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2022 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2022 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

AllUFCPFLONERIZINKSWACAOKTAGON
12
Events
104
Fights
63%
Finish rate
0
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO43% · 45
  • Submission20% · 21
  • Decision37% · 38
  • Other0% · 0

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight1369%15%85%
Middleweight1267%17%83%
Featherweight1338%23%62%
Lightweight1331%31%62%
Light Heavyweight1145%9%55%
Bantamweight128%33%42%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2022.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:05Bogdan Gnidko def. Damian Piwowarczyk · KO · KSW 73 - Wrzosek vs. Sarara · Aug 20, 2022#1
  2. 0:38Bogdan Gnidko def. Madalin Pirvulescu · KO · KSW 77 - Khalidov vs. Pudzianowski · Dec 17, 2022#2
  3. 0:40Borys Dzikowski def. Arkadiusz Mruk · TKO · KSW 74 - De Fries vs. Prasel · Sep 10, 2022#3
  4. 0:43Artur Szczepaniak def. Brian Hooi · KO · KSW 76 - Parnasse vs. Rajewski · Nov 12, 2022#4
  5. 1:03Patryk Kaczmarczyk def. Pascal Hintzen · KO · KSW 77 - Khalidov vs. Pudzianowski · Dec 17, 2022#5
  6. 1:04Wojciech Janusz def. Damian Skarzynski · SUB · KSW 66 - Ziolkowski vs. Mankowski · Jan 15, 2022#6
  7. 1:06Igor Michaliszyn def. Idris Amizhaev · TKO · KSW 67 - De Fries vs. Stosic · Feb 26, 2022#7
  8. 1:12Wiktoria Czyzewska def. Aleksandra Karasaeva · TKO · KSW 77 - Khalidov vs. Pudzianowski · Dec 17, 2022#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 26%Henrique da Silva def. Tomasz Narkun · KSW 75 - Stasiak vs. Ruchala · Oct 14, 2022
  2. 33%Daniel Omielanczuk def. Michal Martínek · KSW 75 - Stasiak vs. Ruchala · Oct 14, 2022
  3. 35%Pascal Hintzen def. Patryk Likus · KSW 73 - Wrzosek vs. Sarara · Aug 20, 2022
  4. 36%Albert Odzimkowski def. Tommy Quinn · KSW 70 - Pudzianowski vs. Materla · May 28, 2022
  5. 38%Ibragim Chuzhigaev def. Tomasz Narkun · KSW 66 - Ziolkowski vs. Mankowski · Jan 15, 2022
  6. 38%Werlleson Martins def. Pawel Politylo · KSW 74 - De Fries vs. Prasel · Sep 10, 2022
  7. 39%Wojciech Kazieczko def. Luboš Lesák · KSW 69 - Przybysz vs. Martins · Apr 23, 2022
  8. 41%Michal Domin def. Patryk Likus · KSW 77 - Khalidov vs. Pudzianowski · Dec 17, 2022

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
Yann Liasse3+91
Donovan Desmae2+90
Bogdan Gnidko2+88
Tomasz Romanowski3+87
Artur Szczepaniak2+83
Dawid Smielowski2+81
Wojciech Kazieczko2+78
Zuriko Jojua2+76

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2022.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Tomasz Romanowski33
Yann Liasse33
Ricardo Prasel32
Patryk Kaczmarczyk32
Daniel Rutkowski32
Pascal Hintzen31
Sebastian Rajewski31
Andrzej Grzebyk31

Most controversial decisions

  1. Daniel Omielanczuk def. Michal Martínek · KSW 75 - Stasiak vs. Ruchala · Oct 14, 2022
    87% of 54 fan cards scored it for Michal Martínek
  2. Daniel Rutkowski def. Lom-Ali Eskiev · KSW 77 - Khalidov vs. Pudzianowski · Dec 17, 2022
    54% of 26 fan cards scored it for Lom-Ali Eskiev
  3. Robert Ruchala def. Damian Stasiak · KSW 75 - Stasiak vs. Ruchala · Oct 14, 2022
    36% of 25 fan cards scored it for Damian Stasiak
  4. Marian Ziolkowski def. Borys Mankowski · KSW 66 - Ziolkowski vs. Mankowski · Jan 15, 2022
    44% of 43 fan cards scored it for Borys Mankowski

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

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
KSW12104

Events by country

CountryEvents
Poland11

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Lukasz Porebski18
Filip Niemkowicz17
Bartlomiej Czajka15
Cezary Wojciechowski12
Michael Lepicki11

Official scorecards recorded in 2022. Judges →

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

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