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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.

AllUFCPFLONERIZINKSWACAOKTAGONBKFCCage WarriorsBRAVE CFFNCJungle Fight
18
Events
140
Fights
51%
Finish rate
6
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO35% · 49
  • Submission16% · 23
  • Decision48% · 67
  • Other1% · 1

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight2152%10%62%
Light Heavyweight2442%17%58%
Lightweight4726%28%53%
Welterweight1844%6%50%
Featherweight2020%10%30%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2022.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:24Ray Cooper III def. Brett Cooper · TKO · PFL 6: 2022 Regular Season · Jul 1, 2022#1
  2. 0:25Renan Ferreira def. Jamelle Jones · KO · PFL 2: 2022 Regular Season · Apr 28, 2022#2
  3. 0:29Antonio Carlos Junior def. Delan Monte · SUB · PFL 1: 2022 Regular Season · Apr 20, 2022#3
  4. 0:45Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Tom Graesser · KO · PFL 10: 2022 Championships · Nov 25, 2022#4
  5. 0:56Carlos Leal def. Korey Kuppe · TKO · Professional Fighters League - PFL Challenger Series 2 · Feb 25, 2022#5
  6. 0:58Dakota Ditcheva def. Hassna Jaber · TKO · PFL 9: 2022 Playoffs · Aug 20, 2022#6
  7. 1:10Chris Wade def. Kyle Bochniak · TKO · PFL 5: 2022 Regular Season · Jun 24, 2022#7
  8. 1:25Larissa Pacheco def. Zamzagul Fayzallanova · TKO · PFL 3: 2022 Regular Season · May 6, 2022#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 23%Genah Fabian def. Julia Budd · PFL 3: 2022 Regular Season · May 6, 2022
  2. 25%Stevie Ray def. Anthony Pettis · PFL 5: 2022 Regular Season · Jun 24, 2022
  3. 29%Sadibou Sy def. Rory MacDonald · PFL 6: 2022 Regular Season · Jul 1, 2022
  4. 30%Stevie Ray def. Anthony Pettis · PFL 7: 2022 Playoffs · Aug 5, 2022
  5. 30%Matheus Scheffel def. Bruno Cappelozza · PFL 5: 2022 Regular Season · Jun 24, 2022
  6. 30%Radu Maxim def. Vojto Barborík · PFL 8: 2022 Playoffs · Aug 13, 2022
  7. 31%Sheymon Moraes def. Marlon Moraes · PFL 10: 2022 Championships · Nov 25, 2022
  8. 32%Matheus Scheffel def. Juan Adams · PFL 8: 2022 Playoffs · Aug 13, 2022

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Rob Wilkinson4+135
Jeslen Mishelle2+96
Simeon Powell3+93
Alexei Pergande2+85
Larissa Pacheco4+85
Chris Mixan2+80
Marcelo Nunes2+73
Sadibou Sy4+69

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2022.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Dilano Taylor53
Sadibou Sy44
Brendan Loughnane44
Olivier Aubin-Mercier44
Larissa Pacheco44
Ante Delija44
Rob Wilkinson44
Kayla Harrison43

Most controversial decisions

  1. Alex Martinez def. Clay Collard · PFL 4: 2022 Regular Season · Jun 17, 2022
    92% of 59 fan cards scored it for Clay Collard
  2. Aspen Ladd def. Julia Budd · PFL 10: 2022 Championships · Nov 25, 2022
    53% of 34 fan cards scored it for Julia Budd
  3. Brendan Loughnane def. Ryoji Kudo · PFL 2: 2022 Regular Season · Apr 28, 2022
  4. Clay Collard def. Jeremy Stephens · PFL 1: 2022 Regular Season · Apr 20, 2022
  5. Sadibou Sy def. Rory MacDonald · PFL 6: 2022 Regular Season · Jul 1, 2022

Scored from real fan and media scorecards. Robbery Index →

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
PFL18140

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States17
United Kingdom1

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Robert Basinger17
Dan Mathisen10
Monika Ridgeway9
Mark Collett8
Will Fisher8

Official scorecards recorded in 2022. Judges →

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

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