The MMA year in review

October 2017

October 2017 saw 335 professional MMA events and 2,595 bouts recorded worldwide, down 10 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 70 % ended in a finish — 842 by KO/TKO and 856 by submission — with 736 going to a decision.

One Pride MMA ran the most events (4), and the biggest single card was UMMAF - 2017 Ukraine Cup, Selection with 79 bouts.

335

Events

▼ 38 vs prev yr

2,595

Bouts

65 %

Finish rate

842 KO · 856 SUB · 736 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

One Pride MMA 4 King of the Cage 4 Fight Nights Global 3 Bellator MMA 3 World Ertaymash Federation 3 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 3

Busiest venues

Britama Arena Mahaka Square Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia 4 River Spirit Casino Resort Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States 2 Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan 2 RuhrCongress Bochum Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 2 Alxa Inner Mongolia, China 2 Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan 2

Biggest cards

UMMAF - 2017 Ukraine Cup, Selection 2017-10-21 79 bouts WMMAA - 5th World MMA Championships 2017 - Selection 2017-10-06 66 bouts FIGMMA - 7th MMA Italian Cup 2017-10-08 38 bouts WUSJJ - Show Fight 4 2017-10-28 23 bouts UKFC - UK Fighting Championships 5 2017-10-07 21 bouts

Fastest finishes

Luca Poclit TKO (Punches) · WMMAA - 5th World MMA Championships 2017 - Selection R1 0:01 David Fregoso KO (Punch) · AFC 1 - AZTK Fighting Championship 1 R1 0:04 Chayil Calaway KO · MFC 4 - MoMuscle Fighting Championship 4: Night of Champions R1 0:04 Spike Carlyle KO (Punch) · Gladiator Challenge - Fight Club R1 0:05 Jean Phillip Berndt KO (Punch) · Aggrelin 20 - Blood & Champagne R1 0:06