme Combat Challenge R1 0:14 Igor Vovchanchyn KO (Knee) · WVC 5 - World Vale Tudo Championship 5 R1 0:14 Mark Jaquith Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · ECT - February 1998 R1 0:22 Jamie Schell Submission (Guillotine Choke) · ECT - February 1998 R1 0:26