What should I look for in a fight promotion?

Start with what is published. Of the 203 fight promotions listed here, 195 have a live website and 203 list their services. None publish opening hours and none publish a price, so expect to ask about both. A listing that publishes more is easier to check before you commit.

How many fight promotions are there?

203 on this site, across 49 states and 150 cities, sorted into 6 types.

How is this list put together?

Every listing is a real business, checked against its own website, with the source link and the date of that check shown on the listing page. Nothing is ranked by payment.

Guide · 2026

How to choose a fight promotion (2026)

Advice about picking a fight promotion is usually someone's opinion. This page is counts instead: what 203 real fight promotions actually publish about themselves, and what that means when you compare two of them.

What to check, and how often it is published

Check	Listings with it	Why it matters
A live website	195 (96%)	Open it before you plan anything. A dead link usually means the business has moved on.
A street address	110 (54%)	A published address means you can visit, and it is what map apps need.
A phone number	118 (58%)	The fastest way to confirm anything that matters before you go.
A list of services	203 (100%)	Tells you what they actually do, instead of what the name suggests.

The services that come up most

Counted across every listing that names its services. Use it to tell a common offering from a rare one.

Live events101
Combat-sports cards101
Fighter licensing63
Event sanctioning58
Promoter licensing46
Rules enforcement40
Official licensing17
MMA events13
Boxing promotion10
Event approval6
Title sanctioning3
Fighter contracts3
Televised cards3
Amateur and pro cards3

Types, and how many of each

Venues and Arenas 101 Commissions and Sanctioning Bodies 66 Regional Promotions 13 Boxing Promotions 10 National Promotions 9 Amateur Leagues and Governing Bodies 4

Where they are

203 fight promotions across 49 states and 150 cities. The busiest:

Albuquerque, NM 3 Chicago, IL 3 Indianapolis, IN 3 Las Vegas, NV 3 Austin, TX 2 Birmingham, AL 2 Boise, ID 2 Colorado Springs, CO 2

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Before you commit

Open the business's own website from its listing here, and check the page is still live.
Compare two or three on the same points. Save the ones you like and put them side by side.
Confirm price and hours with the business directly. 0% publish a price and 0% publish hours, so most of this has to be asked.
Check the date on the listing. Each one shows when it was last checked against the business's own site.

Open your saved list

Counts come from the 203 listings on this site on the day this page was built. They describe this directory, not the whole industry.