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2021 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2021 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

13
Events
136
Fights
51%
Finish rate
0
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO33% · 45
  • Submission18% · 24
  • Decision49% · 67
  • Other0% · 0

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Light Heavyweight1070%10%80%
Middleweight2245%9%55%
Lightweight2839%14%54%
Welterweight2317%26%43%
Bantamweight1315%23%38%
Featherweight1118%0%18%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2021.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:29Štefan Vojčák def. Evgeniy Golub · TKO · OKTAGON 27: Buchinger vs. Barborík · Sep 11, 2021#1
  2. 0:40Matěj Peňáz def. Carlos Graca · KO · OKTAGON 24: Kozma vs. Apollo · May 29, 2021#2
  3. 0:43Jakub Bahník def. Ashleigh Grimshaw · KO · OKTAGON PRIME 4: MACEK VS. MAGARD · Nov 6, 2021#3
  4. 0:48Jakub Bahník def. Ron Becker · TKO · OKTAGON 25: BUDAY vs. MINDA · Jun 19, 2021#4
  5. 0:49Ewelina Woźniak def. Elizabeth Rodrigues · SUB · OKTAGON 23: Kníže vs. Fusi · May 1, 2021#5
  6. 0:50Vlasto Cepo def. Milos Kostic · TKO · OKTAGON 27: Buchinger vs. Barborík · Sep 11, 2021#6
  7. 1:03Andrej Kalašnik def. Christian Jungwirth · SUB · OKTAGON 28: Pešta vs. Pütz · Sep 25, 2021#7
  8. 1:12Rafael Xavier def. Csaba Hocz · KO · OKTAGON 23: Kníže vs. Fusi · May 1, 2021#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 23%Michal Konrád def. Roman Paulus · OKTAGON 23: Kníže vs. Fusi · May 1, 2021
  2. 28%Dawid Kareta def. Tadeáš Růžička · OKTAGON 22: VÉMOLA VS. ĎATELINKA · Mar 27, 2021
  3. 29%Losene Keita def. Karol Ryšavý · OKTAGON 29: Kozma vs. Veličković · Dec 4, 2021
  4. 31%Alex Lohoré def. José Antonio Martín Reis · OKTAGON 22: VÉMOLA VS. ĎATELINKA · Mar 27, 2021
  5. 31%Ivan Buchinger def. Ronald Paradeiser · OKTAGON 21: PARADEISER VS. BUCHINGER · Jan 30, 2021
  6. 34%Rahmane Abdel Driai def. Zdeněk Polívka · OKTAGON 25: BUDAY vs. MINDA · Jun 19, 2021
  7. 38%Jan Široký def. Marek Bartl · OKTAGON 29: Kozma vs. Veličković · Dec 4, 2021
  8. 38%Michal Konrád def. David Martiník · OKTAGON 28: Pešta vs. Pütz · Sep 25, 2021

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
Milan Paleš3+112
Ivan Buchinger2+96
Matúš Juráček3+88
Petr Kníže2+77
Jonas Mågård2+73
Václav Holota2+73
Jorick Montagnac2+71
Michal Konrád3+68

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2021.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Tereza Bleda44
Matěj Peňáz44
Zdeněk Polívka43
Lucie Pudilova43
Marcin Naruszczka42
Karol Ryšavý42
Michal Konrád33
Milan Paleš33

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
OKTAGON13136

Events by country

CountryEvents
Czechia12
Slovakia1

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

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