Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Score Fighting Series

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The result was delete. v/r - T P 15:35, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Score Fighting Series

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Fledgling mixed martial arts promotion with only one past event (and one upcoming). Promotion and events do not pass notability guidelines. A few notable fighters competed, but not enough to qualify the event for anything more than routine sports coverage. Osubuckeyeguy (talk) 04:59, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

'Keep' Major Canadian MMA promotion, similar to M-1 Global, notable in the country.(Justinsane15 (talk) 06:30, 12 October 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Notable in the country of Canada does not necessarily mean notable for wikipedia. And given that the organization has only promoted two events, its notability in Canada seems questionable too. The most notable competitors are B-level fighters at best, typically wash-outs from the UFC, Strikeforce, or Bellator. Osubuckeyeguy (talk) 15:26, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually many of the fighters on the cards currently fight for Strikeforce, Bellator, DREAM, etc.(Justinsane15 (talk) 04:45, 15 October 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:54, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:54, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Article lacks independent sources and is about a new minor MMA organization. No indication it meets the criteria in WP:MMANOT. Astudent0 (talk) 18:27, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Minor MMA promotion that lacks significant coverage. Mdtemp (talk) 15:21, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Looking at the WP:MMANOT criteria- SFS has been co-promoting events for a couple years now, the page only mention their independent events. As mentioned above, I would say they have several notable fighters (especially when looking at other promotions included such as Shark Fights). Finally, there is several media sources that follow their events- examples: http://www.aroundtheoctagon.com/?p=11652, http://topmmanews.com/2011/05/04/thescore-fighting-series-officially-announces-june-10th-event/, and even Sherdog attend their events and is frequently featured on the site: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Cooper-Doerksen-Hit-Marks-for-Score-Fighting-2-Headliner-36435 (Justinsane15 (talk) 04:50, 15 October 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Keep Better than most promotions that have pages here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.249.61.233 (talk) 15:24, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Having run just 2 events on their own doesn't make them notable, nor do I see highly ranked fighters. Sherdog covers all kinds of MMA events and I don't know if the other sites mentioned by Justinsane are reliable. I agree with him and the previous IP poster that there are plenty of non-notable MMA promotions and events on Wikipedia, but that falls under WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Papaursa (talk) 18:56, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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