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When this event is done lets focus on shaping it up like UFC 140 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul "The Wall" (talk • contribs) 19:13, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Without something extraordinary happening I doubt this event will be all that notable. There is no championship match at this event. No one particular match at this event seems to be particularly notable. Coverage of this event is likely to be WP:ROUTINE coverage of fight announcements and results. Striving to improve the article to be like UFC 94 or UFC 140 is great. We'll have to wait to the end of the night to see if the event itself will provide material to actually have a notable article about it. --TreyGeek (talk) 02:26, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If a title fight is note worthy then this event is also because any of the main/ co-main event fighters would automatically get a title fight in any other promotion if they left the UFC today. The UFC is not a routine organization and it is still growing. Two years ago you could say that the Heavyweight division had competition from other organizations, but now is this the case? Anyways, your right that within UFC this event is routine, but in MMA as a whole it is not. I'll remove the noteworthy tag. Peace 70.127.227.92 (talk) 06:05, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So why exactly is this particular event notable (as per Wikipedia's policies and guidelines)? I don't see a specific reason cited by you. Whether or not the UFC is a routine organization is not at issue here. It is whether the news coverage of this particular event is routine. Routine coverage would be the usual fight announcements, play-by-plays and results without much in the way in in-depth coverage of the event and its significance to the (MMA) world. Coverage that I have seen falls in this category. I haven't seen why this particular event is special above other events and no one has bothered to explain why it is. --TreyGeek (talk) 12:35, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]