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MMA notability

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Fighters

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Amateur MMA fighters are not considered notable (unless they can pass WP:GNG under other criteria).

Criteria supporting notability

  1. Subject of multiple independent articles/documentaries--articles should be from national or international media, not just local coverage or press releases from organizations
  2. Fought for the highest title of a top tier MMA organization
  3. Fought at least three (3) fights for top tier MMA organizations

Criteria supporting deletion

  1. Only amateur bouts
  2. Few fights for notable organizations

Top Tier MMA organizations

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Top Tier

Active
Bellator Fighting Championships
Shooto
Strikeforce
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Defunct
Affliction Entertainment
DREAM
Fighting Network Rings (RINGS) (events held between 1995 and 2002)
Pride Fighting Championships
World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC)
World Victory Road: Sengoku Raiden Championship

All Upcoming Events

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Event notes
December 7, 2012
Fight Club MMA - Rising Stars 2 not all data in yet.
PA Caged Combat - Valley Fight Series 7 Ralph Acosta, Scott Heckman, Ralph Acosta will also need a disambiguation page.
BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 83 not all data in yet.
IFC - Iron Fight Combat 2 not all data in yet.
December 8, 2012
SCS 14 - Silent Night not all data in yet.
ACJ - Amateur Cage MMA Osaka not all data in yet.
FCOC - Fight Club OC not all data in yet.
559 Fights - 559 Fights 8 not all data in yet.
SHC - Striker's House Cup 22 not all data in yet.
Deep - Cage Impact 2012 in Tokyo: 1st Round Taisuke Okuno, Katsuya Toida, Shigetoshi Iwase, Toshiaki Kitada, Yoshinori Takahashi
Deep - Cage Impact 2012 in Tokyo: 2nd Round Seiji Akao, Takahiro Kajita, Yuya Shibata
SCL - Rise of the King not all data in yet.
IFL 52 - Beatdown in Motown: USA vs. Canada not all data in yet.
NMEF - Annihilation 43 not all data in yet.
AAMMA 30 - Absolute Action MMA 30 not all data in yet.
GFC - Garra Fight Champion 1 not all data in yet.
December 9, 2012
Shooto - Border: Season 4 - Third see below
Demolition Project - Demolition 14 Noriyuki Takei, Yasuo Niki

Upcoming Events With Notable Fighters

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Legend

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BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 83

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December 7, 2012 BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 83 - sherdog

Fighter A vs. Fighter B Notes
Rad Martinez Shahbulat Shamhalaev
Zoila Gurgel Jessica Eye
Zach Makovsky Anthony Leone
Mike Wessel Alexei Kudin
Kelvin Tiller Najim Wali
Chris Liguori Darrell Horcher
Brylan Van Artsdalen Terrell Hobbs
Tuan Pham Matthew Lozano Tuan Pham will also need a disambiguation page.
David Harris Claudio Ledesma

Shooto - Border: Season 4 - Third

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December 9, 2012 Shooto - Border: Season 4 - Third - sherdog

Fighter A vs. Fighter B Notes
Kazuya Satomoto Tsuneo Kimura
Hiroshi Shiba Takayuki Kobayashi
Kazuki Nakada Tomohiro Hagino
Masaaki Sugawara Junya Kodo
Jun Jun Toma Toma
Naritoshi Kakuta Yuki Kanaumi
Ryogo Takahashi Jun Doi
Kenichi Sawada Akihito Sasao
Taiki Hamasaki Takuji Kobayashi
Takuya Kodama Hiroki Matsubara Hiroki Matsubara will also need a disambiguation page.
Yosuke Moriga Ryuya Fukuda