The MMA year in review

June 2016

June 2016 saw 319 professional MMA events and 2,483 bouts recorded worldwide, up 12 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 73 % ended in a finish — 887 by KO/TKO and 880 by submission — with 657 going to a decision.

Dacheng Wuyi ran the most events (5), and the biggest single card was WOCS 43 - Watch Out Combat Show 43 with 32 bouts.

319

Events

▲ 34 vs prev yr

2,483

Bouts

71 %

Finish rate

887 KO · 880 SUB · 657 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Dacheng Wuyi 5 King of the Cage 4 Deep 3 WBK 3 Jungle Fight 2 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 2

Busiest venues

Jinzhou Liaoning, China 5 Ningbo Zhejiang, China 3 Melbourne Pavilion Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 2 Ekaterinburg Russia, Russia 2 Guangzhou Guangdong, China 2

Biggest cards

WOCS 43 - Watch Out Combat Show 43 2016-06-25 32 bouts WLF - E.P.I.C.: Elevation Power in Cage 5 2016-06-29 24 bouts CS - Cage Survivor 5 2016-06-11 22 bouts Gladiator Challenge - Unfinished Business 2016-06-25 20 bouts JMMAF - Yokohama Cage Fight 1 2016-06-19 20 bouts

Fastest finishes

Jacob Palmer KO (Punch) · Elite 1 - Port City Warriors R1 0:08 Stephen Skoch KO (Punch) · XFI 17 - Xtreme Fighting Inc. 17 R1 0:08 Deigrison Batalha Frazao TKO (Punches) · ACF - Amazon Champions Fight R1 0:09 Brieta Carpenter KO (Punch) · Tuff-N-Uff - Pack The Mack 3 R1 0:10 Mikhail Sysoev KO (Punch) · BB - Bikers Brothers Festival 2016 R1 0:10