Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/Event pages format

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This page provides the recommended format for articles about mixed martial arts events.

The lead section should contain:

  • {{Infobox MMA event}} (see Template:Infobox MMA event for syntax)
  • {{future sport}} if the event has yet to take place
  • Lead section text that defines the event, notes when, where and promoted by who, and if it was broadcast. Text should also include what is notable about the event in of itself.
Event title
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date May 27, 2006
Venue Staples Center
City Los Angeles, California
Attendance 15,000
Buyrate 500,000
Event chronology
Previous event Event title Following event

PRIDE 40: Sakuraba vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2007. The event took place at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Japan. Headlining the card was a match between "The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba and Rickson Gracie, the legendary retired champion of the Gracie family.

Contents

[edit] Announced matchups

This section is only used for future MMA events, and should be replaced by the Results sections after the event. Matches are listed as a bulleted list, prefaced by the circumstances of the bout. Generally, they're listed in descending order of importance (ie, main event first, co-main event second, preliminaries last). The words "Main Event" are unnecessary, as the first match listed should be indication enough.

Do not list matches that are rumored or have not been announced officially by promotions, reputable media sources, or the fighters themselves.

[edit] Results

Results section should replace Announced matchups after an event. The preferred listing method is to list each match under its own 4th level subheading (ie ====Light Heavyweight Bout: [[Kazushi Sakuraba]] vs. [[Rickson Gracie]]====) and provide a match description for each match. If the card can be separated into different sections, ie preliminary card and main card, use 3rd level subheadings to group them. Each match description should state the match outcome, method of victory (KO, TKO, submission, etc.), the technique used to finish the match if applicable (armbar, rear naked choke, combination punches, etc.), and the time of the stoppage, if applicable. If there was a decision, state the scorecards.

[edit] Preliminary card

[edit] Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs Rick Davis

Guillard defeated Davis by KO (right overhead punch to the face) at 1:37 of round one. Guillard announced his intention to stay at Lightweight; he earlier fought at Welterweight for all of his previous UFC appearances.

[edit] Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabiano Scherner

Gonzaga defeated Scherner by TKO at :24 of round two. Scherner had complained of vision problems during the break between rounds; however doctors examining him had cleared him for the next round.

[edit] Main card

[edit] Middleweight bout: Mike Swick vs Joe Riggs

Swick defeated Riggs by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:19 of round one. For Riggs, fighting at middleweight was a step up from his usual fighting weight of 170 lb.

[edit] Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs Assuerio Silva

Vera defeated Silva by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:39 in round one. Silva had suffered an accidental eye-poke at 1:33 in the first round, but was cleared by doctors after a referee's time-out.

If detailed match descriptions are not possible, a formatted table can be used instead like the one below.

Match Winner Loser Method Round Time
1 Royler Gracie Yuhi Sano Submission (armbar) 1 33:14
2 Akira Shoji Juan Mott Submission (rear naked choke) 1 3:47
3 Kazushi Sakuraba Vernon White Submission (armbar) 3 6:53
4 Renzo Gracie Sanae Kikuta Submission (guillotine choke) 6 0:43
5 Marco Ruas Gary Goodridge Submission (heel hook) 1 9:09
6 Mark Kerr Branko Cikatic Disqualification 1 2:14

[edit] Openweight Grand Prix bracket

Optionally, a bracket can be created under its own subheading if the matches were a part of a tournament. If only part of the tournament was completed at the end of the event, the bracket should show an incomplete bracket, the later matched filled in on other events.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
   Gerard Gordeau    
 Teila Tui    
     Gerard Gordeau    
     Kevin Rosier    
 Kevin Rosier  
   Zane Fraiser    
       Royce Gracie  
     Gerard Gordeau  
   Royce Gracie    
 Art Jimmerson    
     Royce Gracie  
     Ken Shamrock    
 Ken Shamrock  
   Patrick Smith    

[edit] Miscellanea

Optional section, for factoids that are too insignificant to make it in the lead section.

  • Paris Hilton was in attendance.
  • Dana White dropped thirty f-bombs during the three-hour span of the PPV, a new record for him.

[edit] See also

All articles should have a See also section with a link to the list of events it belongs to.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

Include article to the following categories: Mixed martial arts events, and year in sports (ie, 2006 in sports).