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2010 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2010 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

AllUFCPFLONERIZINKSWACAOKTAGONBKFCCAGE-WARRIORSBRAVE-CFFNCJUNGLE-FIGHT
74
Events
647
Fights
55%
Finish rate
38
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO29% · 185
  • Submission26% · 168
  • Decision45% · 289
  • Other1% · 5

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight5754%16%70%
Catchweight1631%25%56%
Middleweight8633%22%55%
Welterweight11229%25%54%
Featherweight5925%27%53%
Light Heavyweight5430%22%52%
Lightweight13917%34%51%
Bantamweight3813%37%50%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2010.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:06Hector Lombard def. Jay Silva · KO · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 18 · May 13, 2010#1
  2. 0:19Shawn Jordan def. Doug Williams · TKO · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 18 · May 13, 2010#2
  3. 0:21BJ Penn def. Matt Hughes · TKO · UFC 123: RAMPAGE vs MACHIDA · Nov 21, 2010#3
  4. 0:28Rey Trujillo def. Jose Santibanez · TKO · Strikeforce: Houston · Aug 21, 2010#4
  5. 0:30Kyle Weickhardt def. Luis Ramirez · KO · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 29 · Sep 16, 2010#5
  6. 0:31Scott Jorgensen def. Chad George · SUB · WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz · Mar 6, 2010#6
  7. 0:38Hector Lombard def. Herbert Goodman · KO · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 24 · Aug 12, 2010#7
  8. 0:39Roy Nelson def. Stefan Struve · TKO · UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi · Mar 31, 2010#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 18%Mario Miranda def. David Loiseau · UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin · Jun 12, 2010
  2. 22%Wayne Phillips def. Eric Lawson · Strikeforce: Challengers 6 · Feb 26, 2010
  3. 24%Danny Downes def. Zhang Tiequan · WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis · Dec 16, 2010
  4. 25%Joe Warren def. Eric Marriott · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 13 · Apr 8, 2010
  5. 25%Jose Vega def. Jarrod Card · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 22 · Jun 17, 2010
  6. 25%George Roop def. Chan Sung Jung · WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan · Sep 30, 2010
  7. 26%Zoila Frausto def. Megumi Fujii · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 34 · Oct 28, 2010
  8. 26%Mariusz Pudzianowski def. Yusuke Kawaguchi · KSW 13 - Kumite · May 7, 2010

Pre-fight win probability from UFCalendar Power Index ratings at the time of the fight. Power Index ratings →

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Cole Konrad6+285
Daniel Cormier6+238
Andrey Prizyuk4+212
Dustin Ortiz6+191
Jonas Billstein5+189
Matt Ricehouse5+186
Fabrício Guerreiro6+183
Hiroyuki Nakajima4+181

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2010.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Cole Konrad55
Zoila Frausto54
Zach Makovsky44
Ben Askren44
Anthony Pettis44
Joe Warren44
Phil Davis44
Chad Mendes44

Most controversial decisions

  1. Leonard Garcia def. Nam Phan · The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale · Dec 4, 2010
    92% of 78 fan cards scored it for Nam Phan
  2. Sean Sherk def. Evan Dunham · UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop · Sep 25, 2010
    81% of 53 fan cards scored it for Evan Dunham
  3. Melvin Guillard def. Jeremy Stephens · UFC 119: Mir vs Cro Cop · Sep 25, 2010
  4. Duane Ludwig def. Nick Osipczak · UFC 122: Marquardt vs Okami · Nov 13, 2010
  5. Quinton Jackson def. Lyoto Machida · UFC 123: RAMPAGE vs MACHIDA · Nov 21, 2010
    67% of 180 fan cards scored it for Lyoto Machida

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

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
UFC24253
Bellator22148
Strikeforce15125
WEC995
KSW426

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States61
Poland4
Canada4
United Kingdom1
Island,1
Germany1
Australia1

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Tony Weeks27
Sal D'Amato27
Cecil Peoples24
Nelson Hamilton18
Douglas Crosby16

Official scorecards recorded in 2010. Judges →

Sources: official results, ufcstats.com, fan and media scorecards from mmadecisions.com, and the UFCalendar Power Index.

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