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Ultimate Challenge MMA

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This appears to be a non-notable MMA organization. It lacks top ranked fighters and the article has no reliable independent sources to support notability. A query on the MMA talk page produced no support for notability. Papaursa (talk) 23:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related pages because these events are not notable. They fail WP:EVENT. In fact, many of them haven't even happened yet.

Ultimate Challenge MMA – Fists of Fire (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Ultimate Challenge MMA - Warrior Creed (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Ultimate Challenge MMA - Go 4 It (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Ultimate Challenge MMA - Hands of War (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Ultimate Challenge MMA – Dominican Republic (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Ultimate Challenge MMA - The Beat Down (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Papaursa (talk) 23:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

• no opinion on main article, merge/delete the events I don't know enough about MMA to be able to judge the notability of the organization, but the events ought to simply be listed in the main article if it survives. Mangoe (talk) 02:46, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

• This company has been active since late 2008, it followed up after the Cage Rage promotion stopped promoting events under its name, where the part owners of Cage Rage created UCMMA to keep running MMA. there are many sources out on the internet that can prove UCMMA is fully active, their website - http://www.cagerageuk.com/ can prove all of the events that have articles on this page have happened and the ones that haven't are to be all shown by December 3, 2011. The UFC has way more events that haven't happen yet on Wikipedia than any other MMA company has right now. Besides, this page has existed way before I decided to update it frequently, and back then all it said was what events are coming up, what events have happened, who is the champion in each division and notable fighters from the company. For it to be removed now would slow down the progress made already. If deleted, I will simply put them back online within hours of them being removed. Just because there are not as many references about each topic on this page as, say, BAMMA or the UFC doesn't mean to say it is not reliable. If completely necessary, I will take it upon myself to add a few more article references to all pages in question to prove that what is being said on each page is true and reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigzMMA (talk • contribs) 13:43, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
• Delete all The events are clearly not notable (see WP:MMANOT and WP:EVENT). If some independent sources giving significant coverage can be found for the organization, that would be fine. Right now the organization appears less significant than BAMMA and that's considered a second tier organization. Most importantly, UCMMA lacks top fighters. The fact that a fighter (Nick Chapman) with a grand total of 2 MMA fights is fighting for their light heavyweight title underscores that. Astudent0 (talk) 18:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
• Comment BigzMMA stripped the AfD notices off of these pages, which I have restored. Editors should watch to make sure that those changes do not get reverted. I'll assume good faith and reason that the editor was only trying to "save" favored pages and did not know that this disruptive maneuver would not halt this AfD discussion. That doesn't mean that editors shouldn't be vigilant of any future actions taken by this editor. Osubuckeyeguy (talk) 19:13, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

