The UFC maintained its position as the leading MMA organization in 2024, surpassing other promotions in terms of event volume and global reach. Explore key statistics, venue highlights, and notable moments from the year.
continued its reign as the mightiest MMA league on the planet while other promotions waned this year. Staging over 500 tilts across their average of 42 fight cards, the UFC did not take its foot off the gas and instead applied pressure to the pedal by taking to the one-of-a-kind Sphere in the fall. The organization featured a surprisingly low finish rate in 2024, while also bringing in more overwhelming favorites than ever before and a complete lack of even scorecards.
While it did not reach its record of 520 fights set last year, the promotion staged 517 in one fewer show than 2023—therefore averaging more fights per card than ever.Exactly half of the UFC’s events in 2024 took place in its headquarters city of Las Vegas. Ten different U.S. cities also received fights from the league, while the only non-Vegas location to get multiple cards was Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.While the UFC stated that it planned on breaking out of its famed UFC Apex this year for greener pastures, it matched the total from last year of 17 in that building. The Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, still did not get a UFC show.With recent years seeing marathon stretches of consecutive events spanning many months, the UFC altered its schedule such that no more than 11 straight weeks featured live fight action. This is a far cry from the 17 straight Saturdays last year or the 24 Saturdays in a row in 2020.Even though it tried, the UFC was unable to put on a show with 15 fights on the billing come event night. It did have six shows that brought 14, with 20 of their 42 seeing at least 13 bouts take place on that respective evening.called 16 different UFC events in 2024. Of note, Charly Arnolt became the first female announcer in company history when she briefly filled in for an ill Martinez at UFC on ESPN 55 in April.During the first event of 2024, Jon Anik passed Mike Goldberg for the most fights called by a play-by-play commentator in UFC histor
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