The MMA year in review

October 2014

October 2014 saw 341 professional MMA events and 2,180 bouts recorded worldwide, down 7 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 74 % ended in a finish — 732 by KO/TKO and 846 by submission — with 547 going to a decision.

Bellator MMA ran the most events (5), and the biggest single card was Fightstar FC 9 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa with 22 bouts.

341

Events

▼ 26 vs prev yr

2,180

Bouts

72 %

Finish rate

732 KO · 846 SUB · 547 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Bellator MMA 5 Professional League of MMA 4 Shooto Europe 4 Deep 4 King of the Cage 4 World Mixed Martial Arts Federation 4

Busiest venues

Quin'an China, China 3 Sports Palace Galychyna Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine 3 ACROS Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan 2 Maracanazinho Gymnasium Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1 Putra Indoor Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1 Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 1

Biggest cards

Fightstar FC 9 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa 2014-10-25 22 bouts FCC 11 - Full Contact Contender 11 2014-10-18 19 bouts S&H - Strength and Honour 10 2014-10-04 19 bouts Pancrase - 261 2014-10-05 19 bouts RITC - Rumble in the Cage 50 2014-10-18 18 bouts

Fastest finishes

Brandon Mason KO · SF 24 - Stellar Fights 24 R1 0:05 Ibragim Chuzhigaev KO (Punches) · ACB 10 - Coliseum Time R1 0:05 Andres Gonzalez KO (Punch) · CP - Calvo Promotions 3 R1 0:06 Simeon Dimitrov KO (Punch) · Twins MMA 7 - Dimitrov vs. Anagnostopoulos R1 0:07 Isaac Tisdell KO (Spinning Back Fist) · Nitro MMA - Nitro 12 R1 0:08