The MMA year in review

June 2000

June 2000 saw 30 professional MMA events and 211 bouts recorded worldwide, up 25 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 80 % ended in a finish — 52 by KO/TKO and 108 by submission — with 41 going to a decision.

Extreme Challenge ran the most events (3), and the biggest single card was KOTC 4 - Gladiators with 15 bouts.

30

Events

▲ 6 vs prev yr

211

Bouts

76 %

Finish rate

52 KO · 108 SUB · 41 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Extreme Challenge 3 United Full Contact Federation 2 King of the Cage 1 International Sport Combat Federation 1 Pancrase 1 Rage in the Cage 1

Busiest venues

Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Japan 1 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Iowa United States, United States 1 Nagoya Rainbow Hall Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 1 Soboba Casino San Jacinto, California, United States 1 U.S. Cellular Center Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States 1

Biggest cards

KOTC 4 - Gladiators 2000-06-24 15 bouts RITC 18 - Rage in the Cage 18 2000-06-21 14 bouts CFF - The Cobra Challenge 2000 2000-06-03 13 bouts IFC WC 8 - Warriors Challenge 8 2000-06-14 12 bouts Rings Holland - Di Capo Di Tutti Capi 2000-06-04 11 bouts

Fastest finishes

James O'Connor KO (Punch) · FFCC - Finke's Full Contact Challenge R1 0:06 Tony Galindo KO (Punch) · KOTC 4 - Gladiators R1 0:07 Dave Marinez Submission (Guillotine Choke) · IFF 3 - The Tournaments R1 0:15 Steve Vigneault TKO (Punches) · UCC 1 - The New Beginning R1 0:15 Troy Hammer Submission (Guillotine Choke) · ROTR 1 - Rumble on the River 1 R1 0:16