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2012 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2012 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

AllUFCPFLONERIZINKSWACAOKTAGON
32
Events
335
Fights
52%
Finish rate
19
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO31% · 105
  • Submission21% · 70
  • Decision47% · 158
  • Other1% · 2

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight2767%19%85%
Bantamweight3625%33%58%
Light Heavyweight2438%21%58%
Welterweight6032%20%52%
Middleweight4536%16%51%
Featherweight5326%21%47%
Flyweight1323%23%46%
Lightweight6725%19%45%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2012.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:07Ryan Jimmo def. Anthony Perosh · TKO · UFC 149: Faber vs Barao · Jul 21, 2012#1
  2. 0:17Erik Perez def. Ken Stone · TKO · UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II · Aug 12, 2012#2
  3. 0:22Nick Denis def. Joseph Sandoval · TKO · UFC on FX: Guillard vs Miller · Jan 20, 2012#3
  4. 0:23Robert Peralta def. Jason Young · TKO · UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic · Sep 29, 2012#4
  5. 0:31Chad Mendes def. Cody McKenzie · TKO · UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II · Jul 8, 2012#5
  6. 0:42Siyar Bahadurzada def. Paulo Thiago · TKO · UFC on FUEL TV: Gustafsson vs Silva · Apr 14, 2012#6
  7. 0:43Stipe Miocic def. Philip De Fries · TKO · UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs Ellenberger · Feb 15, 2012#7
  8. 0:45Kyle Noke def. Charlie Brenneman · TKO · UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort · Sep 22, 2012#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 26%Cung Le def. Rich Franklin · UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le · Nov 10, 2012
  2. 28%Antonio Silva def. Travis Browne · UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot · Oct 5, 2012
  3. 31%Nam Phan def. Cole Miller · UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera · Aug 4, 2012
  4. 32%Hector Lombard def. Rousimar Palhares · UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson · Dec 16, 2012
  5. 32%Anthony Pettis def. Joe Lauzon · UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson · Feb 25, 2012
  6. 33%Jamie Varner def. Edson Barboza · UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir · May 26, 2012
  7. 34%James Head def. Brian Ebersole · UFC 149: Faber vs Barao · Jul 21, 2012
  8. 34%Tim Boetsch def. Yushin Okami · UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson · Feb 25, 2012

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
Cub Swanson3+140
Erik Perez3+109
Cung Le2+94
John Moraga2+88
Raphael Assuncao2+85
Glover Teixeira2+83
Constantinos Philippou3+83
TJ Dillashaw2+83

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2012.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Matt Brown44
Max Holloway43
Michael Johnson43
Mike Pierce43
Daniel Pineda42
Melvin Guillard41
Mike Pyle33
Rafael Dos Anjos33

Most controversial decisions

  1. Cristiano Marcello def. Reza Madadi · UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar · Oct 13, 2012
    95% of 39 fan cards scored it for Reza Madadi
  2. Benson Henderson def. Frankie Edgar · UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II · Aug 12, 2012
    85% of 412 fan cards scored it for Frankie Edgar
  3. Francis Carmont def. Tom Lawlor · UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit · Nov 17, 2012
    88% of 43 fan cards scored it for Tom Lawlor
  4. Marcus LeVesseur def. Carlo Prater · UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot · Oct 5, 2012
  5. Akira Corassani def. Andy Ogle · UFC on FUEL TV: Struve vs Miocic · Sep 29, 2012

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

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
UFC32335

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States5
Brazil3
Canada3
Australia1
Japan1

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Sal D'Amato39
Chris Lee25
Howard Hughes23
Jeff Blatnick22
Chris Watts21

Official scorecards recorded in 2012. Judges →

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

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