The MMA year in review

July 1998

July 1998 saw 14 professional MMA events and 111 bouts recorded worldwide, down 7 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 84 % ended in a finish — 17 by KO/TKO and 69 by submission — with 16 going to a decision.

Shooto ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was MFC 1 - Midwest Fighting 1 with 19 bouts.

14

Events

▼ 1 vs prev yr

111

Bouts

77 %

Finish rate

17 KO · 69 SUB · 16 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Shooto 2 Pancrase 2 Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 1 Power Ring Warriors 1 World Shoot Wrestling 1 Draka 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 2 Great Western Forum Los Angeles, California, United States 1 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Aomori Prefectural Gymnasium Aomori, Japan 1 Orlando Florida, United States 1 Nautica Stage Cleveland, Ohio, United States 1

Biggest cards

MFC 1 - Midwest Fighting 1 1998-07-28 19 bouts USWF 10 - Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 10 1998-07-25 15 bouts WVF - Orlando 2 1998-07-25 11 bouts CC 3 - Cage Combat 3 1998-07-15 11 bouts IAFC - Pankration Russian Open Cup 1998 1998-07-30 9 bouts

Fastest finishes

Andre Roberts TKO (Submission to Slam) · MFC 1 - Midwest Fighting 1 R1 0:10 Jamie Schell TKO (Submission to Punches) · MFC 1 - Midwest Fighting 1 R1 0:13 Steve Martin TKO (Referee Stoppage) · R - Ruffman R1 0:18 Travis Fulton Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · CC 3 - Cage Combat 3 R1 0:26 Dennis Reed TKO (Submission to Punches) · MFC 1 - Midwest Fighting 1 R1 0:30