The MMA year in review

January 2000

January 2000 saw 20 professional MMA events and 135 bouts recorded worldwide, up 18 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 80 % ended in a finish — 32 by KO/TKO and 73 by submission — with 26 going to a decision.

Extreme Tuesday Night Fights ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was WEF 8 - Goin' Platinum with 16 bouts.

20

Events

▲ 3 vs prev yr

135

Bouts

78 %

Finish rate

32 KO · 73 SUB · 26 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Extreme Tuesday Night Fights 2 Pancrase 1 Pride Fighting Championships 1 World Extreme Fighting 1 International Fighting Championship 1 Shooto 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 2 Iowa United States, United States 1 Phoenix Arizona, United States 1 Davenport Iowa, United States 1 Metairie Louisiana, United States 1 Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 1

Biggest cards

WEF 8 - Goin' Platinum 2000-01-15 16 bouts SFC - Submission Fighting Championships 9 2000-01-28 14 bouts IFC - Battleground 2000 2000-01-22 13 bouts RITC 10 - Rage in the Cage 10 2000-01-28 12 bouts IFF 1 - Iowa Free Fight 1 2000-01-15 12 bouts

Fastest finishes

Daisuke Ishii KO (Punches) · Pancrase - Trans 1 R1 0:06 Desmond Peterson KO (Punch) · RCF 3 - Return of the Rage R1 0:12 Troy McDaniel KO (Punch) · IFF 1 - Iowa Free Fight 1 R1 0:18 Travis Fulton TKO (Punches) · IFF 1 - Iowa Free Fight 1 R1 0:24 Matt Serra Submission (Guillotine Choke) · VATV 7 - Vengeance at the Vanderbilt 7 R1 0:30