The MMA year in review

April 2017

April 2017 saw 414 professional MMA events and 3,196 bouts recorded worldwide, roughly level with the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 70 % ended in a finish — 1,095 by KO/TKO and 995 by submission — with 902 going to a decision.

Boxing ran the most events (12), and the biggest single card was UMMAF - Ukrainian MMA Championships 2017, Day 1 with 49 bouts.

414

Events

▲ 2 vs prev yr

3,196

Bouts

65 %

Finish rate

1,095 KO · 995 SUB · 902 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Boxing 12 King of the Cage 4 Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) 4 Bellator MMA 3 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 3 Absolute Championship Akhmat 3

Busiest venues

Servus Soccer Centre Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 4 Britama Arena Mahaka Square Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia 3 Mendes Convention Center Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 AFC Arena Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 2 Moscow Russia, Russia 2 Shanghai China, China 2

Biggest cards

UMMAF - Ukrainian MMA Championships 2017, Day 1 2017-04-28 49 bouts KZMMAF - 2017 National MMA Championships, Day 1 2017-04-28 45 bouts BMMAF - Bashkortostan MMA Championships - 14-15 2017-04-22 28 bouts WLF - W.A.R.S. 13 2017-04-22 27 bouts WEF 30 - WEF Selection 7 2017-04-16 25 bouts

Fastest finishes

Chris O'Brien KO (Punches) · Cage Titans FC - Cage Titans 33 R1 0:06 T.J. Brown KO (Punches) · 360 Fight Club - 360 Fight Club 2 R1 0:08 Charles Zimmerman KO (Punches) · SFFN 49 - Battle at Riverbend R1 0:08 Jesse Murray TKO (Punches) · KOTC - Supremacy R1 0:09 Mario Dabo TKO (Punch) · NG - Noc Gladiatora 11 R1 0:09