The MMA year in review

September 2015

September 2015 saw 336 professional MMA events and 2,515 bouts recorded worldwide, down 3 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 73 % ended in a finish — 833 by KO/TKO and 888 by submission — with 646 going to a decision.

Dacheng Wuyi ran the most events (6), and the biggest single card was UMMAF - 2015 Ukraine MMA Cup, Day 1 with 86 bouts.

336

Events

▼ 12 vs prev yr

2,515

Bouts

68 %

Finish rate

833 KO · 888 SUB · 646 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Dacheng Wuyi 6 Shooto 3 One Championship 2 Bellator MMA 2 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 2 King of the Cage 2

Busiest venues

Tianjin Industrial University Gymnasium Tianjin, China 6 Sport Palace Anapa, Russia 2 Moscow Russia, Russia 2 Kac Vojvodina, Serbia 2 3Arena Dublin, Leinster, Ireland 1 State Farm Arena Hidalgo, Texas, United States 1

Biggest cards

UMMAF - 2015 Ukraine MMA Cup, Day 1 2015-09-19 86 bouts Voronezh Fight Club - Fight Zone 10 2015-09-12 26 bouts Xplode Fight Series - Payback 2015-09-19 24 bouts Grandslam MMA 3 - Way of the Cage 2015-09-12 24 bouts X-Training Academy - Amateur MMA 2015-09-05 24 bouts

Fastest finishes

Raaziv Naresh KO · Battle Collossal 20 - Extreme R1 0:05 Mohammed Taha KO (Punch) · MMA Bundesliga - Heroic Battle 10 R1 0:06 Xibo Yan KO (Punch) · Kunlun Fight 30 - Muay Thai Night R1 0:06 Michael Hogarth Submission (Guillotine Choke) · M4tC 18 - Takeover R1 0:07 Dawid Defort KO (Punch) · SBC 6 - Serbian Battle Championship 6 R1 0:07