MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) API

I like this idea. I was actually interested in making something like this two years ago during FIFA World Cup but didn't follow through.

It's a good starting point and later on you can expand into other sports and provide much deeper data and stats.

I wouldn't use it "personally", but your potential market will be:

• News media. They need stats/schedule etc for their articles.
• Sports apps and websites.
• Many sports teams and even athletes launch their apps. They also need the schedule and other data to display on their apps.

A company called Opta Sports does this. But it's very expensive for small developers and they don't have an MMA api.

Check out their twitter: https://twitter.com/OptaJoe. They post interesting trivia. Probably you can start marketing your app in a similar manner.

A great idea but very niche!
Targeting the right audience "might" fetch you good results.

I suggest you look at a broader picture covering various sports.

Yes! A few years ago I got really into baseball analytics and being a long-time MMA fan I was interested in trying to create some metrics about fighters. At the time, I was only able to find one actual UFC API but it wasn't great.

Using Google, it seems like a few have popped up since then but I haven't tried any of them. I think there is definitely a use-case for a great MMA API.

Hmm What would I use it for?
All records are on Sherdog or Wiki so I can look them up if required.
But can't think of a systemic use where this info would be useful outside of MMA news sites.