The MMA year in review

April 2016

April 2016 saw 412 professional MMA events and 3,214 bouts recorded worldwide, up 28 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 73 % ended in a finish — 1,121 by KO/TKO and 1,081 by submission — with 807 going to a decision.

Kyrgyzstan MMA Federation ran the most events (7), and the biggest single card was UMMAF - Ukrainian MMA Championships 2016, Day 1 with 62 bouts.

412

Events

▲ 89 vs prev yr

3,214

Bouts

69 %

Finish rate

1,121 KO · 1,081 SUB · 807 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Kyrgyzstan MMA Federation 7 King of the Cage 4 Kunlun Fight 3 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 3 Aspera Fighting Championship 3 Shooto Europe 3

Busiest venues

Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 3 Tbilisi Georgia, Georgia 2 Budweiser Events Center Loveland, Colorado, United States 2 Arena Coliseum Grozny, Chechnya, Russia 2 Moscow Russia, Russia 2 Exchange LA Los Angeles, California, United States 2

Biggest cards

UMMAF - Ukrainian MMA Championships 2016, Day 1 2016-04-23 62 bouts WFC - World Fight Combat 2 2016-04-09 24 bouts OCAMM - District Tournament 2016-04-09 24 bouts Gladiator Challenge - Wrecking Crew 2016-04-16 23 bouts WLF - E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 3 2016-04-23 23 bouts

Fastest finishes

Sean Loeffler KO (Punch) · Gladiator Challenge - MMA Smackdown R1 0:04 Tomoya Suzuki KO (Punch) · WCF - Wardog Cage Fight 9 R1 0:06 Austin Wilson TKO (Punches) · Conflict MMA 36 - Live MMA In The Cage R1 0:06 Erik Vondenhuevel KO (Punch) · IFL 65 - Fight Night at the Joe R1 0:07 Deigrison Batalha Frazao KO (Punches) · Alfa Combate 4 - Ribeiro vs. Silva R1 0:07