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2011 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2011 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

AllUFCPFLONERIZINKSWACAOKTAGONBKFCCAGE-WARRIORSBRAVE-CFFNCJUNGLE-FIGHT
73
Events
676
Fights
56%
Finish rate
29
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO32% · 213
  • Submission24% · 163
  • Decision44% · 298
  • Other0% · 2

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Catchweight1729%47%76%
Heavyweight5848%22%71%
Light Heavyweight6444%19%63%
Lightweight12526%33%59%
Middleweight8336%22%58%
Welterweight10630%15%45%
Featherweight7115%30%45%
Bantamweight5623%21%45%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2011.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:07Chan Sung Jung def. Mark Hominick · TKO · UFC 140: Jones vs Machida · Dec 10, 2011#1
  2. 0:09Dustin West def. Daniel Schmitt · TKO · Strikeforce: Challengers 13 · Jan 7, 2011#2
  3. 0:09Dan Spohn def. Dane Bonnigson · TKO · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 51 · Sep 24, 2011#3
  4. 0:12Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch · TKO · UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem · Dec 30, 2011#4
  5. 0:13Caros Fodor def. Justin Wilcox · TKO · Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal · Dec 17, 2011#5
  6. 0:14Amanda Nunes def. Julia Budd · TKO · Strikeforce: Challengers 13 · Jan 7, 2011#6
  7. 0:15Tyler Stinson def. Eduardo Pamplona · TKO · Strikeforce/M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Henderson · Jul 30, 2011#7
  8. 0:17Terry Etim def. Edward Faaloloto · SUB · UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz · Nov 5, 2011#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 18%Seth Petruzelli def. Ricco Rodriguez · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 48 · Aug 20, 2011
  2. 21%Marcos Galvao def. Chase Beebe · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 51 · Sep 24, 2011
  3. 22%George Roop def. Josh Grispi · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Finale · Jun 4, 2011
  4. 23%Vitor Vianna def. Bryan Baker · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 54 · Oct 15, 2011
  5. 23%Mark Hunt def. Chris Tuchscherer · UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · Feb 26, 2011
  6. 27%Ron Keslar def. Eric Lawson · Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg · Jan 29, 2011
  7. 27%Jacob Ortiz def. Edgar Garcia · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 55 · Oct 22, 2011
  8. 28%John Albert def. Dustin Pague · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs Team Miller Finale · Dec 3, 2011

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Kuat Khamitov8+216
Ruan Potts4+196
Ronda Rousey4+195
Sam Sicilia10+193
Alexey Polpudnikov6+193
Gadzhimurad Antigulov5+191
John Michael Sheil5+190
Oleg Khromov6+189

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2011.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Donald Cerrone54
Jon Jones44
Michael Chandler44
Aslambek Saidov44
Alexander Shlemenko44
Alexandre Bezerra44
James Terry43
Richard Hale43

Most controversial decisions

  1. Brian Ebersole def. Claude Patrick · UFC 140: Jones vs Machida · Dec 10, 2011
  2. Darren Elkins def. Michihiro Omigawa · UFC 131: DOS SANTOS vs. CARWIN · Jun 12, 2011
  3. Nick Ring def. Riki Fukuda · UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · Feb 26, 2011
  4. Demetrious Johnson def. Miguel Torres · UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill · May 29, 2011
    76% of 67 fan cards scored it for Miguel Torres
  5. Hatsu Hioki def. George Roop · UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz · Oct 29, 2011

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

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
UFC27297
Bellator25187
Strikeforce16151
KSW431
ONE110

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States57
Canada5
Poland4
Australia1
Singapore1
United Kingdom1
Brazil1

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Sal D'Amato30
Douglas Crosby28
Chris Lee21
Tony Weeks20
Junichiro Kamijo19

Official scorecards recorded in 2011. Judges →

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

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