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UFC 142

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This sports event fails WP:NOTNEWSPAPER policy along with WP:EVENT, WP:SPORTSEVENT and WP:MMAEVENT, there is no attempt in the actual article to demonstrate any lasting significance, the sources are from either before or immediately post the event and are just of the routine coverage type any sports event gets, they are either not independent or from MMA centric websources that lack diversity. This event can, and is, more than adequately covered in 2012 in UFC events. Mt king^(edits) 07:15, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Mt king^(edits) 07:20, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, I don't see how this is notable. –BuickCentury Driver 08:10, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, I do see how this is notable 78.52.243.159 (talk) 13:48, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, every UFC event is notable in that they receive mainstream media attention and build up all over the world, millions watch around the world and thousands turn up to view the event in person, and the fighters themselves are considered the best in the world Da funkstizzle (talk) 17:41, 14 April 2012 (UTC) — Da funkstizzle (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

So does every NFL, MBA and soccer game but we don't have articles on routine sports events which is all this is. Mt king^(edits) 21:14, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

NFL, MBA and soccer are not mixed martial arts, so why are you making the comparison? Furthermore MMA is not a routine sport, at least not for the fighters; fighters in the UFC will fight two or three times a year, four sometimes but very rarely, and the fights are concentrated at one event. For example, the state of a soccer league is made up of many separate games occurring every week at different stadiums and places. The comparison is invalid. Da funkstizzle (talk) 21:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also I do not appreciate you immediately labelling me as a sockpuppet or a single purpose account. Da funkstizzle (talk) 21:58, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]