Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts

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Welcome to WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts. This is a Wikiproject formed to encourage a community of cohesive editing for Mixed martial arts articles. If you wish to join us, please add your name to the list on the participants page and please say hello on the talk page. Guidelines for creating and formatting MMA articles are below.

Scope

This WikiProject aims to describe a template for new articles about Mixed martial artists, unify currently existing articles and improve the overall quality of mixed martial arts related pages.

Goals

The goal of this project is to provide a unified structure, a toolkit of templates and a central discussion area for the creation and improvement of articles relating to Mixed Martial Arts; the ultimate goal being for Wikipedia to contain an authoritative set of articles of Good or Featured quality relating to all significant aspects of MMA and to contain an article for all fighters that are notable.

Notability of fighters

See MMA notability

Notability of fighters is one of the biggest issues for the project. WP:MMANOT is a summary of what many of the experienced users for the project believe to be notable organisations and the definition of a notable fighter. Should a fighter not fulfil this criteria, it is unlikely that they warrant an article on wikipedia.

Discussion is always welcome at the MMA notability page, linked above (or WT:MMANOT for the discussion page), as we attempt to establish a wider consensus for who or what is notable.

Participants

Main page: Participants

Recent or ongoing work

Work-tracking lists

• List of fighters that need full articles
• List of promotions that need full articles
• List of fight teams that need full articles

Project Templates

In addition to the below-mentioned {{MMAstatsbox}} and {{Championshiptitle}} template group, the following templates are suggested for use on MMA articles.

Barnstar

Please show another productive editor some love! To add, place: {{Template:MMA Barnstar |yourname=~~~ |theirname= |awarded=~~~~~ }} on their talkpage. Template:MMA Barnstar

		The MMA Barnstar
		I, {{{yourname}}}, hereby award [[User:{{{theirname}}}|{{{theirname}}}]] the The MMA Barnstar for their valued contributions to WikiProject MMA. Awarded {{{awarded}}}

Biographical stubs (e.g. fighters, promoters, referees)

Please use {{mixedmartialart-bio-stub}} instead of {{stub}}, as this will create an appropriate categorization and banner that will direct editors to this project.

This biographical article related to mixed martial arts is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Non-biographical stubs (e.g. fight promotions, events)

Please use {{mixedmartialart-stub}} instead of {{stub}}, as this will create an appropriate categorization and banner that will direct editors to this project.

This article related to mixed martial arts is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it

Banner for use on article talk pages

Please add {{WikiProject Mixed martial arts}} to the top of talk pages of MMA articles, to help direct new editors to the project. Using {{subst:to do}} underneath that on talk pages will create an editable to do list as we have at the top of this page, which you can leave notes for yourself or other editors in. By default if no article class is specified, it will automatically be placed in Category:Unassessed mixed martial arts articles.

Userbox

Members of the project are welcome to use the project userbox by adding {{User_WikiProject_Mixed_Martial_Arts}} to their pages:

This user is a participant in WikiProject
Mixed martial arts.

Statsbox

• Template:Infobox_martial_artist

Other

• Template:Sherdog - for creating links to Sherdog's Fight Finder database for fighter records:

Template for MMA Training Associations

• Template:MMA Training Associations

Template for MMA organizations

• Template:MMA organizations

Articles about mixed martial artists

Article structure

The articles about mixed martial arts fighters should follow the structure outlined below to ensure a consistent structure. An easy way to start a new article is to copy the source of the quickbio template.

Infobox martial artist

All articles should begin with a Infobox martial artist (click for example).

Syntax

syntax

{{Infobox martial artist 
| name        = Brock Lesnar
| image       = Brock Lesnar in 2003.jpg
| imagesize   = 
| alt         =
| caption     = 
| birth_name  = Brock Edward Lesnar
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1977|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Webster, South Dakota]]
| death_date  = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| death_place = 
| death_cause = 
| other_names = 
| residence   = [[Webster, South Dakota]]
| nationality = [[United States|American]]

| height      = {{height|feet=6|inches=3}}
| weight      = {{convert|306|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
| weightclass = [[Heavyweight_(MMA)|Heavyweight]] (205–265 lb)
| reach       = {{convert|81.0|in|cm|abbr=on}}

| style         = [[Wrestling]], [[Collegiate wrestling]], [[Amateur wrestling]]
| stance        = Orthodox
| fightingoutof = [[Minneapolis]] – [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
| team          = [[Minnesota Martial Arts Academy]]
| trainer       = Greg Nelson
| rank          = ''NCAA Division I [[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]]''
| yearsactive   = 2007–present

| mmawins            = 4
| mmakowins          = 2
| mmasubwins         = 1 
| mmalosses          = 1
| mmakolosses        = 
| mmasublosses       = 
| mmadraws           = 
| mmancs             = 
| amwins             = 
| amkowins           =
| amsubwins          = 
| amlosses           = 
| amkolosses         = 
| amsublosses        = 
| amdraws            = 
| amncs              =

| occupation  = 
| university  = University of Minnesota
| spouse      = [[Rena Mero]]
| relatives   =
| students    = 
| club        = 
| school      = 
| url         = 

| sherdog     = 17522
| footnotes   = 
| updated     = August 27, 2009
}}

• In the weightclass field, try to include the name of the division and the ranges. Example:

syntax

|weightclass=[[Light heavyweight (MMA)|Light heavyweight]] (185–205 lb)

