Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Bennett

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was KEEP. feydey 12:17, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ryan Bennett

While the page is still under construction, it does not appear to me that he has sufficient notability. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 18:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep The Fight Network is a big station, and he has some good Google results, although his death does seem to be what has sparked many. Still, I find things like (http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060501/0126084.html) that make me think he may be notable enough for an article. GassyGuy 18:49, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Quote from the article provided by GassyGuy - "Bennett has spent the past six years at the NBC affiliate in Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo, California at KSBY-TV as the top rated sportscaster in the market according to the Nielsen ratings. Before that Bennett was working for the NBC affiliate in Oregon as Sports Director. Bennett has also hosted several sports talk shows over the years with such stations as ESPN 1280 and Sports Radio 570AM. Bennett has also provided play-by-play for several fight promotions over the years such as K-1, Rumble on the Rock, World Extreme Cage Fighting, IFC and a number of professional boxing events with the most recent show being seen on HDNET in the United States. Bennett has also worked for the Ultimate Fighting Championships ("UFC") as an in ring reporter for UFC shows 33 to 40. Bennett is also a founding partner in MMA Weekly.com which is regarded by many to be the number one news source on the World Wide Web for mixed martial arts fans."

The UFC, K-1, Rumble on the Rock, WEC and IFC are some of the highest profile events in MMA. Bennett's site, MMAWeekly.com, one of the highest-profile and most active MMA news sites and he broadcasted the popular and regularly-cited daily internet radio show "Sound Off" from that site, alongside fighter and broadcaster Frank Trigg. WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts are in the process of compiling a list of fighers, promoters and other MMA figures who are notable, and I guarantee you Ryan Bennett would have been on that list whether he died or not, alongside perhaps half a dozen other broadcasters. It's no exaggeration to say he was watched and listened to daily by significant numbers across multiple forms of media. And, sad to say, his death has not hurt his notability; high news presence will bring more people here to search for his article. — Estarriol ^talk 08:14, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying all of this. I found a lot of information, but because I really know nothing about this field, I could not make a strong judgment of notability and that sort, so I initially went with a weak vote. I am now eliminating the weak part. GassyGuy 09:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, notable enough. VegaDark 20:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, Mixed martial arts has quickly established itself as one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Ryan Bennett is highly regarded within the mixed martial arts industry as one of the top five most influential individuals in the sport. With his work at KSBY-TV in California as a sports anchor, Bennett used his position to help solidify credibility for the sport in a more mainstream forum, beyond that, he pioneered the application of daily news coverage to the sport and co-founded the premier news-related website in the world for the sport, MMAWeekly.com. At MMAWeekly he also pioneered the first and only DAILY mixed martial arts internet radio broadcast. As mentioned, he has been a broadcaster/commentator for nearly all of the leading mixed martial arts promoters around the world. Bennett's influence on mixed martial arts and his ability to provide credibility by bringing professional news coverage to the sport cannot be measured. Bennett's influence touched many, many people in this world both in and out of the sport of mixed martial arts. He will long be remembered for his influence and will be an integral part of the history books that will be written about the emergence of mixed martial arts and if that isn't notable enough to be included here, I don't know what else the man had to do. Ken Pishna 14:24, 16 June 2006 (MST)
• Keep, Bennett was much like early sports broadcasting innovators in a sport that is growing by leaps and bounds. You wouldnt VfD John Madden now, would you? Exactly. --Aika 15:01, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

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