The MMA year in review

2019

2019 saw 4,092 professional MMA events and 33,000 bouts recorded worldwide, up 5 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 69 % ended in a finish — 11,667 by KO/TKO and 10,028 by submission — with 9,745 going to a decision.

International Mixed Martial Arts Federation ran the most events (51), and the biggest single card was KZMMAF - 2019 National MMA Championships, Selection with 105 bouts.

4,092

Events

▲ 188 vs 2018

33,000

Bouts

66 %

Finish rate

11,667 KO · 10,028 SUB · 9,745 DEC

Methods

Months Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Most active organisations

International Mixed Martial Arts Federation 51 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 43 Union of Mixed Martial Arts 43 One Championship 40 Bellator MMA 27 World Ertaymash Federation 24

Busiest venues

Moscow Russia, Russia 29 Khalifa Sports City Arena Manama, Bahrain 29 Beijing China, China 14 Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, Alaska, United States 12 Crystal Gardens Southgate, Michigan, United States 11 PalaPellicone Lido di Ostia, Rome, Italy 11

Biggest cards

KZMMAF - 2019 National MMA Championships, Selection 2019-02-15 105 bouts IMMAF-WMMAA - 2019 European Senior & Junior Open Championships: Day 2 2019-06-20 88 bouts RMMAU - Russian Junior MMA Championships, Day 1 2019-04-13 87 bouts RMMAU - 2019 Russian MMA Championships, Selection 2019-05-03 74 bouts MMA Savez Srbije - Serbian National Championships 2019-03-17 69 bouts

Fastest finishes

Guilherme Gomes Submission (Guillotine Choke) · RDSC - Rei da Selva Combat 15 R0 0:48 Cesar Paragas TKORene Catalan · Philippine Encuentro Championship - Search For The Filipino Heroes R0 1:06 Niyaz Ramazanov TKO (Punches) · Fight Championship Aslan - R0 4:56 Kyle Chin KO · Rough Fight League 2 - Ignite R1 0:02 Rikki Wyatt KO (Punch) · Raged UK MMA - Raged UK MMA 11 R1 0:03