Talk:Road to UFC Season 1

Requested move 4 May 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page to the proposed title at this time. Because to move this as proposed would involve deleting an article, if revisiting this issue, it might best be preceded by a deletion discussion for Road to UFC. Dekimasu よ! 03:56, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Road to UFC: Singapore → Road to UFC – The name given for this event series is "Road to UFC". Naming it "Road to UFC: Singapore" is based on a premature assumption of a "Road to UFC" franchise, as well as a faulty assumption about Singapore as a location for this series.

None of the many sources cited in the article at any point actually affirm "Road to UFC: Singapore" as the name of this series. Although the Singapore location is emphasized in the original announcement, it is not confirmed to have any connection to the series beyond hosting the opening quarterfinal round. In the PR announcement, it states "The semifinals and finals are scheduled for later this year [...] with location and venue details announced prior to each event." Such language would be unnecessary if Singapore was confirmed as a location for the other events. Although "Singapore" is used in the naming of these quarterfinal round cards on unofficial third-party fight databases such as the Sherdog Fight Finder, without context, the bare listings do not clarify how such naming applies to the series, as opposed to just those specific events. As for the article currently located at Road to UFC, it is premature, the entire basis of which is original research. While clear similarities to Road to UFC: Japan could explain the use of the "Road to UFC" brand for this series, the fact that the actual announcement refers to this series using language such as "launch" and "ground-breaking" with no mention of the previous series would indicate that the UFC is not treating this as continuance, but as a fresh start, perhaps even akin to a reboot. Also, despite the similarities, this "Road to UFC" has not been characterized as having an reality show component, unlike Road to UFC: Japan. In addition, there is no indication of any future "Road to UFC" series beyond this one. Dancter (talk) 00:18, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose - page meets notability requirement and it is the second Road to UFC event. No reasons to move at all. Cassiopeia  talk  03:37, 4 May 2022 (UTC)