Light heavyweight (185–205 lb)

• If a fighter has competed in a promotion that doesn't follow the ranges given by the Unified Rules, add a note with the name of the promotion. Example:

syntax

|weightclass=[[Heavyweight (MMA)|Heavyweight]] (93 kg and over; [[Dream (mixed martial arts)|Dream]])

Heavyweight (93 kg and over; Dream)

• If a fighter has competed in several weight classes, add all of them using the tag <br/> after each other. Include a note if the promotion doesn't follow the Unified Rules weight classes. Example:

syntax

|weightclass=[[Welterweight (MMA)|Welterweight]] (155-170 lb)<br/>[[Middleweight (MMA)|Middleweight]] (170-185 lb)

Welterweight (155-170 lb)
Middleweight (170-185 lb)

• If a fighter has competed in weight classes that are no longer in use, add the name of the promotion and the period where the rules were in effect. Example:

syntax

|weightclass=[[Light heavyweight (MMA)|Lightweight]] (199 lb and under; UFC 1997–2000)

Lightweight (199 lb and under; UFC 1997–2000)

• If possible, use footnotes for promotion related information

syntax

|weightclass=Open weight<ref group="n" name="Note 1">Under UFC rules, 1993–96.</ref>

Open weight
Notes

Lead section

Lead section should include the basic information about the fighter and an overview of notable accomplishments. For example:

Joe "Diesel" Riggs (born September 23, 1982) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Source:

source

'''Joe "Diesel" Riggs''' (born September 23, 1982) is an American [[mixed martial arts]] fighter. He currently fights as a [[Welterweight (MMA)|welterweight]] in the [[Strikeforce]] promotion.

Early life or Background

Early life or Background section should begin with a == Early life == or == Background == title to outline the fighters' life before MMA. Including the details of the fighters childhood: place of birth, sibling information, parents occupation is optional. Further details can include the information on the fighters other careers, his marriage(s), children, pets, etc. Training can be included here, or below, in the martial arts training section.

For example:

Fedor Emelianenko was born in 1976 in the Rubezhnoe town in Luhansk region, presently a part of Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union at the time). Fedor's family moved to Stary Oskol, Russia in 1978. His mother, Olga Feodorovna, is a teacher. His father, Vladimir Alexandrovich, is a gas-electric welder. Fedor is the second child in the family and has an older sister, Marina, and two younger brothers, Aleksander (born 1981) and Ivan (born 1988). Aleksander is also an MMA fighter in PRIDE and Ivan is currently in training.

Fedor finished high school in 1991 and graduated with honors from a professional trade school in 1994. In 1999 he married his wife, Oksana. Fedor's daughter, Masha, was also born in 1999.

Martial arts training

The Early life section can also include a subsection on the fighter's martial arts background & training regimen.

Example:

Emelianenko's enthusiasm for fighting began with Sambo and Judo. He initially trained under Vasiliy Ivanovich Gavrilov, and later under his current coach, Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov. Voronov remembers that ten-year-old Fedor was relatively weak physically and did not have an innate grappling talent; instead, Fedor's biggest strength was his perseverance and strong will.

In 1997, Emelianenko received the official certification of a "Master of Sports" in Sambo and Judo. Fedor earned bronze medal in 1998 Russian Judo Championsip. In 2000, he started studying striking with arms and legs under coach Alexander Vasilievich Michkov.

Fedor used to weight train extensively, but in 1999 he almost completely substituted his weight exercises with sport-specific training in grappling, boxing and kick-boxing. His strength training consists of daily pull-ups, push ups on parallel bars, and crunches. Emelianenko also runs 12-15 kilometers (7.5 - 9.3 miles) every day. Fedor is a proponent of high altitude training and he travels to Kislovodsk, Russia with his team once or twice a year to train in high altitude.

Mixed martial arts career

1. Write down his/her early career.
2. Write down recent events.

Record

His/her fight records. It does not have to be about only MMA record. If they have taken part in any Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling or kickboxing etc matches, you can create a section for each discipline and add that information.

Mixed martial arts

A typical subsection would include a list of any titles won, followed by this 2 part record table. The first part, the collapsable "Professional record breakdown" uses a template, while the more detailed fight table (second part) is manually coded (for now). Both parts should be included, in the order shown below.

