MMA Fight Outcomes by Year

The statistics on this page include all fights in our database, from 1993 through present.

All Fight Outcomes By Year

Year	Total Fights	(T)KOs	Submissions	Total Decisions	No Contests	DQs	Unknown
2021	3501	1342	1010	1101	14	18	16
2020	8647	3403	2664	2465	50	34	31
2019	19641	7660	6281	5266	108	79	247
2018	19212	7131	6476	5168	108	79	250
2017	19853	7452	6825	5243	127	71	135
2016	19246	7023	6705	5188	116	86	128
2015	19185	7091	7017	4781	105	82	109
2014	18360	6501	6896	4703	101	94	65
2013	19096	6740	7394	4689	115	78	80
2012	18341	6417	7289	4251	115	105	164
2011	16636	5582	6759	4030	74	99	92
2010	15619	5169	6647	3574	74	82	73
2009	14723	5156	6255	3096	79	60	77
2008	13164	4638	5675	2630	76	59	86
2007	12961	4575	5593	2365	89	65	274
2006	10352	3577	4509	1974	57	51	184
2005	7278	2464	3194	1458	43	28	91
2004	5841	1871	2480	1319	28	38	105
2003	5505	1652	2519	1130	29	45	130
2002	4109	1178	1806	916	21	30	158
2001	3226	873	1518	638	16	32	149
2000	2614	617	1337	523	6	15	116
1999	2113	429	1140	395	8	15	126
1998	1474	304	793	262	2	17	96
1997	1024	205	557	171	6	12	73
1996	741	175	382	109	0	1	74
1995	383	69	252	39	1	2	20
1994	150	26	101	21	0	1	1
1993	72	22	38	11	0	1	0

Fight Outcome Percentages

Year	Total Fights	(T)KOs	Submissions	Total Decisions	No Contests	DQs	Unknown
2021	3501	38.3%	28.8%	31.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%
2020	8647	39.4%	30.8%	28.5%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%
2019	19641	39.0%	32.0%	26.8%	0.5%	0.4%	1.3%
2018	19212	37.1%	33.7%	26.9%	0.6%	0.4%	1.3%
2017	19853	37.5%	34.4%	26.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%
2016	19246	36.5%	34.8%	27.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%
2015	19185	37.0%	36.6%	24.9%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%
2014	18360	35.4%	37.6%	25.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%
2013	19096	35.3%	38.7%	24.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%
2012	18341	35.0%	39.7%	23.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.9%
2011	16636	33.6%	40.6%	24.2%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%
2010	15619	33.1%	42.6%	22.9%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
2009	14723	35.0%	42.5%	21.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.5%
2008	13164	35.2%	43.1%	20.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%
2007	12961	35.3%	43.2%	18.2%	0.7%	0.5%	2.1%
2006	10352	34.6%	43.6%	19.1%	0.6%	0.5%	1.8%
2005	7278	33.9%	43.9%	20.0%	0.6%	0.4%	1.3%
2004	5841	32.0%	42.5%	22.6%	0.5%	0.7%	1.8%
2003	5505	30.0%	45.8%	20.5%	0.5%	0.8%	2.4%
2002	4109	28.7%	44.0%	22.3%	0.5%	0.7%	3.8%
2001	3226	27.1%	47.1%	19.8%	0.5%	1.0%	4.6%
2000	2614	23.6%	51.1%	20.0%	0.2%	0.6%	4.4%
1999	2113	20.3%	54.0%	18.7%	0.4%	0.7%	6.0%
1998	1474	20.6%	53.8%	17.8%	0.1%	1.2%	6.5%
1997	1024	20.0%	54.4%	16.7%	0.6%	1.2%	7.1%
1996	741	23.6%	51.6%	14.7%	0.0%	0.1%	10.0%
1995	383	18.0%	65.8%	10.2%	0.3%	0.5%	5.2%
1994	150	17.3%	67.3%	14.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.7%
1993	72	30.6%	52.8%	15.3%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%

Decision Types Breakdown

Year	Total	Unanimous	Split	Majority	Draws	Unknown
2021	1101	821	147	25	22	86
2020	2465	1891	330	44	94	106
2019	5266	4049	771	133	195	118
2018	5168	3793	754	152	244	225
2017	5243	3859	815	187	224	158
2016	5188	3921	756	169	222	120
2015	4781	3555	739	146	250	91
2014	4703	3517	714	153	248	71
2013	4689	3486	651	162	279	111
2012	4251	3152	640	154	248	57
2011	4030	2903	589	179	309	50
2010	3574	2609	520	166	253	26
2009	3096	2215	467	137	252	25
2008	2630	1783	349	119	233	146
2007	2365	1520	314	124	216	191
2006	1974	1196	231	133	237	177
2005	1458	799	147	85	223	204
2004	1319	700	100	72	226	221
2003	1130	584	97	61	203	185
2002	916	432	61	67	121	235
2001	638	262	43	52	116	165
2000	523	251	22	37	74	139
1999	395	162	23	20	90	100
1998	262	74	9	18	66	95
1997	171	68	9	8	38	48
1996	109	22	5	12	32	38
1995	39	16	2	4	7	10
1994	21	9	0	1	2	9
1993	11	4	0	1	6	0

Decision Type Percentages

Year	Total	Unanimous	Split	Majority	Draws	Unknown
2021	1101	74.6%	13.4%	2.3%	2.0%	7.8%
2020	2465	76.7%	13.4%	1.8%	3.8%	4.3%
2019	5266	76.9%	14.6%	2.5%	3.7%	2.2%
2018	5168	73.4%	14.6%	2.9%	4.7%	4.4%
2017	5243	73.6%	15.5%	3.6%	4.3%	3.0%
2016	5188	75.6%	14.6%	3.3%	4.3%	2.3%
2015	4781	74.4%	15.5%	3.1%	5.2%	1.9%
2014	4703	74.8%	15.2%	3.3%	5.3%	1.5%
2013	4689	74.3%	13.9%	3.5%	6.0%	2.4%
2012	4251	74.1%	15.1%	3.6%	5.8%	1.3%
2011	4030	72.0%	14.6%	4.4%	7.7%	1.2%
2010	3574	73.0%	14.5%	4.6%	7.1%	0.7%
2009	3096	71.5%	15.1%	4.4%	8.1%	0.8%
2008	2630	67.8%	13.3%	4.5%	8.9%	5.6%
2007	2365	64.3%	13.3%	5.2%	9.1%	8.1%
2006	1974	60.6%	11.7%	6.7%	12.0%	9.0%
2005	1458	54.8%	10.1%	5.8%	15.3%	14.0%
2004	1319	53.1%	7.6%	5.5%	17.1%	16.8%
2003	1130	51.7%	8.6%	5.4%	18.0%	16.4%
2002	916	47.2%	6.7%	7.3%	13.2%	25.7%
2001	638	41.1%	6.7%	8.2%	18.2%	25.9%
2000	523	48.0%	4.2%	7.1%	14.1%	26.6%
1999	395	41.0%	5.8%	5.1%	22.8%	25.3%
1998	262	28.2%	3.4%	6.9%	25.2%	36.3%
1997	171	39.8%	5.3%	4.7%	22.2%	28.1%
1996	109	20.2%	4.6%	11.0%	29.4%	34.9%
1995	39	41.0%	5.1%	10.3%	17.9%	25.6%
1994	21	42.9%	0.0%	4.8%	9.5%	42.9%
1993	11	36.4%	0.0%	9.1%	54.5%	0.0%