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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.

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22
Events
180
Fights
53%
Finish rate
10
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO38% · 68
  • Submission16% · 28
  • Decision44% · 80
  • Other2% · 4

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight1861%11%72%
Featherweight2733%33%67%
Light Heavyweight2540%20%60%
Women's Featherweight2035%20%55%
Welterweight2343%9%52%
Bantamweight1250%0%50%
Lightweight3529%9%37%
Women's Flyweight1421%14%36%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2023.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:09Cedric Doumbe def. Jordan Zebo · KO · PFL Europe 3: 2023 Playoffs · Sep 30, 2023#1
  2. 0:14Larissa Pacheco def. Olena Kolesnyk · TKO · PFL 8: 2023 Playoffs · Aug 18, 2023#2
  3. 0:18Denis Goltsov def. Yorgan De Castro · KO · PFL 5: Regular Season · Jun 16, 2023#3
  4. 0:21Louis Lee Scott def. Sam Robinson · KO · PFL Europe 1: 2023 Regular Season · Mar 25, 2023#4
  5. 0:27Denzel Freeman def. Raiden Kovacs · TKO · PFL Challenger Series 2023: Week 8 · Mar 18, 2023#5
  6. 0:45Larissa Pacheco def. Amber Leibrock · TKO · PFL 5: Regular Season · Jun 16, 2023#6
  7. 0:48Jakob Nedoh def. Riccardo Nosiglia · KO · PFL Europe 1: 2023 Regular Season · Mar 25, 2023#7
  8. 0:50Renan Ferreira def. Matheus Scheffel · KO · PFL 5: Regular Season · Jun 16, 2023#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 24%Acoidan Duque def. Aleksandr Chizov · PFL Europe 2: 2023 Regular Season · Jul 8, 2023
  2. 26%Clay Collard def. Shane Burgos · PFL 9: 2023 Playoffs · Aug 23, 2023
  3. 27%Dylan Tuke def. Connor Hughes · PFL Europe 2: 2023 Regular Season · Jul 8, 2023
  4. 27%Solomon Renfro def. Jarrah Al-Silawi · PFL 6: Regular Season · Jun 23, 2023
  5. 28%Clay Collard def. Yamato Nishikawa · PFL 3: 2023 Regular Season · Apr 14, 2023
  6. 28%Zach Juusola def. Jozef Wittner · PFL Challenger Series 2023: Week 1 · Jan 28, 2023
  7. 29%Olena Kolesnyk def. Aspen Ladd · PFL 2: 2023 Regular Season · Apr 7, 2023
  8. 30%Weslley Maia def. Lewis McGrillen-Evans · PFL Europe 4: 2023 Championships · Dec 8, 2023

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

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsPower Index
Biaggio Ali Walsh4+146
Impa Kasanganay5+126
Renan Ferreira3+107
Evelyn Martins4+101
Khurshed Kakhorov3+87
Jakob Nedoh3+87
Michelle Montague2+86
Brahyam Zurcher2+86

Largest UFCalendar Power Index rating gains across 2023.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Impa Kasanganay55
Gabriel Braga54
Biaggio Ali Walsh44
Olivier Aubin-Mercier44
Larissa Pacheco44
Magomed Magomedkerimov44
Denis Goltsov43
Danilo Marques43

Most controversial decisions

  1. Impa Kasanganay def. Joshua Silveira · PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship · Nov 24, 2023
  2. Derek Brunson def. Ray Cooper III · PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship · Nov 24, 2023
  3. Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Clay Collard · PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship · Nov 24, 2023
  4. Kayla Harrison def. Aspen Ladd · PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship · Nov 24, 2023
  5. Phil Caracappa def. Khai Wu · PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship · Nov 24, 2023

Scored from real fan and media scorecards. Robbery Index →

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
PFL22180

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States18
United Kingdom1
France1
Germany1
Ireland1

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Bryan Miner10
Sal D'Amato9
Michael Bell9
Junichiro Kamijo8
Will Fisher8

Official scorecards recorded in 2023. Judges →

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

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