The MMA year in review

June 1999

June 1999 saw 24 professional MMA events and 187 bouts recorded worldwide, down 14 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 88 % ended in a finish — 34 by KO/TKO and 100 by submission — with 19 going to a decision.

World Extreme Fighting ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was IFC WC 3 - Warriors Challenge 3 with 19 bouts.

24

Events

▼ 4 vs prev yr

187

Bouts

72 %

Finish rate

34 KO · 100 SUB · 19 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

World Extreme Fighting 2 HOOKnSHOOT 1 Icon Sport 1 International Fighting Championship 1 Pancrase 1 Extreme Challenge 1

Busiest venues

California United States, United States 1 Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu Hawaii, United States 1 Council Bluffs Iowa, United States 1 Denver Colorado, United States 1 Indiana United States, United States 1 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1

Biggest cards

IFC WC 3 - Warriors Challenge 3 1999-06-29 19 bouts UW - Ultimate Wrestling 1999-06-25 18 bouts RITC 3 - Rage in the Cage Indiana 3 1999-06-26 11 bouts BRI 3 - Bas Rutten Invitational 3 1999-06-01 11 bouts ES - Extreme Shootout 1999-06-25 10 bouts

Fastest finishes

Ian Freeman TKO (Punches) · BGP - British Grand Prix '99 R1 0:09 Rich Franklin KO (Head Kick) · WEF 6 - World Extreme Fighting 6 R1 0:21 Dave Menne Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) · EC 25 - Extreme Challenge 25 R1 0:21 Predrag Krsikapa TKO · FFAA - Fight Night Championship 1 R1 0:22 Nate Marquardt Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) · RITR - Rumble in the Rockies R1 0:27