By Gregory Saks on March 3, 2010
Three events were held in February across the major MMA promotions. This produced a total of 25 professional bouts including one title fight. The UFC held two events, while Strikeforce held the third. Americans continued to make up the majority of the active fighters, with Brazil, Australia, and Croatia having good February [...]
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By Gregory Saks on February 3, 2010
Four events were held in January across the major MMA promotions. This produced a total of 42 bouts including three title fights. The UFC held two events, Strikeforce and the WEC each held one apiece. Americans continued to make up the majority of the active fighters, with Brazil, Canada, and the Netherlands [...]
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By Gregory Saks on January 4, 2010
Five events were held in December across the major MMA promotions. This produced a total of 50 bouts including two title fights, capping off 2009 with a busy month of MMA. The UFC held two events, Strikeforce and the WEC each held one apiece, and Dream/Fields finished the year with their “Dynamite” New [...]
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By Gregory Saks on December 3, 2009
Seven events were held in November across the major MMA promotions. This produced a total of 69 bouts including 3 title fights, making it the busiest month among major promotions for the entire year. The UFC held two events, Sengoku and the WEC each held one apiece, and Strikeforce held a surprising three [...]
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By Gregory Saks on November 10, 2009
Four events were held in October across the major MMA promotions, producing a total of 38 bouts, including 3 title fights, in the month. Dream.11 and Dream.12 took place in Japan, while WEC 43 and UFC 104 were presented from the U.S. As a result, American and Japanese fighters made up the majority [...]
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By Gregory Saks on October 16, 2009
In most modern MMA promotions, a title bout means a chance to not only watch the highest caliber of opponents step into the cage, but to see their talents on display for a full 5 rounds instead of 3. Tapology’s analysis of bouts from 2008 and 2009 shows that the so-called “championship” rounds 4 and [...]
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By Gregory Saks on October 13, 2009
Casual MMA fans tend to love knockouts and the heavyweight division delivers them most frequently. Tapology analyzed the methods of victory in MMA fights from 2008 and 2009 and identified a general increase in the percentage of knockouts as weight classes increase. Lighter weight classes filled with back and forth action are the [...]
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By Gregory Saks on October 12, 2009
Less than a third of major promotion Mixed Martial Arts bouts went the distance in 2008. Thus far in 2009, however, the frequency of judge’s decisions has increased dramatically, from 31% to 40%. While submission rates have held steady, significantly fewer bouts have ended in knockout or technical knockout. The increase in across-the-board [...]
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