The MMA year in review

2011

2011 saw 3,500 professional MMA events and 23,299 bouts recorded worldwide, up 10 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 75 % ended in a finish — 7,385 by KO/TKO and 9,550 by submission — with 5,689 going to a decision.

King of the Cage ran the most events (38), and the biggest single card was Malaysian Fighting Championship - Mayhem 2 with 52 bouts.

3,500

Events

▲ 322 vs 2010

23,299

Bouts

73 %

Finish rate

7,385 KO · 9,550 SUB · 5,689 DEC

Methods

Months Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Most active organisations

King of the Cage 38 Deep 29 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 27 Bellator MMA 25 Shooto 22 Shooto Europe 22

Busiest venues

Shinjuku Face Tokyo, Japan 25 UFC Training Center Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 19 Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 18 Avertino Ramos Gymnasium Macapa, Amapa, Brazil 15 Shougang Basketball Center Gymnasium Beijing, China 10 The Troxy London, England 9

Biggest cards

Malaysian Fighting Championship - Mayhem 2 2011-09-03 52 bouts Gladiator - Gladiator 27 2011-12-18 34 bouts Gladiator Challenge - Legends Collide 2 2011-02-20 30 bouts CF 7 - Carelia Fight 7 2011-09-03 28 bouts Rings - The Outsider 17 2011-07-17 28 bouts

Fastest finishes

Wynston Bailey TKO (Retirement) · CFC 3 - Tuff Love R1 0:01 Isaac Eberly Submission (Armbar) · Virginia Cage Fighting Championships - VCFC: Danville Destruction R1 0:02 Mauricio Rossi KO (Punch) · Juiz de Fora Fight - JF Fight Evolution R1 0:03 Joe Rizk KO (Head Kick) · URC 26 - Relentless R1 0:03 Andrew Punshon KO (Head Kick) · M4tC 4 - Total Domination R1 0:04