The MMA year in review

2012

2012 saw 3,842 professional MMA events and 26,683 bouts recorded worldwide, up 10 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 75 % ended in a finish — 8,793 by KO/TKO and 10,678 by submission — with 6,416 going to a decision.

King of the Cage ran the most events (43), and the biggest single card was Shooto Belgium - International MMA Open with 51 bouts.

3,842

Events

▲ 342 vs 2011

26,683

Bouts

73 %

Finish rate

8,793 KO · 10,678 SUB · 6,416 DEC

Methods

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

Most active organisations

King of the Cage 43 The Ultimate Fighter 34 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 32 Bellator MMA 25 Oplot Challenge 24 M-1 Global 23

Busiest venues

UFC Training Center Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 33 Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 26 Shinjuku Face Tokyo, Japan 19 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 12 Azalea Taisho Hall Osaka, Japan 10 SFL Challengers Arena Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 10

Biggest cards

Shooto Belgium - International MMA Open 2012-05-06 51 bouts RFC - German Amateur Championships 2012 2012-12-08 34 bouts Xplode Fight Series - Eclipse 2012-07-28 33 bouts Xplode Fight Series - Anarchy 2012-09-22 31 bouts SML 11 - Frontier MMA Open 4 2012-03-03 29 bouts

Fastest finishes

James Luttrell KO (Punch) · Tribal Promotions - The Awakening R1 0:02 Helson Henriques KO (Flying Knee) · CF - Cage Fighters 2 R1 0:03 Ikhvan Bibulatov KO (Head Kick) · PLMMA 5 - Bielsko-Biala R1 0:03 Artenas Young TKO (Punches)Patrick Patlan · IMKF - Immortal Kombat Fighting R1 0:04 Mateusz Gawarzynski KO (Punch) · PLMMA 3 - Biala Podlaska R1 0:04