• Template:MMArecordbox

Professional record breakdown

33 matches	30 wins	1 loss
By knockout	10	1
By submission	10	0
By decision	10	0
By disqualification	0	0
Draws	1
No contests	1

Example Input:

sourcecode

{{MMArecordbox
|wins=30
|losses=1
|draws=1
|nc=1
|ko-wins=10
|ko-losses=1
|sub-wins=10
|sub-losses=0
|dec-wins=10
|dec-losses=0
|dq-wins=0
|dq-losses=0
}}

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	3–0	Shintaro Ishiwatari	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Sengoku 7	March 20, 2009	1	4:29	Tokyo, Japan
Win	2–0	Fanjin Son	KO (Punches)	Deep: 39 Impact	December 10, 2008	1	0:17	Tokyo, Japan
Win	1–0	Michihiro Omigawa	Decision (Unanimous)	Deep: Gladiator	August 16, 2008	2	5:00	Okayama, Japan

The record column (shown above) should be added to the record table for clarity. As we get many IPs updating fight records, many of them neglect to update the record box numbers, which creates errors. By including the record column, these errors are ironed out and readers know the actual record of the specific fighter.

Example Input:

Example input

{{MMA record start}}
|{{yes2}}Win
|align=center|3–0
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shintaro Ishiwatari]]
|Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
|[[Sengoku 7]]
|{{dts|2009|March|20}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:29
|[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|align=center|2–0
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Fanjin Son]]
|KO (Punches)
|Deep – 39 Impact
|{{dts|2008|December|10}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:17
|[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|align=center|1–0
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Michihiro Omigawa]]
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Deep – Gladiator
|{{dts|2008|August|16}}
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|[[Okayama]], [[Japan]]
|
{{end}}

• Never add non-officially announced bouts. Wikipedia is not the place for rumors or speculation. Any future bout that is not referenced within the body text will also be removed.
• In the column Results, only use "Win", "Loss", "Draw" or "NC".
• In the column Record, uses dashes (–), not hyphens (-), to separate wins, losses and draws.
• In the column Opponent, when using {{Flagicon}}, try to use ISO/IOC/FIFA country code in order to add less characters towards the article size.
• In the column Method, per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (capital letters), do not capitalize the text within parentheses. For example, use "TKO (corner stoppage)" instead of "TKO (Corner Stoppage)"
• In the column Method, unless sources within the body text of the article state otherwise, always use the result that is available in a fighter's record at Sherdog fighfinder. Do not use your interpretation of a fight result in the record, as the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. Any result that is not referenced or that is not the same as in Sherdog, must be returned to how it is described in Sherdog.
• In the column Method, do not wikify the finishing method. That should be done within the body text only.
• In the column Event, if an event has its own article in Wikipedia, use the name of the article and do not add extra text or stylization. For example, use [[UFC 60]] instead of [[UFC 60|UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie]], use [[Dream 11]] instead of [[Dream 11|DREAM.11 Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Final]].
• In the column Event, do not use hyphens or dashes when referring to the subtitle of an event, for example, don't use "Deep – Gladiator", use instead normal English punctuation, "Deep: Gladiator". In the same way, make sure that events have not redundant subtitles, for example, do not use "XFS 2: Xtreme Fight Series 2", just leave "Xtreme Fight Series 2" or "XFS 2".
• In the column Event, only wikify events that have an article at Wikipedia, not organizations. Organizations should only be wikified once within the body text of the article.
• In the column Location, do not add flag icons as they are redundant since the country must be mentioned in the text and their usage in such conditions is against Wikipedia:Manual of Style (icons), they increase server load and can be annoying for people with slow connections or text-based browsers.
• In the column Location, try to include, whenever possible, city and country. For example, "Osaka, Japan". If the city has a long name, use wiki code to leave only the name of the city. For example, for Las Vegas, Nevada use the code [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] to make it "Las Vegas, United States" in the record.
• The column Notes is meant to be used for information related to the bout, including but not limited to special rules, awards earned, failure to make weight and similar. Do not use it to put irrelevant text such as "MMA Debut", "UFC debut", "Cut from the UFC" or similar text not directly related to the bout.

See also

The "See also" section should include at least a reference to theList of male mixed martial artists or List of female mixed martial artists.

• List of male mixed martial artists
• List of female mixed martial artists

References

The article should be thoroughly referenced. The list of references can be automatically included in the References section by including a {{footnotes}} tag.

External links

Articles should, if possible, include links to:

• Official website or related websites
• Sherdog. You can for example use the Sherdog-template: {{Sherdog|id=1500|name=Fedor Emelianenko}} gives Professional MMA record for Fedor Emelianenko from Sherdog.
• The promotions profile page on the fighter. See for example the UFC's, DREAM's, and EliteXC's list of fighters.

Categories

Please add categories as appropriate — there are generally categories for the sports and martial arts that fighters may have practiced, and please always select the correct nationality from Category:Mixed martial artists by nationality.

*adding a link to a category adds the article to the category - this page does not belong in that category!

Other categories to be included are:

• [[Category:Insert year births|Insert year births]]
• [[Category:Living people|Insert name]]
• [[Category:insert country mixed martial artists|insert name]]
• [[Category:Mixed martial artists from (insert US State)]]

Parentage

The parents of this WikiProject are WikiProject Sports and Wikipedia:WikiProject Martial Arts.

Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

Similar Wikiprojects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Kickboxing
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Boxing

External links

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Mixed martial arts