Crowded UFC arenas see 12% more deals than APEX in 2024

So far this year (January 1 to October 26, 2024), the UFC has held 238 fights in front of live audiences in arenas and 190 fights at its UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas.

These events resulted in a total of 238 decisions, 115 KO/TKOs, 69 submissions, four no-contests and two disqualifications. Although there were 48 more fights in live crowd events, they performed only slightly better in terms of placings.

Aside from no-contests and disqualifications, live crowd events have produced three more submissions and thirteen more knockouts so far this year. This represents a nine percent difference in submissions and a 25 percent difference in knockouts.

This knockout difference is proportional to events with large crowds and 25 percent more fights. However, crowd events resulted in 36 percent more decisions.

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