Ultimate Fighting Calendar

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2017 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2017 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

5
Events
52
Fights
60%
Finish rate
0
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO37% · 19
  • Submission23% · 12
  • Decision40% · 21
  • Other0% · 0

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Bantamweight1450%14%64%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2017.

Fastest finishes

  1. 1:02Mirko Filipovic def. Tsuyoshi Kosaka · TKO · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round · Dec 31, 2017#1
  2. 1:07Tenshin Nasukawa def. Francesco Ghigliotti · TKO · Rizin 5 - Rizin 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura · Apr 16, 2017#2
  3. 1:11Manel Kape def. Erson Yamamoto · TKO · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin · Oct 15, 2017#3
  4. 1:39Amir Aliakbari def. Tyler King · TKO · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 1st Round · Jul 30, 2017#4
  5. 1:46Manel Kape def. Ian McCall · TKO · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017#5
  6. 1:49Kyoji Horiguchi def. Hideo Tokoro · KO · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 1st Round · Jul 30, 2017#6
  7. 1:50Shinju Nozawa-Auclair def. Sheena Brandenburg · SUB · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 1st Round · Jul 30, 2017#7
  8. 2:10Roque Martinez def. Jerome Le Banner · SUB · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin · Oct 15, 2017#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 33%Cindy Dandois def. Reina Miura · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017
  2. 35%Kanna Asakura def. Rena Kubota · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round · Dec 31, 2017
  3. 40%Miyuu Yamamoto def. Cassie Robb · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 1st Round · Jul 30, 2017
  4. 42%Gabriel Leite de Oliveira def. Tatsuya Kawajiri · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin · Oct 15, 2017
  5. 45%Kevin Petshi def. Jae Hoon Moon · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin · Oct 15, 2017
  6. 45%Kanna Asakura def. Aleksandra Toncheva · Rizin 5 - Rizin 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura · Apr 16, 2017
  7. 45%Maria Oliveira def. Alyssa Garcia · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Men's Bantamweight & Women's Tournament: Aki No Jin · Oct 15, 2017
  8. 46%Takafumi Otsuka def. Khalid Taha · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
Kanna Asakura4+162
Yusuke Yachi3+97
Shinju Nozawa-Auclair2+78
Kyoji Horiguchi5+71
Shintaro Ishiwatari4+67
Reina Miura4+67
Tenshin Nasukawa2+55
Amir Aliakbari2+53

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2017.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Kyoji Horiguchi55
Kanna Asakura44
Shintaro Ishiwatari43
Rena Kubota43
Reina Miura43
Yusuke Yachi33
Manel Kape32
Takafumi Otsuka32

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
RIZIN552

Events by country

CountryEvents
Japan5

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

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