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 in the #Participants section, 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.

Please see the to-do list for current drives.

Participants

Recent or ongoing work

Work-tracking lists

Ongoing work

Research and expand Ryan Bennett article. — Estarriol ^talk 23:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
~~Looking to expand Evan Tanner and Oleg Taktarov — Estarriol ^talk 17:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)~~ Have put this on hold while I work on Ryan Bennett article. — Estarriol ^talk 23:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Structure/style guide for MMA event articles. Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/Event pages format is the current draft of the guide, please review and make edits and comments. thanks! hateless 08:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
General nickpickery, hunting down out of date articles and putting in current info. --Ausmus 03:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Creating and cleaning up profiles for TUF 3 participants, any help appriciated. --TheCooperman 21:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created Justin Eilers page, wrote bio, ~~still needs~~ record. Skeletor2112 11:57, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created Lee Shone article. Someone else added some stuff to it. I think it's pretty well suited for now. Anyone who has any other info on Lee Shone that was left out, please fill more out if you'd like. DarrickPatrick
There are still many Pride events without a page, in particular the early ones. Those pages that do exist also don't have much contextual information. Ill logic 17:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Beginning Wikiproject MMA Assessment project, implementing WP 1.0 grading scheme and updating template. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/Assessment for details. hateless 19:22, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Expansion of the Cage Rage article, creation of pages for list of Cage Rage champions and events and seperate pages for each event. Crazyknight 18:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Expanding on the Gina Carano article. NasDestiny 15:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Expanding on the Julie Kedzie article. I've created it, but I'm sure more can be done. Frog47 08:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking that we should make an article for omoplatas and gogoplatas, especially since it's been proven recently that it can be used in MMA competitions. NasDestiny 16:11, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I feel that we should add fighter associations/teams to each fighter's statbox such as Chute Boxe, Hammerhouse, or Greg Jackson's Gaidojitsu camp. Unak78 22:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
King of the Cage should be brought in and formalized. I'm working on a List of King of the Cage events page right now. Information is spotty on this, Sherdog doesn't seem to have complete information for the events that have been distributed on the KOTC DVDs (it's possible some are copromotions). As a result, I consider it WIP. I did tag the discussion pages with the project banner. Falcomadol 16:42, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Created stat table for MMA teams/associations and added it to all existing team pages with logos where available. Work is still ongoing, would also like to work on finding info on some of the hard to find international teams like Red Devil Sport Club and Russian Top Team. Unak78 19:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Researched and expanded Chute Boxe article with four paragraphs and additional sources. Unak78 11:57, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Completed Work

Completed Carlos Newton article to replace stub; K-M-S 11 June 2006
Started Matt Lindland article — Estarriol ^talk 2006-05-25 16:31:03
Created Template:MMA-bio-stub, Template:mixedmartialart-stub and Template:WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts — Estarriol ^talk 12:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created the first draft of the userbox Template:User_WikiProject_Mixed_Martial_Arts. --CasualFighter 18:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created Ryan Bennett article for the recently-deceased broadcaster. RIP. — Estarriol ^talk 23:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed missing fighters articles/stubs:
- Patrick Cote (MMA) --CasualFighter 17:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created Template:Infobox MMA event, to replace usage of Template:Infobox Wrestling event of MMA event articles. Difference between the two are slight, it was created as a copy/paste job and has two additional fields for total gate and purse, both figures are usually released by state athletic commissions after an event. hateless 18:53, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/List of fighters that need full articles, and Andrei Semenov stub. — Estarriol ^talk 11:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Finished Frank Trigg Article, a proofreading would be cool --Ausmus 06:18, 10 June 2006 (UTC) talk[reply]
- I have proofed this and left a few to-dos on the article talk page. Great work. — Estarriol ^talk 11:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created Mike Nickels article, I think there might be some stuff left to add so please have a look, but it ain't too bad for a first article I thought!--TheCooperman 22:42, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Finished revamps of Bas Rutten, Tim Sylvia, and Rich Franklin. Skeletor2112 06:37, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Finished a major rewrite of Mark Coleman. Skeletor2112 11:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed Michael Bisping rewrite. Skeletor2112 11:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed Don Frye rewrite & overhaul. Skeletor2112 11:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed MMA weight classes and subcategories. Wyldephang 23:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed Nathan Marquardt overhaul. Wyldephang 01:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed all UFC event pages - every event now has a page. Thanks to Spaceman72069, Smoltz, Wyldephang, and Hateless for all the work in meeting me halfway. PRIDE event pages are next... Skeletor2112 09:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed all IFL team pages, general templates etc. --Aika 21:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Completed overhaul and expansion of Evan Tanner and Nick Diaz articles. jayc948 07:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Created and completed Akira Kikuchi article. Wyldephang 08:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Created, completed List of Pancrase champions. Revisions welcome. Wyldephang 20:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Updated the fight history table on Mauricio Rua's article to a sortable version with added features. This is the same table design created by east718 for Fedor Emelianenko. Unak78 22:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Updated the fight history table on Tito Ortiz, and Chuck Liddell's article to a sortable version with added features. Unak78 17:17, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Created Katsuya Inoue's article. Unak78 20:59, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Added a fight history table to "Mach" Sakurai's article Unak78 14:01, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Updated the fight history table on Anderson Silva's article to a sortable version with added features. Unak78 21:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Added a fight history table to Ryo Chonan's article Unak78 09:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Added a fight history table to Caol Uno's article Unak78 09:53, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Project Templates

