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2023 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2023 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

12
Events
111
Fights
62%
Finish rate
0
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO45% · 50
  • Submission17% · 19
  • Decision38% · 42
  • Other0% · 0

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Light Heavyweight1060%30%90%
Heavyweight1560%27%87%
Lightweight1155%9%64%
Middleweight1937%16%53%
Welterweight1346%0%46%
Featherweight1331%15%46%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2023.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:16Wilson Varela def. Sebastian Rajewski · KO · KSW 89 - Bartosinski vs. Parnasse · Dec 16, 2023#1
  2. 1:05Roman Szymanski def. Raul Tutarauli · SUB · KSW 78 - Materla vs. Grove 2 · Jan 21, 2023#2
  3. 1:06Štefan Vojčák def. Kamil Gawryjolek · TKO · KSW 88 - Rutkowski vs. Kaczmarczyk · Nov 11, 2023#3
  4. 1:13Adrianna Kreft def. Karolina Owczarz · SUB · KSW 81 - Bartosinski vs. Szczepaniak · Apr 22, 2023#4
  5. 1:33Krzysztof Glowacki def. Patryk Tołkaczewski · KO · KSW 83 - Colosseum 2 · Jun 3, 2023#5
  6. 1:33Konrad Rusinski def. Krystian Bielski · SUB · KSW 88 - Rutkowski vs. Kaczmarczyk · Nov 11, 2023#6
  7. 1:37Michal Materla def. Radosław Paczuski · KO · KSW 83 - Colosseum 2 · Jun 3, 2023#7
  8. 1:39Bogdan Gnidko def. Rafal Kijanczuk · SUB · KSW 82 - Hooi vs. Grzebyk · May 13, 2023#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 22%Albert Odzimkowski def. Jorge Bueno · KSW 88 - Rutkowski vs. Kaczmarczyk · Nov 11, 2023
  2. 32%Łukasz Rajewski def. Sahil Siraj · KSW 78 - Materla vs. Grove 2 · Jan 21, 2023
  3. 34%Henry Fadipe def. Krystian Kaszubowski · KSW 84 - De Fries vs. Bajor · Jul 15, 2023
  4. 36%Michal Michalski def. Dominik Humburger · KSW 86 - Wiklacz vs. Przybysz 4 · Sep 16, 2023
  5. 36%Michal Kita def. Daniel Omielanczuk · KSW 79 - De Fries vs. Duffee 2 · Feb 25, 2023
  6. 37%Artur Szpilka def. Mariusz Pudzianowski · KSW 83 - Colosseum 2 · Jun 3, 2023
  7. 37%Kleber Silva def. Lukasz Sudolski · KSW 78 - Materla vs. Grove 2 · Jan 21, 2023
  8. 38%Damian Mieczkowski def. Borys Dzikowski · KSW 84 - De Fries vs. Bajor · Jul 15, 2023

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Oskar Szczepaniak2+95
Ramzan Jembiev2+87
Albert Odzimkowski1+84
Wilson Varela3+76
Arkadiusz Wrzosek2+74
Kamil Szkaradek2+72
Wiktor Zalewski2+69
Artur Szpilka1+68

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2023.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Wilson Varela33
Raul Tutarauli32
Sebastian Przybysz32
Michal Materla32
Daniel Tarchila32
Tomasz Romanowski31
Henry Fadipe31
Roman Szymanski31

Most controversial decisions

  1. Tomasz Romanowski def. Radosław Paczuski · KSW 78 - Materla vs. Grove 2 · Jan 21, 2023
    45% of 29 fan cards scored it for Radosław Paczuski

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

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
KSW12111

Events by country

CountryEvents
Poland10
Czechia2

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Bartlomiej Czajka6
Lukasz Porebski6
Cezary Wojciechowski5
Szymon Bonkowski3
David Lethaby3

Official scorecards recorded in 2023. Judges

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

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