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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
677
Fights
56%
Finish rate
33
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO31% · 213
  • Submission24% · 163
  • Decision44% · 296
  • Other1% · 5

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Catchweight1828%44%72%
Heavyweight5848%22%71%
Light Heavyweight6444%19%63%
Lightweight12626%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. 20%Seth Petruzelli def. Ricco Rodriguez · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 48 · Aug 20, 2011
  2. 22%George Roop def. Josh Grispi · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Finale · Jun 4, 2011
  3. 23%Mark Hunt def. Chris Tuchscherer · UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · Feb 26, 2011
  4. 23%Vitor Vianna def. Bryan Baker · BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 54 · Oct 15, 2011
  5. 25%Isaiah Hill def. Bobby Stack · Strikeforce: Diaz vs Cyborg · Jan 29, 2011
  6. 27%Waylon Lowe def. Willamy Freire · UFC Fight Night: Dunham vs Guillard · Jan 23, 2011
  7. 28%John Albert def. Dustin Pague · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs Team Miller Finale · Dec 3, 2011
  8. 29%Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Jan Blachowicz · KSW 15 - Konfrontacja · Mar 19, 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
Sam Sicilia10+198
Ruan Potts4+196
Ronda Rousey4+195
Alexey Polpudnikov6+193
Gadzhimurad Antigulov5+192
John Michael Sheil5+189
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. Darren Elkins def. Michihiro Omigawa · UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin · Jun 12, 2011
  2. Nick Ring def. Riki Fukuda · UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · Feb 26, 2011
  3. Demetrious Johnson def. Miguel Torres · UFC 130: Rampage vs Hamill · May 29, 2011
    76% of 67 fan cards scored it for Miguel Torres
  4. Brian Ebersole def. Claude Patrick · UFC 140: Jones vs Machida · Dec 10, 2011
  5. Hatsu Hioki def. George Roop · UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz · Oct 29, 2011

Scored from real fan and media scorecards. Robbery Index →

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
UFC27297
Bellator MMA25188
Strikeforce16151
KSW431
ONE110

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States57
Canada5
Poland4
Australia1
Singapore1
United Kingdom1
Brazil1

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Sal D'Amato39
Tony Weeks31
Douglas Crosby28
Glenn Trowbridge27
Patricia Morse Jarman27

Official scorecards recorded in 2011. Judges →

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

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