Ultimate Fighting Calendar

UFCal

2024 MMA by the Numbers

Every completed fight of 2024 across all organizations we track, distilled into the numbers that tell the year's story. Updated automatically as events finish.

10
Events
108
Fights
62%
Finish rate
0
Title fights

How fights ended

  • KO/TKO39% · 42
  • Submission23% · 25
  • Decision37% · 40
  • Other1% · 1

Finish rate by division

DivisionFightsKO/TKOSUBFinished
Lightweight1242%25%67%
Featherweight2744%22%67%
Bantamweight2133%19%52%
Flyweight1127%18%45%

Divisions with at least 10 fights in 2024.

Fastest finishes

  1. 0:21Roberto Satoshi de Souza def. Luiz Gustavo · TKO · Rizin FF - Rizin 48 · Sep 29, 2024#1
  2. 0:26Taisei Sakuraba def. Yusuke Yachi · TKO · Rizin FF - Rizin Bangaichi / Rizin 49: Decade · Dec 31, 2024#2
  3. 0:28Vugar Karamov def. Kazumasa Majima · TKO · Rizin FF - Landmark Vol. 10 · Nov 17, 2024#3
  4. 0:54Ryuya Fukuda def. Ryusei Ashizawa · KO · Rizin FF - Rizin Bangaichi / Rizin 49: Decade · Dec 31, 2024#4
  5. 1:33Tatsuki Shinotsuka def. Justyn Martinez · TKO · RIZIN 46 · Apr 29, 2024#5
  6. 1:35Daichi Abe def. Kota Shirakawa · KO · Rizin FF - Landmark Vol. 8 · Feb 24, 2024#6
  7. 1:38Masashi Inada def. Katsuyoshi Sasaki · SUB · Rizin FF - Landmark Vol. 10 · Nov 17, 2024#7
  8. 1:43Roberto Satoshi de Souza def. Keita Nakamura · TKO · Rizin FF - Landmark Vol. 9 · Mar 23, 2024#8

Biggest upsets

  1. 30%Ryusei Ashizawa def. Koji Tanaka · Rizin FF - Super Rizin 3 · Jul 28, 2024
  2. 33%Ren Hiramoto def. Mikuru Asakura · Rizin FF - Super Rizin 3 · Jul 28, 2024
  3. 34%Satoshi Kamiyama def. Cody Jerabek · Rizin FF - Landmark Vol. 9 · Mar 23, 2024
  4. 36%Spike Carlyle def. Kyung Pyo Kim · Rizin FF - Rizin 47 · Jun 9, 2024
  5. 37%Przemyslaw Kowalczyk def. Mikio Ueda · Rizin FF - Rizin 47 · Jun 9, 2024
  6. 37%Taisei Sakuraba def. Yusuke Yachi · Rizin FF - Rizin Bangaichi / Rizin 49: Decade · Dec 31, 2024
  7. 39%Kazumasa Majima def. Suguru Nii · Rizin FF - Super Rizin 3 · Jul 28, 2024
  8. 40%Yuki Motoya def. Shinobu Ota · Rizin FF - Rizin 48 · Sep 29, 2024

Pre-fight win probability from UFCal Elo ratings at the time of the fight. Elo ratings

Breakout fighters

FighterFightsElo
Ryo Takagi3+108
Karshyga Dautbek4+104
Przemyslaw Kowalczyk2+93
Noah Bey4+87
Rajabali Shaidullaev3+82
Viktor Kolesnik2+69
Genji Umeno2+58
Sho Patrick Usami3+52

Largest UFCal Elo rating gains across 2024.

Busiest fighters

FighterFightsWins
Karshyga Dautbek44
Noah Bey44
Koji Takeda42
Makoto Takahashi42
Hiroaki Suzuki41
Roberto Satoshi de Souza33
Kyoji Horiguchi33
Ryo Takagi33

Events by organization

OrganizationEventsFights
RIZIN10108

Events by country

CountryEvents
Japan10

Sources: official results, ufcstats.com, fan and media scorecards from mmadecisions.com, and the UFCal Elo model.

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