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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
55%
Finish rate
0
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO38% · 68
  • Submission17% · 31
  • Decision44% · 80
  • Other1% · 1

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Heavyweight1861%11%72%
Featherweight4236%29%64%
Light Heavyweight2442%21%63%
Welterweight2148%10%57%
Flyweight1421%29%50%
Bantamweight1250%0%50%
Lightweight3030%7%37%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2023.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:09Cedric Doumbe def. Jordan Zebo · KO · Professional Fighters League - PFL Europe 3: 2023 Playoffs · Sep 30, 2023#1
  2. 0:14Larissa Pacheco def. Olena Kolesnyk · TKO · Professional Fighters League - PFL 8: 2023 Playoffs · Aug 18, 2023#2
  3. 0:18Denis Goltsov def. Yorgan De Castro · KO · Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2023 Regular Season · Jun 16, 2023#3
  4. 0:21Louis Lee Scott def. Sam Robinson · TKO · Professional Fighters League - PFL Europe 1: 2023 Regular Season · Mar 25, 2023#4
  5. 0:27Denzel Freeman def. Raiden Kovacs · TKO · Professional Fighters League - PFL Challenger Series 2023 Week 8: 2nd Chance Fights · Mar 17, 2023#5
  6. 0:45Larissa Pacheco def. Amber Leibrock · TKO · Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2023 Regular Season · Jun 16, 2023#6
  7. 0:48Jakob Nedoh def. Riccardo Nosiglia · KO · Professional Fighters League - PFL Europe 1: 2023 Regular Season · Mar 25, 2023#7
  8. 0:50Renan Ferreira def. Matheus Scheffel · KO · Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2023 Regular Season · Jun 16, 2023#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 24%Acoidan Duque def. Aleksandr Chizov · Professional Fighters League - PFL Europe 2: 2023 Regular Season · Jul 8, 2023
  2. 26%Solomon Renfro def. Jarrah Al-Silawi · Professional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2023 Regular Season · Jun 23, 2023
  3. 26%Clay Collard def. Shane Burgos · Professional Fighters League - PFL 9: 2023 Playoffs · Aug 23, 2023
  4. 27%Dylan Tuke def. Connor Hughes · Professional Fighters League - PFL Europe 2: 2023 Regular Season · Jul 8, 2023
  5. 28%Clay Collard def. Yamato Nishikawa · Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2023 Regular Season · Apr 14, 2023
  6. 28%Zach Juusola def. Jozef Wittner · Professional Fighters League - PFL Challenger Series 2023 Week 1: Welterweights · Jan 27, 2023
  7. 29%Olena Kolesnyk def. Aspen Ladd · Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2023 Regular Season · Apr 7, 2023
  8. 31%Weslley Maia def. Lewis McGrillen-Evans · Professional Fighters League - PFL Europe 4: 2023 Finals · 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+114
Evelyn Martins4+101
Renan Ferreira3+97
Brahyam Zurcher2+87
Michelle Montague2+86
Isaiah Pinson2+86
Alexei Pergande2+79

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. Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Clay Collard · Professional Fighters League - 2023 Season PFL Championships · Nov 24, 2023
  2. Impa Kasanganay def. Joshua Silveira · Professional Fighters League - 2023 Season PFL Championships · Nov 24, 2023
  3. Kayla Harrison def. Aspen Ladd · Professional Fighters League - 2023 Season PFL Championships · Nov 24, 2023
  4. Derek Brunson def. Ray Cooper III · Professional Fighters League - 2023 Season PFL Championships · Nov 24, 2023
  5. Phil Caracappa def. Khai Wu · Professional Fighters League - 2023 Season PFL Championships · Nov 24, 2023

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

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
PFL22180

Events by country

CountryEvents
United States18
England1
France1
Germany1
Ireland1

Busiest judges

JudgeFights scored
Bryan Miner10
Sal D'Amato9
Michael Bell8
Junichiro Kamijo8
Will Fisher8

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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