Ultimate Fighting Calendar

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2018 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2018 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

10
Events
59
Fights
71%
Finish rate
0
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO47% · 28
  • Submission24% · 14
  • Decision29% · 17
  • Other0% · 0

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Lightweight1638%31%69%
Welterweight1450%14%64%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2018.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:31Michal Kotalík def. Pavel Sabadash · KO · OKTAGON 6: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. RAŠKA · May 26, 2018#1
  2. 0:32Matus Arpas def. Michal Konrád · SUB · Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 3 Challenge Qualification: Quarterfinals 4 · Jul 15, 2018#2
  3. 1:07Tomasz Kolcun def. Peter Šlahor · TKO · OKTAGON 10: DEÁK VS. GALLOWAY · Nov 17, 2018#3
  4. 1:13Filip Macek def. Ivan Ovchinnikov · SUB · OKTAGON 6: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. RAŠKA · May 26, 2018#4
  5. 1:15Gábor Boráros def. Jaroslav Poborský · SUB · OKTAGON 9: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. SIWY · Sep 15, 2018#5
  6. 1:28Michal Kotalík def. Mateusz Pasiak · TKO · OKTAGON 5: KUZNÍK VS. KLEIN · Mar 17, 2018#6
  7. 1:45Radovan Úškrt def. Lukasz Bugara · TKO · OKTAGON 9: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. SIWY · Sep 15, 2018#7
  8. 2:00Milan Ďatelinka def. Pavel Salčák · TKO · OKTAGON 9: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. SIWY · Sep 15, 2018#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 30%Grzegorz Siwy def. Samuel Krištofič · OKTAGON 9: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. SIWY · Sep 15, 2018
  2. 30%Jeremy Kimball def. Miloš Petrášek · OKTAGON 10: DEÁK VS. GALLOWAY · Nov 17, 2018
  3. 31%Martin Šolc def. Michal Kotalík · OKTAGON 7: MARTÍNEK VS. DITTRICH · Jul 28, 2018
  4. 37%Fernando Gonzalez def. Gábor Boráros · OKTAGON 6: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. RAŠKA · May 26, 2018
  5. 37%Michal Konrád def. František Fodor · OKTAGON 10: DEÁK VS. GALLOWAY · Nov 17, 2018
  6. 41%Pavol Langer def. Viaceslav Ivaschuk · OKTAGON 6: KRIŠTOFIČ VS. RAŠKA · May 26, 2018
  7. 44%Ondřej Raška def. Miroslav Hladký · OKTAGON 5: KUZNÍK VS. KLEIN · Mar 17, 2018
  8. 44%Karol Ryšavý def. Tomáš Linh Le Sy · Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 3 Challenge Qualification: Quarterfinals 1 · Jul 3, 2018

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
David Kozma5+173
Karol Ryšavý3+132
Martin Buday2+78
Ronald Paradeiser2+75
Veronika Rodová2+66
Filip Macek3+61
Jeremy Kimball1+58
Martin Šolc1+58

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2018.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
David Kozma55
Gábor Boráros42
Filip Macek33
Karol Ryšavý33
Miloš Petrášek32
Jakub Dohnal32
Michal Kotalík32
Aziz Dauliatov31

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
OKTAGON1059

Events by country

CountryEvents
Slovakia6
Czechia4

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

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