The MMA year in review

October 2012

October 2012 saw 355 professional MMA events and 2,553 bouts recorded worldwide, down 6 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 75 % ended in a finish — 820 by KO/TKO and 1,040 by submission — with 614 going to a decision.

King of the Cage ran the most events (6), and the biggest single card was OFC - Fight Cage 3 with 27 bouts.

355

Events

▼ 24 vs prev yr

2,553

Bouts

73 %

Finish rate

820 KO · 1,040 SUB · 614 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

King of the Cage 6 Oplot Challenge 5 AK Entertainment 5 European Combat Sambo Federation 5 Bellator MMA 4 Shooto Europe 3

Busiest venues

Shinjuku Face Tokyo, Japan 3 SFL Challengers Arena Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 3 Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center Wasilla, Alaska, United States 3 Kharkiv Ukraine, Ukraine 2 The Troxy London, Greater London, England 2 The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, California, United States 2

Biggest cards

OFC - Fight Cage 3 2012-10-06 27 bouts Gladiator Challenge - Heat Returns 2012-10-28 25 bouts MMA Raju - MMA Raju 10 2012-10-13 22 bouts JML - Japan MMA License 2012-10-14 20 bouts M4tC 7 - Vengeance 2012-10-13 17 bouts

Fastest finishes

Gerald Harvey KO (Punch) · KOTC - Future Legends 10 R1 0:04 Artenas Young TKO (Punches)Patrick Patlan · IMKF - Immortal Kombat Fighting R1 0:04 Nicolas Joannes KO (Flying Knee) · SHC 6 - Belo vs. Rodriguez R1 0:06 Taito Abe TKO (Punches) · Pancrase - Progress Tour 11 R1 0:08 Radek Vasenda KO (Punch) · GCF 17 - Big Cage Ostrava 2 R1 0:09