The MMA year in review

May 2020

May 2020 saw 38 professional MMA events and 202 bouts recorded worldwide, down 90 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 59 % ended in a finish — 68 by KO/TKO and 48 by submission — with 79 going to a decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ran the most events (4), and the biggest single card was WLF - W.A.R.S. 43 with 22 bouts.

38

Events

▼ 333 vs prev yr

202

Bouts

57 %

Finish rate

68 KO · 48 SUB · 79 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 4 Oktagon MMA 3 Belarusian Fighting Championship 2 World Total Kombat Federation 2 Gladiators Cage Fighting 1 Wu Lin Feng (YFU) 1

Busiest venues

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Florida, United States 3 Exhibition Center Sokolniki Moscow, Russia 2 Minsk Belarus, Belarus 2 Prime Hall Minsk, Belarus 2 Henan TV Station Hall 8 Zhengzhou, Henan, China 1 Japan 1

Biggest cards

WLF - W.A.R.S. 43 2020-05-22 22 bouts MMA Series 5 - The Road to Victory 2020-05-09 12 bouts UFC 249 - Ferguson vs. Gaethje 2020-05-09 11 bouts UFC on ESPN 8 - Overeem vs. Harris 2020-05-16 11 bouts UFC on ESPN 9 - Woodley vs. Burns 2020-05-30 11 bouts

Fastest finishes

Francis Ngannou KO (Punches) · UFC 249 - Ferguson vs. Gaethje R1 0:20 Pavel Pahomenko Submission (Choke) · MMA Series 5 - The Road to Victory R1 0:27 Evgeniy Sleptsov KO · BFC 52 - Belarusian Fighting Championship R1 0:33 Kevin Holland TKO (Knees and Punches) · UFC on ESPN 8 - Overeem vs. Harris R1 0:39 Nandin-Erdene Munguntsooj TKO (Punches) · Road FC - Arc 001 R1 0:40