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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 Kohsaka · 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. 24%Kiichi Kunimoto def. Satoru Kitaoka · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017
  2. 33%Jae Hoon Moon def. Anthony Birchak · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017
  3. 36%Yusuke Yachi def. Satoru Kitaoka · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 1st Round · Jul 30, 2017
  4. 36%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. 36%Cindy Dandois def. Reina Miura · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017
  6. 39%Kanna Asakura def. Rena Kubota · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round · Dec 31, 2017
  7. 41%Takafumi Otsuka def. Khalid Taha · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017
  8. 43%Kana Watanabe def. Shizuka Sugiyama · Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round · Dec 29, 2017

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Kanna Asakura4+106
Shinju Nozawa-Auclair2+99
Rena Kubota4+74
Tenshin Nasukawa2+64
Reina Miura4+60
Amir Aliakbari2+58
Yusuke Yachi3+48
Manel Kape3+44

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2017.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Kyoji Horiguchi55
Kanna Asakura44
Reina Miura43
Rena Kubota43
Shintaro Ishiwatari43
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 UFCalendar Power Index.

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