The MMA year in review

2014

2014 saw 3,721 professional MMA events and 26,555 bouts recorded worldwide, down 5 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 73 % ended in a finish — 8,923 by KO/TKO and 9,972 by submission — with 6,872 going to a decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ran the most events (47), and the biggest single card was Russian MMA Union - Russian MMA Cup 2014, Day 1 with 59 bouts.

3,721

Events

▼ 214 vs 2013

26,555

Bouts

71 %

Finish rate

8,923 KO · 9,972 SUB · 6,872 DEC

Methods

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

Most active organisations

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 47 King of the Cage 34 Deep 29 Shooto Europe 23 Chinese Kung Fu Championships 23 Bellator MMA 23

Busiest venues

UFC Training Center Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 19 Quin'an China, China 16 Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 15 Shinjuku Face Tokyo, Japan 14 Cambodian Television Network (CTN) Studio Phnom Penh, Cambodia 10 Fight Club Berkut Grozny, Chechnya, Russia 9

Biggest cards

Russian MMA Union - Russian MMA Cup 2014, Day 1 2014-09-26 59 bouts WMMAA - 2014 World Championships - Selection 2014-09-11 55 bouts Xplode Fight Series - Fire 2014-03-22 39 bouts Xplode Fight Series - Cerebral 2014-07-19 39 bouts WMMAA - 2014 European Championships - Selection 2014-11-15 36 bouts

Fastest finishes

Marcus Fludd KO (Punch) · FLP - Fight Lab 37: Fort Bragg Army Base R1 0:01 James Gallagher TKO (Retirement) · CC 18 - Cage Contender 18 R1 0:01 Ionut Atodiresei KO (Punch) · RXF 15 - MMA All Stars R1 0:03 Monti Wilson KO (Punch) · FCFF - Rumble at the Roseland 79 R1 0:03 Ruslan Ibragimov KO (Punch) · ACB 11 - Vol. 1 R1 0:04