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2009 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2009 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

AllUFCPFLONERIZINKSWACAOKTAGON
22
Events
232
Fights
56%
Finish rate
11
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO34% · 78
  • Submission22% · 51
  • Decision44% · 102
  • Other0% · 1

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight2357%22%78%
Middleweight3628%33%61%
Lightweight5726%32%58%
Welterweight5536%15%51%
Light Heavyweight3639%6%44%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2009.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:07Todd Duffee def. Tim Hague · TKO · UFC 102: COUTURE vs NOGUEIRA · Aug 29, 2009#1
  2. 0:21Nate Marquardt def. Demian Maia · TKO · UFC 102: COUTURE vs NOGUEIRA · Aug 29, 2009#2
  3. 0:29Johny Hendricks def. Amir Sadollah · TKO · UFC 101: DECLARATION · Aug 8, 2009#3
  4. 0:37Drew McFedries def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam · TKO · UFC 98: EVANS vs MACHIDA · May 23, 2009#4
  5. 0:41Anthony Johnson def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida · TKO · UFC 104: MACHIDA v SHOGUN · Oct 24, 2009#5
  6. 0:41Alexander Gustafsson def. Jared Hamman · TKO · UFC 105: Couture vs Vera · Nov 14, 2009#6
  7. 0:43Mariusz Pudzianowski def. Marcin Najman · TKO · KSW 12 - Najman vs. Pudzianowski · Dec 11, 2009#7
  8. 0:44Shane Nelson def. Aaron Riley · TKO · UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine · Mar 7, 2009#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 24%Dan Henderson def. Rich Franklin · UFC 93: FRANKLIN vs HENDERSON · Jan 17, 2009
  2. 26%Vitor Belfort def. Rich Franklin · UFC 103: FRANKLIN vs BELFORT · Sep 19, 2009
  3. 28%Chael Sonnen def. Yushin Okami · UFC 104: MACHIDA v SHOGUN · Oct 24, 2009
  4. 29%Mauricio Rua def. Chuck Liddell · UFC 97: REDEMPTION · Apr 18, 2009
  5. 30%Chael Sonnen def. Dan Miller · UFC 98: EVANS vs MACHIDA · May 23, 2009
  6. 31%Paulo Thiago def. Josh Koscheck · UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson · Feb 21, 2009
  7. 32%Clay Guida def. Nate Diaz · UFC 94: ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2 · Jan 31, 2009
  8. 32%Sam Stout def. Matt Wiman · UFC 97: REDEMPTION · Apr 18, 2009

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
Tomasz Drwal3+127
Vitor Nobrega3+111
Dan Hardy3+110
John Hathaway3+94
Dennis Siver3+91
Cain Velasquez3+90
Mauricio Rua3+89
Nick Osipczak2+89

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2009.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Stefan Struve43
Gleison Tibau43
Brock Larson42
John Howard33
Lyoto Machida33
Terry Etim33
Tomasz Drwal33
Jon Fitch33

Most controversial decisions

  1. Lyoto Machida def. Mauricio Rua · UFC 104: MACHIDA v SHOGUN · Oct 24, 2009
    66% of 370 fan cards scored it for Mauricio Rua
  2. Clay Guida def. Nate Diaz · UFC 94: ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2 · Jan 31, 2009
    53% of 51 fan cards scored it for Nate Diaz
  3. Martin Kampmann def. Carlos Condit · UFC Fight Night: Condit vs Kampmann · Apr 1, 2009
    64% of 56 fan cards scored it for Carlos Condit
  4. Randy Couture def. Brandon Vera · UFC 105: Couture vs Vera · Nov 14, 2009
    50% of 52 fan cards scored it for Brandon Vera
  5. Matt Hughes def. Matt Serra · UFC 98: EVANS vs MACHIDA · May 23, 2009
    62% of 78 fan cards scored it for Matt Serra

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

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
UFC20214
KSW218

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States6
Poland2
United Kingdom2

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Nelson Hamilton28
Cecil Peoples25
Douglas Crosby21
Tony Weeks15
Glenn Trowbridge15

Official scorecards recorded in 2009. Judges →

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

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