The MMA year in review

October 2007

October 2007 saw 168 professional MMA events and 1,288 bouts recorded worldwide, up 2 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 82 % ended in a finish — 463 by KO/TKO and 560 by submission — with 222 going to a decision.

Ultimate Combat Experience ran the most events (4), and the biggest single card was GFS - Caged Colosseum with 22 bouts.

168

Events

▲ 4 vs prev yr

1,288

Bouts

79 %

Finish rate

463 KO · 560 SUB · 222 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Ultimate Combat Experience 4 Deep 4 King of the Cage 4 Pancrase 2 Rage in the Cage 2 Shooto 2

Busiest venues

Salt Lake City Utah, United States 3 Tulsa Oklahoma, United States 2 Shinjuku Face Tokyo, Japan 2 Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 2 Rose Garden Portland, Oregon, United States 1 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas, United States 1

Biggest cards

GFS - Caged Colosseum 2007-10-06 22 bouts Pancrase - Hybrid Bout in Utsunomiya 3 2007-10-27 21 bouts Deep - clubDeep Hamamatsu 2007-10-21 20 bouts Zst - Zst 14 2007-10-07 19 bouts RITC - Rumble in the Cage 26 2007-10-27 18 bouts

Fastest finishes

Brad Nordquist KO (Kick) · DE - Desert Extreme R1 0:03 Soa Palelei KO (Punch) · KOTC - Perth R1 0:05 James Nevels KO (Punch) · FFI - Beatdown R1 0:05 Mike Pierce KO (Punches) · SF 20 - Homecoming R1 0:05 Roch Worthy KO (Punch) · KOTC - Point of No Return R1 0:09