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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.

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Mixed martial arts
articles		 Importance
None Total
Quality
Good article GA 1 1
B 18 18
Start 112 112
Stub 62 62
Assessed 193 193
Unassessed 655 655
Total 848 848


Contents

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Participants

[edit] Recent or ongoing work

[edit] Work-tracking lists

[edit] Ongoing work

  • Research and expand Ryan Bennett article. — Estarriol talk 23:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • General nickpickery, hunting down out of date articles and putting in current info. --Ausmus 03:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Creating and cleaning up profiles for TUF 3 participants, any help appriciated. --TheCooperman 21:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Created Justin Eilers page, wrote bio, still needs record. Skeletor2112 11:57, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Expanding on the Gina Carano article. NasDestiny 15:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Researched and expanded Chute Boxe article with four paragraphs and additional sources. Unak78 11:57, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Expanded Brazilian Top Team article with additional paragraphs and sources, and reorganized the layout. Unak78 14:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • I mainly work on monitoring article tone and expanding/contracting significant fight descrips. Above all else, my contribs will always be totally neutral.DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC (talk) 05:50, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Completed Work

[edit] Project Templates

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

Image:UffiziFlorenceWrestlers small.jpg 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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[edit] 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 member of the Mixed Martial Arts project



[edit] Statsbox

[edit] Record table

[edit] Other

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

[edit] Template for MMA Training Associations

[edit] Template for MMA organizations

[edit] Articles about mixed martial artists

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

{{{name}}}
Statistics
Height {{{height}}}
Weight {{{weight}}}
Born {{{birthdate}}}
Town of birth {{{hometown}}}
Mixed martial arts record
Wins {{{wins}}}
Losses {{{losses}}}

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]].

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.


[edit] Mixed martial arts career

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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


[edit] 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.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links


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

[edit] 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]]

[edit] Championship table

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

Output:

Previous winner
Andreas Zülow		 25th 1992 Summer Olympics Boxing Lightweight winner

August, 1992

 Next winner
Hocine Soltani


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

Previous champion
George Foreman		 WBC World Heavyweight 6th Champion

October 30, 1974 - February 15, 1978

 Next champion
Leon Spinks

[edit] Parentage

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

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