The MMA year in review

January 2002

January 2002 saw 32 professional MMA events and 220 bouts recorded worldwide, up 28 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 81 % ended in a finish — 57 by KO/TKO and 113 by submission — with 40 going to a decision.

Sunday Night Fights ran the most events (3), and the biggest single card was BFN - Bama Fight Night 16 with 15 bouts.

32

Events

▲ 7 vs prev yr

220

Bouts

77 %

Finish rate

57 KO · 113 SUB · 40 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Sunday Night Fights 3 Tuesday Night Fights 3 Shooto 2 Silverback Classic 1 Meca World Vale Tudo 1 TKO Major League MMA 1

Busiest venues

Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 3 Cedar Rapids Iowa, United States 2 Racine Wisconsin, United States 1 Hammond Civic Center Hammond, Indiana, United States 1 Fillmore Auditorium Denver, Colorado, United States 1 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Conneticut, United States 1

Biggest cards

BFN - Bama Fight Night 16 2002-01-26 15 bouts Dangerzone - Fight Night 2 2002-01-13 14 bouts RITR - Rumble in the Rockies 2002-01-26 13 bouts ECT - 2001 U.S. MMA National Championships 2002-01-05 12 bouts UCC 7 - Bad Boyz 2002-01-25 12 bouts

Fastest finishes

Wes Sims TKO (Retirement) · RSF 7 - Animal Instinct R1 0:01 Adam Rivera KO (Punch) · Dangerzone - Fight Night 2 R1 0:04 Maurice Walker KO · EF 2 - Extreme Fights 2 R1 0:08 Bryan Robinson Submission (Guillotine Choke) · TNF - Tuesday Night Fights R1 0:13 Travis Fulton TKO (Submission to Punches) · TNF - Tuesday Night Fights R1 0:14