The MMA year in review

October 2021

October 2021 saw 366 professional MMA events and 2,969 bouts recorded worldwide, up 94 % on the year before.

Of bouts with a decisive result, 65 % ended in a finish — 1,039 by KO/TKO and 843 by submission — with 1,018 going to a decision.

Combate Global ran the most events (5), and the biggest single card was BCMMA - Cage Warriors Academy South East 26 with 40 bouts.

366

Events

▲ 177 vs prev yr

2,969

Bouts

63 %

Finish rate

1,039 KO · 843 SUB · 1,018 DEC

Methods

Most active organisations

Combate Global 5 Jue Cheng King 5 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 5 Deep 4 Dana White's Contender Series 4 Cage Warriors 4

Busiest venues

UFC Apex Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 8 Haikou Hainan, China 5 Sportcentrum Sportvision Eindhoven, Netherlands 4 Univision Studios Miami, Florida, United States 4 Singapore Indoor Stadium Kallang, Singapore 3 Shinjuku Face Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 3

Biggest cards

BCMMA - Cage Warriors Academy South East 26 2021-10-09 40 bouts SFC 1 - Sparta Fight Championship 2021-10-31 28 bouts EOFN 4 - El Octagono Fight Night 4 2021-10-16 25 bouts Ultimate Battle Grounds 9 - Halloween Havoc 2021-10-16 23 bouts ACA YE 21 - ACA Young Eagles 21 2021-10-11 23 bouts

Fastest finishes

Leonard Akhmetov TKO (Punches) · MMA Series 42 - Strong Spirit R1 0:04 Umakhan Ibragimov KO (Head Kick) · British Fighting Championship 1 - BFC 1: Finally R1 0:05 Zlatko Petrovski Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) · RFC - Respect Fighting Championship 21 R1 0:06 Dylan Williams TKO (Strikes) · FFIT - Fight For It 11 R1 0:06 Sunder Singh Submission (Kneebar) · ECF 32 - Rage in the Cage R1 0:06