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Some doctors from Johns Hopkins Medical School did a study of 171 MMA fights that happened in Nevada. From the 7-page article:

"The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of injury inprofessional MMA fighters. Data from all professional MMA events that took place between September 2001 and December 2004 in the state of Nevada were obtained from the Nevada Athletic Commission."

INFO:
©Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2006) CSSI, 136-142
http://www.jssm.org

Combat Sports Special Issue

Research article:
INCIDENCE OF INJURY IN PROFESSIONAL MIXED MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITIONS

By Gregory H. Bledsoe, Edbert B. Hsu, Jurek George Grabowski, Justin D. Brill and
Guohua Li

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Published (online): 01 July 2006