Ultimate Fighting Calendar

UFCalendar

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.

22
Events
225
Fights
56%
Finish rate
33
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO37% · 84
  • Submission19% · 42
  • Decision43% · 97
  • Other1% · 2

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight1958%16%74%
Lightweight3241%19%59%
Bantamweight2744%15%59%
Strawweight2638%19%58%
Flyweight2532%20%52%
Featherweight3231%13%44%
Atomweight130%31%31%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2022.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:18Woo Sung Hoon def. Yodkaikaew Fairtex · KO · Bad Blood · Feb 11, 2022#1
  2. 0:32Zhang Lipeng def. Ruslan Emilbek Uulu · KO · Only the Brave · Jan 28, 2022#2
  3. 0:44Nursultan Toktorov def. Baasankhuu Damlanpurev · KO · Road to One - Warriors of the Steppe Finals · Nov 26, 2022#3
  4. 0:56Thanh Le def. Garry Tonon · KO · Lights Out · Mar 11, 2022#4
  5. 0:58Kang Ji Won def. Paul Elliott · KO · ONE X · Mar 26, 2022#5
  6. 1:05Drex Zamboanga def. Rahul Raju · KO · Full Circle · Feb 25, 2022#6
  7. 1:06Odie Delaney def. Thomas Narmo · SUB · Bad Blood · Feb 11, 2022#7
  8. 1:09Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu def. Batochir Batsaikhan · KO · Road to One - Warriors of the Steppe Finals · Nov 26, 2022#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 10%Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Shinya Aoki · ONE X · Mar 26, 2022
  2. 16%Tye Ruotolo def. Marat Gafurov · ONE on Prime Video 5: De Ridder vs. Malykhin · Dec 3, 2022
  3. 23%Mikey Musumeci def. Masakazu Imanari · ONE 156: Eersel vs. Sadikovic · Apr 22, 2022
  4. 27%Adrian Mattheis def. Alex Silva · Lights Out · Mar 11, 2022
  5. 30%Nat Jaroonsak def. Zeba Bano · ONE 157: Petchmorakot vs. Vienot · May 20, 2022
  6. 31%Danial Williams def. Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke · Bad Blood · Feb 11, 2022
  7. 31%Woo Sung Hoon def. Yuya Wakamatsu · ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong · Nov 19, 2022
  8. 33%Abraao Amorim def. Dae Sung Park · ONE 156: Eersel vs. Sadikovic · Apr 22, 2022

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Odie Delaney2+101
Tye Ruotolo1+90
Danial Williams4+89
Anatoly Malykhin2+83
Mikey Musumeci1+83
Marcus Almeida2+79
Oumar Kane2+77
Nat Jaroonsak1+76

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2022.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Danial Williams43
Reinier de Ridder42
Lin Heqin42
Superlek33
Kade Ruotolo33
Tawanchai PK Saenchai33
Jarred Brooks33
Saygid Izagakhmaev33

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
ONE22225

Events by country

CountryEvents
Singapore16
Malaysia2
Mongolia2
Philippines2

Sources: official results, ufcstats.com, fan and media scorecards from mmadecisions.com, and the UFCalendar Power Index.

These numbers are free to cite, link back to this page as the source.