The MMA year in review

March 2018

March 2018 saw 393 professional MMA events and 3,118 bouts recorded worldwide, up 6 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 72 % ended in a finish — 1,135 by KO/TKO and 1,040 by submission — with 860 going to a decision.

Boxing ran the most events (6), and the biggest single card was FIGMMA - Italian Championship of MMA 2018 with 34 bouts.

393

Events

▲ 22 vs prev yr

3,118

Bouts

70 %

Finish rate

1,135 KO · 1,040 SUB · 860 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Boxing 6 Super Fight League 6 WKC MMA-World Kombat Challenge 6 World Ertaymash Federation 4 Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) 3 One Championship 3

Busiest venues

Famous Studios Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 6 Striker's House Academy Curitiba, Parana, Brazil 2 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan 2 Panyu Square Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 2 M-1 Arena St. Petersburg, Russia 2 Gynasium Amario Vieira da Costa Umuarama, PR, Brazil 2

Biggest cards

FIGMMA - Italian Championship of MMA 2018 2018-03-25 34 bouts WEF 50 - WEF ProfFight 19 2018-03-24 27 bouts CCW - California Cage Wars 4 2018-03-04 27 bouts WLF - W.A.R.S. 22 2018-03-17 27 bouts RFC - Russian Fighting Championship 2018-03-25 24 bouts

Fastest finishes

Aris Smith TKO (Punches) · FLP - Fight Lab 58 R1 0:03 Luiz Filho KO (Flying Knee) · AT - Amazon Talent 8 R1 0:05 Vaso Bakocevic KO (Punch) · Pro-League Fighting - KFN: Karlsruhe Fight Night 2 R1 0:06 Naser Nikseresht TKO · Iran Fighting Championship - IFC SubFight 2 R1 0:06 Jacob Dykes KO (Punch) · SHP 49 - Strike Hard Productions 49 R1 0:07