The MMA year in review

July 2001

July 2001 saw 30 professional MMA events and 193 bouts recorded worldwide, down 21 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 77 % ended in a finish — 48 by KO/TKO and 78 by submission — with 37 going to a decision.

Pancrase ran the most events (2), and the biggest single card was CSOT 3 - Combat Sports Open Trials 3 with 17 bouts.

30

Events

▼ 8 vs prev yr

193

Bouts

65 %

Finish rate

48 KO · 78 SUB · 37 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Pancrase 2 Modern Ringsport 2 Shooto 2 International Fighting Championship 1 World Ultimate Full Contact 1 Pride Fighting Championships 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 3 California United States, United States 1 Davenport Iowa, United States 1 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Evansville Indiana, United States 1 Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Japan 1

Biggest cards

CSOT 3 - Combat Sports Open Trials 3 2001-07-28 17 bouts FFAA - Fight Night Championship 3 2001-07-14 14 bouts TFC - Titan Fighting Championship 4 2001-07-01 13 bouts MB 3 - Independence Day 2001-07-01 12 bouts USC - Ultimate Submission Challenge 2001-07-07 11 bouts

Fastest finishes

Gerhard Ettl KO · FFAA - Fight Night Championship 3 R1 0:11 Costa Papadimitriou Submission (Rear Naked Choke) · FFAA - Fight Night Championship 3 R1 0:25 Aaron Brink TKO (Punches) · IFC WC 14 - Warriors Challenge 14 R1 0:29 Sergey Kaznovsky TKO (Shoulder Injury) · FFAA - Fight Night Championship 3 R1 0:30 Dwight Wouland TKO (Submission to Strikes) · RSF 3 - Eye of the Storm R1 0:30