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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
27
Events
297
Fights
51%
Finish rate
16
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO32% · 95
  • Submission19% · 55
  • Decision49% · 147
  • Other0% · 0

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Light Heavyweight3345%21%67%
Heavyweight2454%13%67%
Middleweight4240%19%60%
Lightweight6227%24%52%
Welterweight5330%13%43%
Bantamweight3923%15%38%
Featherweight4015%20%35%

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. 0:12Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch · TKO · UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem · Dec 30, 2011#2
  3. 0:17Terry Etim def. Edward Faaloloto · SUB · UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz · Nov 5, 2011#3
  4. 0:20Vladimir Matyushenko def. Jason Brilz · TKO · UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields · Apr 30, 2011#4
  5. 0:21Kyle Kingsbury def. Ricardo Romero · TKO · UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort · Feb 5, 2011#5
  6. 0:27Chris Leben def. Wanderlei Silva · TKO · UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber · Jul 2, 2011#6
  7. 0:35Igor Pokrajac def. Krzysztof Soszynski · TKO · UFC 140: Jones vs Machida · Dec 10, 2011#7
  8. 0:40Erick Silva def. Luis Ramos · TKO · UFC 134: Silva vs Okami · Aug 27, 2011#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 22%George Roop def. Josh Grispi · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Finale · Jun 4, 2011
  2. 23%Mark Hunt def. Chris Tuchscherer · UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · Feb 26, 2011
  3. 28%John Albert def. Dustin Pague · The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs Team Miller Finale · Dec 3, 2011
  4. 28%Waylon Lowe def. Willamy Freire · UFC Fight Night: Dunham vs Guillard · Jan 23, 2011
  5. 30%Brendan Schaub def. Mirko Filipovic · UFC 128: SHOGUN vs JONES · Mar 20, 2011
  6. 31%Nick Ring def. Riki Fukuda · UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · Feb 26, 2011
  7. 32%Dennis Siver def. George Sotiropoulos · UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch · Feb 26, 2011
  8. 32%Mark Hunt def. Ben Rothwell · UFC 135: JONES vs. RAMPAGE · Sep 25, 2011

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Jon Jones4+158
Chris Weidman3+118
Mark Munoz3+97
Alexander Gustafsson3+94
Mark Hunt2+86
Tony Ferguson3+85
John Albert1+84
Matt Mitrione3+76

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2011.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Donald Cerrone54
Jon Jones44
Danny Castillo43
Yves Edwards42
Nate Diaz42
Aaron Simpson33
Gleison Tibau33
Tony Ferguson33

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

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States18
Canada3
Australia1
Brazil1
United Kingdom1

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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