The MMA year in review

February 2016

February 2016 saw 258 professional MMA events and 1,912 bouts recorded worldwide, up 3 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 70 % ended in a finish — 693 by KO/TKO and 618 by submission — with 550 going to a decision.

The Ultimate Fighter ran the most events (5), and the biggest single card was Alash Pride - Selection 13 with 27 bouts.

258

Events

▲ 7 vs prev yr

1,912

Bouts

69 %

Finish rate

693 KO · 618 SUB · 550 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

The Ultimate Fighter 5 Shooto Europe 4 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 3 King of the Cage 3 Bellator MMA 2 Valor Fights (Tennessee) 2

Busiest venues

UFC Training Center Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 5 SportBar Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 2 2300 Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 2 Moscow Russia, Russia 2 Tokyo Dome City Hall Tokyo, Japan 2 Tomsk Russia, Russia 2

Biggest cards

Alash Pride - Selection 13 2016-02-14 27 bouts NEF 21 - The Immortals 2016-02-06 23 bouts BCMMA - British Challenge MMA 14 2016-02-20 22 bouts AUFC - Arabic Ultimate Fighting Championship 7 2016-02-26 21 bouts Grachan / Brave - Grachan 22 / Brave Fight 12 2016-02-28 20 bouts

Fastest finishes

Jireh Torres-Umi KO (Punch) · XKO - Xtreme Knockout 29 R1 0:05 Cody Blackwell KO · AFC - Arena Fighting Championships R1 0:08 Dmitry Bikrev KO (Punches) · EFN - Fight Nights Global 44 R1 0:09 David Armstrong TKO (Punches) · MMATC - MMA Total Combat 67 R1 0:10 Taylan Yuasa TKO (Submission to Punches) · SCL - Fights for Our Troops R1 0:10