• First of all, I do not understand why you are so interested as to why you want these pages removed, in the end of the day it is like I said, the main UCMMA Wikipedia page has already existed prior to me making updates for them, and if you were to look more closely at the references you will see that there are independant sources that have covered UCMMA related topic, I just chose to use the most reliable source as the major reference point, the same system used for BAMMA and the UFC. It is also worth pointing out that there are stars in the making in UCMMA, with the likes of Jimi Manuwa who famously rejected a UFC contract because he felt that in this point of his career that he isn't on the same level as the talent with the UFC and wants to grow his skills before accepting an offer. Also up and comers such as champions Cory Tait, John Maguire (who is UFC bound as we speak) and Oli Thompson (again going into the UFC) are part of this organisation. The question about these pages is not about is it even relevant to stay on Wikipedia but is it accurate enough to be consider a real organisation? The answer for that question is yes. Why you ask? Well because this company's every existence is as relevant as Cage Rage's relevance, fighters who have fought in both Cage Rage and UCMMA, such as Alex Reid, Michael Bisping, Anderson Silva, Vitor Belfort, and Ian Freeman, all major names in the world of MMA, and all involved with either or both Cage Rage and UCMMA. For these reasons I question your true motives for wanting this page removed, as it answers all the criteria, for if it didn't I would most likely never of been as interested in UCMMA as I have been, and that your words saying that you lack knowledge of MMA suggest you may not know more than the UFC is the biggest MMA company and you may not even know what the sport is about, what is allowed to be done in a bout etc. I urge the people behind Wikipedia to NOT remove these pages due to baseless motives for this. Beside, the UCMMA page already existed before I began regularly updating it, which means it never has been a problem before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigzMMA (talk • contribs) 13:39, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
• Hi BigzMMA. The norm for discussion with other editors on Wikipedia is to assume good faith. You have questioned the motives of the nominator and left a less than cordial message on my talk page. I have nothing against the UCMMA organization, and it may very well people a notable organization in time, but right now it does not appear to be a major player in the global marketplace of mixed martial arts contests. Lots of promotions have signed fighters that are notable enough to have their own pages. The question isn't whether the org employs a few notable fighters, it is whether the organization itself receive coverage by independent sources and passes the other criteria outlined at WP:MMANOT. Drawing comparisons to Cage Rage is more likely to cause other editors to nominate Cage Rage events for deletion next. It doesn't help your case any because people will simply point to WP:OTHERSTUFF. Finding independent sources is the best way to make a case in a AfD debate if you feel the nomination of these articles was not appropriate. Removing the AfD notices from pages does not help your case any, and could very get get you blocked by admins for interfering with the AfD process. I have nothing against you and see your motivations as well intentioned, so I hope you continue to contribute to wikipedia regardless of the outcome of this AfD debate. Cheers. Osubuckeyeguy (talk) 15:56, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
• Osubuckeyeguy, UCMMA is completely the opposite to what you have just described it, it is just as on the front line in the MMA world as is BAMMA today. The people behind Cage Rage/UCMMA holds a talk show once a week, aired on Sky Sports 4, called Cage Fighter. No other MMA company across the country is or has ever done that, and even if they have, it definitely doesn't show/n it on as big of a sports channel as Sky Sports (not including ESPN MMA Live, due to not representing a single MMA organisation). For Cage Rage to be nominated for deletion would also to be questionable, Cage Rage was the most recognised MMA organisation in Europe, with M-1 tailing behind it. The people behind both Cage Rage and UCMMA probably have more recognised fighters fight their promotions than other companies that are no longer trading, such as EliteXC, Palance Fighting Championships, and even Affliction, as well as many current day promotions that are considered notable MMA organisations on Wikipedia. I have now added more references for UCMMA, with as many of them being independant sources as there are from the CageRageUK website. This means that now the organisation does meet criteria supporting notability -

Criteria supporting notability Subject of multiple independent articles/documentaries--articles should be from national or international media, not just local coverage. Promotes a large number of events annually--the more fights it has sanctioned, the more notable. Has actively been in business for several years - the longer the organization has been around, the more notable. Large number of well-known and highly ranked fighters.

It also meets the Fighter's criteria supporting notability -

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

so with all this, it means that it would be a mistake to remove all UCMMA related pages, and to ensure that any mistake made can be reversed, I have saved all pages on my computer, with all I need to do is simply copy and paste back in. So now whoever it is that controls whether or not to delete a page can now deny these people the privilege of taking away someone hard work to gain notability of a growing and already well known organisation. Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigzMMA (talk • contribs) 20:12, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

• Delete event pages Despite my contention in an above post that this is not a major organization in terms of global notoriety, it does seem like references exist that support keeping the main org page as others have suggested. With some work, this page could be on par with those for similarly sized promotions. The page currently depends too heavily on non-independent sources, but a few independent ones are already provided. I'm in no rush to see it go. The event pages, on the other hand, do not pass WP:EVENT. What what it's worth, this post was written before I read the one above. It is being posted below because I ran into an edit conflict when trying to save the page. Osubuckeyeguy (talk) 20:48, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

• In the end of the day, it is like I said, all pages follow the MMA Notability requirements, and as for the events page, its just a excuse for you to push for any UCMMA related topics to be removed. Now I thought the idea of Wikipedia is for everyone to contribute towards making pages more accurate. Now simply put, if you don't think what I've written is accurate enough, then instead of calling for it to be deleted, help me keep these pages relevant, notable and reliable. I've been working hard on all of them and for you to get these pages deleted would be a slap across my face, thought I will keep to my word that I will simply put them back up if deleted. By the way, search Cage Rage UK, Ultimate Challenge or UCMMA if you want to find any pages relating to UCMMA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigzMMA (talk • contribs) 08:37, 21 October 2011 (UTC)