The MMA year in review

July 2006

July 2006 saw 123 professional MMA events and 923 bouts recorded worldwide, up 8 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 86 % ended in a finish — 327 by KO/TKO and 410 by submission — with 116 going to a decision.

Midwest King of the Ring ran the most events (4), and the biggest single card was ECF - Beatdown At The Fairgrounds 7 with 22 bouts.

123

Events

▲ 9 vs prev yr

923

Bouts

80 %

Finish rate

327 KO · 410 SUB · 116 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Midwest King of the Ring 4 Gladiator Challenge 3 Shooto Europe 3 Ultimate Combat Sports 2 Extreme Challenge 2 Shooto 2

Busiest venues

Davenport Iowa, United States 4 Shinjuku Face Tokyo, Japan 2 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 2 Des Moines Iowa, United States 2 Houston Texas, United States 2 Upland Sports Arena Upland, California, United States 1

Biggest cards

ECF - Beatdown At The Fairgrounds 7 2006-07-01 22 bouts Deep - clubDeep Tokyo 2006-07-08 19 bouts GC 53 - Hell Storm 2006-07-16 18 bouts GC 52 - Deep Impact 2006-07-08 16 bouts EC 69 - Extreme Challenge 69 2006-07-22 16 bouts

Fastest finishes

Andrew Pedersen KO (Punch) · NFC 6 - Natural Disaster R1 0:04 Kyacey Uscola KO (Punch) · XFS 1 - Xtreme Fight Series 1 R1 0:05 Marco Soto KO (Kick) · COF 2 - Cage of Fire 2 R1 0:05 Kohei Fujiwara KO (Punch) · Accel - Kakuto Budokai 5 R1 0:05 Carlos Gonzalez KO (Punch) · CFC 1 - Combat Fighting Championship 1 R1 0:07