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2007 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2007 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

AllUFCPFLONERIZINKSWACAOKTAGON
22
Events
201
Fights
64%
Finish rate
11
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO29% · 59
  • Submission35% · 70
  • Decision35% · 71
  • Other0% · 1

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Middleweight2843%29%71%
Welterweight4129%39%68%
Light Heavyweight3142%23%65%
Lightweight5122%35%57%
Heavyweight1631%13%44%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2007.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:09Gray Maynard def. Joe Veres · TKO · UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian · Sep 19, 2007#1
  2. 0:13Anthony Johnson def. Chad Reiner · TKO · UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher · Jun 12, 2007#2
  3. 0:14Terry Martin def. Jorge Rivera · TKO · UFC 67: ALL OR NOTHING · Feb 3, 2007#3
  4. 0:18Daniel Dowda def. Robert Swierblewski · SUB · KSW - Elimination · Sep 15, 2007#4
  5. 0:19Roger Huerta def. John Halverson · TKO · UFC 67: ALL OR NOTHING · Feb 3, 2007#5
  6. 0:23Roman Mitichyan def. Dorian Price · SUB · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Serra vs Team Hughes FINALE · Dec 9, 2007#6
  7. 0:27Joe Stevenson def. Melvin Guillard · SUB · UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard · Apr 5, 2007#7
  8. 0:33Drew McFedries def. Jordan Radev · TKO · UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher · Jun 12, 2007#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 25%Quinton Jackson def. Chuck Liddell · UFC 71: LIDDELL vs JACKSON · May 27, 2007
  2. 27%Patrick Cote def. Kendall Grove · UFC 74: RESPECT · Aug 25, 2007
  3. 31%Matt Serra def. Georges St-Pierre · UFC 69: SHOOTOUT · Apr 7, 2007
  4. 33%Patrick Cote def. Scott Smith · UFC 67: ALL OR NOTHING · Feb 3, 2007
  5. 34%Keith Jardine def. Chuck Liddell · UFC 76: KNOCKOUT · Sep 22, 2007
  6. 34%Andre Fyeet def. Jan Blachowicz · KSW 8 - Konfrontacja · Nov 10, 2007
  7. 34%Houston Alexander def. Keith Jardine · UFC 71: LIDDELL vs JACKSON · May 27, 2007
  8. 35%Antonio Mendes def. Michal Materla · KSW 7 - Konfrontacja · Jun 2, 2007

Pre-fight win probability from UFCal Elo ratings at the time of the fight. Elo ratings →

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
Roger Huerta5+134
Quinton Jackson3+133
Alexey Oleynik3+127
Lyoto Machida4+124
Ed Herman3+122
Thiago Silva3+122
Anderson Silva3+121
Mamed Khalidov3+117

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2007.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Krzysztof Kulak64
Roger Huerta55
Lyoto Machida44
Jan Blachowicz43
Rich Clementi43
Martin Zawada42
Clay Guida41
Quinton Jackson33

Most controversial decisions

  1. Michael Bisping def. Matt Hamill · UFC 75: CHAMPION VS CHAMPION · Sep 8, 2007
    80% of 219 fan cards scored it for Matt Hamill
  2. Rashad Evans def. Michael Bisping · UFC 78: VALIDATION · Nov 17, 2007
    53% of 62 fan cards scored it for Michael Bisping
  3. Keith Jardine def. Chuck Liddell · UFC 76: KNOCKOUT · Sep 22, 2007
    20% of 54 fan cards scored it for Chuck Liddell
  4. Quinton Jackson def. Dan Henderson · UFC 75: CHAMPION VS CHAMPION · Sep 8, 2007
    20% of 60 fan cards scored it for Dan Henderson
  5. Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva · UFC 79: NEMESIS · Dec 29, 2007
    5% of 85 fan cards scored it for Wanderlei Silva

Scored from real fan and media scorecards on MMA Decisions. Robbery Index →

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
UFC19170
KSW331

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States8
Poland3
United Kingdom2

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Jeff Mullen21
Douglas Crosby20
Cecil Peoples18
Nelson Hamilton11
Richard Bertrand9

Official scorecards recorded in 2007. Judges →

Sources: official results, ufcstats.com, fan and media scorecards from mmadecisions.com, and the UFCal Elo model.

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