Finishing Rates by Country in 2008

by Mike Fagan on Apr 1, 2009 4:26 PM EDT in MMA News

The UFC and WEC represent the American portion, while Dream and Sengoku make up the Japanese side. We're looking at some pretty small samples (262 American fights, 107 Japanese fights) so there isn't too much significance to the numbers. I find it interesting that fights are finished at an equivalent rate, though the distribution of finishes vary. Here's the totals for the individual promotions:

	KO	TKO	KO/TKO	SUB	DEC	OTHER
UFC	8.96%	32.34%	41.29%	26.87%	31.84%	0.00%
WEC	8.20%	36.07%	44.26%	26.23%	27.87%	1.64%
DREAM	5.36%	23.21%	28.57%	35.71%	32.14%	3.57%
SENGOKU	9.80%	19.61%	29.41%	39.22%	31.37%	0.00%
AVERAGE	8.40%	29.81%	38.21%	29.81%	31.17%	0.81%

Other = no contests, DQ's, etc.

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I'd love to see this expanded

to include Shooto, Pancrase, etc
It seems like the 2nd tier Japanese promotions feature no end of draws and decisions.

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by Kid Nate on Apr 1, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions

When Leland gets that crawler written, I definitely will look into that. Because I’m manually adding on to my own database, I’m only keeping up with the bigger promotions. I need to get the EXC and Strikeforce stuff up to date.

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by Mike Fagan on Apr 1, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Do you have pre-Zuffa WEC?

by szucconi on Apr 1, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep.

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by Mike Fagan on Apr 1, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

A little surprised to see Sengoku has highest KO%

But not surprised to see WEC has lowest Decision%. Just shows how consistently good their shows are.

by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 1, 2009 4:38 PM EDT reply actions

I wouldn’t really put too much stock in the straight KO numbers. How things get classified as a KO or TKO is a pretty big gray area.

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by Mike Fagan on Apr 1, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Lopsided matches would also give you those numbers.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Apr 1, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, the UFC should look to Japanese promos for matchmaking advice.

/insanity

by Derek Suboticki on Apr 1, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

How’s the ref stuff coming along? I didn’t know if I should start again before the spreadsheet is updated.

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by Rundownloser on Apr 1, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions

The spreadsheet is constantly being updated. We’ve got less than 270 fights left, which means we’re about 2/3rds of the way done. These last chunks will be the hardest, so any and all help is appreciated.

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by Mike Fagan on Apr 1, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I will do some more fights this evening, looking like its mostly prelims left though.

Its hard to know what to make of these numbers. First of all Dream and Sengoku both have a relatively small sample size.
Also the Japan/US could be as simple as ring/cage.
I think that in general the fighters fighting in the US are bigger in each weight class than in Japan. This combined with lots of strong college wrestling backgrounds probably leads to few subs and more knockouts in the US.

I dislike Matt Hughes.

by MonkeyCHops on Apr 1, 2009 5:26 PM EDT reply actions