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

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

Please use {{mixedmartialart-bio-stub}} instead of {{stub}}, as this will create an appropriate categorisation 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 categorisation 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.

	This article is part of WikiProject Mixed martial arts, an attempt to better organise and unify articles relating to mixed martial arts concepts, events, and biographies. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
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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:MMAstatsbox

Record table

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

Notability of fighters

To determine whether a fighter is notable enough to be deserving of their own Wikipedia article, please see the following guideline pages:-

Wikipedia:Notability (people)#People still alive - To quote from the entry for sportspeople/athletes: "Sportspeople/athletes who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, or at the highest level in mainly amateur sports, including college sports in the United States." At face value, this would appear to include most professional mixed martial artists, but in practice should probably include those who have had at least one, and preferably several fights in an established professional fight promotion (e.g. not a startup promotion).
Wikipedia:Google Test should also prove to be a practical test of notability.

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. Template:MMAstatsbox

MMAstatsbox

All articles should begin with an MMA statbox (see sample to the right).

Syntax:

{{MMAstatsbox|name=
|image=
|nick=
|height=
|weight=
|birthdate=
|died=
|nationality=
|fightingfrom=
|hometown=
|fightteam=
|fightstyle=
|wins=
|losses=
|draws=
|nocontest=
|ko=
|submissions=
|}}

Values for image, nick, died, fightingfrom, fightteam, fightstyle, nocontest, ko and submissions are optional.

Lead section

Lead section should include the basic information about the fighter and an overview of notable accomplishments. A standard lead section begins with:

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

Source:

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

Biography

Biography section should begin with a == Biography == title, and outline the fighters life outside of MMA. Inlude the details of the fighters childhood: place of birth, sibling information, parents occupation, etc. Further details can include the information on the fighters other careers, his marriage(s), children, pets, etc.

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 Biography 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

Write down his/her early career.
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 BJJ, 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 the record table.

Professional mixed martial arts: xx Fights xx Wins xx KOs xx S xx Loses (xx Draws xx No cntests)
- "KOs" includes TKO. "S" means submissions.
- "Draw" and "No contests" are optional. You do not have to put them if they are unnecessary.

Record table：
Input:

{{fightstatstop}}
{{fightstatscont|19|[[October 30]], [[2004]]|Win|8R 2:58|TKO|[[Vitor Belfort]]|[[Brazil]]|[[UFC]] [[Light Heavyweight (MMA)|Light heavyweight]] championship}}
{{fightstatsbottom}}

- Output:

Number	Date	Result	Round	Method	Opponent	Nationality	Note
19	October 30, 2004	Win	8R 2:58	TKO	Vitor Belfort	Brazil	UFC Light heavyweight championship

example

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

Official website or related websites
Professional MMA record from Sherdog.com
PRIDE profile
UFC profile

Also, please include the {{MMA-bio-stub}} on the stub pages.

Championship table

Template of championship table for competitions:Template:Championshiptitle2
- Example:Oscar de la Hoya

Input:{{Championshiptitle2|25th|[[1992 Summer Olympics]]| Boxing [[Lightweight]]|Andreas Zülow|Hocine Soltani|August, 1992}}
Output:Template:Championshiptitle2

If you do not want to link previous or next winner, please use following temlates.
- No link for previous winner:Template:Championshiptitle2-1 (for the first champion)
- No link for next winner:Template:Championshiptitle2-2 (for the last champion)
- No link for both winners:Template:Championshiptitle2-3 (When the titles are too minor)

Template of championship table for professional titles:Template:Championshiptitle
- Example:Muhammad Ali

Input:{{Championshiptitle|[[World Boxing Council|WBC]]|World [[Heavyweight]]|6th|George Foreman|Leon Spinks|October 30, 1974 - February 15, 1978}}
Output:Template:Championshiptitle

If you do not want to link previous or next champion, please use following temlates.
- No link for previous champion:Template:Championshiptitle-1 (for the first champion)
- No link for next champion:Template:Championshiptitle-2 (for the last champion)
- No link for both champions:Template:Championshiptitle-3 (When the titles are too minor)

Parentage

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

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