The MMA year in review

2021

2021 saw 2,922 professional MMA events and 25,050 bouts recorded worldwide, up 77 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 67 % ended in a finish — 9,196 by KO/TKO and 7,347 by submission — with 8,007 going to a decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ran the most events (43), and the biggest single card was Colosseum MMA - Battle of Champions 20 with 76 bouts.

2,922

Events

▲ 1,275 vs 2020

25,050

Bouts

66 %

Finish rate

9,196 KO · 7,347 SUB · 8,007 DEC

Methods

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

Most active organisations

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 43 Combate Global 30 Deep 27 One Championship 27 Absolute Championship Akhmat 26 Jue Cheng King 25

Busiest venues

UFC Apex Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 44 Moscow Russia, Russia 32 Univision Studios Miami, Florida, United States 26 Haikou Hainan, China 25 Singapore Indoor Stadium Kallang, Singapore 23 Almaty Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan 18

Biggest cards

Colosseum MMA - Battle of Champions 20 2021-03-28 76 bouts Colosseum MMA - Battle of Champions 19 2021-02-28 68 bouts IMMAF - 2021 European Senior & Junior Open Championships: Day 3 2021-08-18 62 bouts FFC - FMR Fighting Championship: Selection 6 2021-03-20 55 bouts IMMAF - 2021 MMA World Cup - Prague: Day 2 2021-09-09 51 bouts

Fastest finishes

Zubair Shaikh TKO · MMAFI - National Federation MMA Championship 2021 R0 1:30 Wazir Aqa Noori TKO · OFC 4 - Original Fighting Championship 4 R0 4:10 Adonis Tamayo TKO (Punches) · Barbarians 13 - BFL 13: Gomez vs. Tiwi R1 0:04 Pavel Pinzul KO (Punch) · Mixed Fight Promotion - Mixed Fight Promotion Tourney R1 0:04 Igor Machulskiy TKO (Flying Knee and Punches) · RBM - New People R1 0:04