Talk:Decisions in combat sports

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Suggestion to re-title article or correct inaccuracies/add more info.

The title of this article is generic, which is understandable, given the intended collaboration between boxing and MMA. However the article barely even mentions anything related to MMA, it’s almost entirely all boxing specific. In addition to that, the small amount of MMA points that have been provided are inaccurate.

I would suggest to re-title the article to make it boxing specific, and then remove the small amount of, MMA data. The other option would be to fix and add info about MMA decisions. I am hesitant to go that route simply because MMA is not scored or judged the same as boxing. Boxing doesn’t allow for submissions, they both use a different point system for scoring and the number of total rounds/minutes per round are different. Considering all of the touch points that you would want to cover for MMA are already covered in other related wiki articles I would lean towards changing the title and smoothing out the article layout. Herenow44 (talk) 10:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]