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Fighters
Amateur MMA fighters are not considered notable (unless they can pass WP:GNG under other criteria).

Criteria supporting notability


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

Criteria supporting deletion


 * 1) Only amateur bouts
 * 2) Few fights for notable organizations

Top Tier MMA organizations
Top Tier
 * Active
 * Bellator Fighting Championships
 * Shooto
 * Strikeforce
 * Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
 * Defunct
 * Affliction Entertainment
 * DREAM
 * Fighting Network Rings (RINGS) (events held between 1995 and 2002)
 * Pride Fighting Championships
 * World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC)
 * World Victory Road: Sengoku Raiden Championship

UFC on Fox 5 - Henderson vs. Diaz
December 8, 2012 UFC on Fox 5 - Henderson vs. Diaz - sherdog

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 * Alexander Gustafsson
 * B.J. Penn
 * Benson Henderson
 * Daron Cruickshank
 * Dennis Siver
 * Henry Martinez (fighter)
 * Jeremy Stephens
 * Joe Proctor
 * John Albert (fighter)
 * Marcus LeVesseur
 * Matt Brown (fighter)
 * Mauricio Rua
 * Michael Chiesa
 * Mike Easton
 * Mike Swick
 * Nam Phan
 * Nate Diaz
 * Ramsey Nijem
 * Raphael Assuncao
 * Rory MacDonald (fighter)
 * Scott Jorgensen
 * Tim Means
 * Yves Edwards

Not Yet Notable

 * Abel Trujillo (will be 1st Top Tier fight)

Shooto - Border: Season 4 - Third
December 9, 2012 Shooto - Border: Season 4 - Third - sherdog

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 * Junya Kodo

Pages will need to be created

 * Akihito Sasao <-- needs page
 * Hiroki Matsubara (will be 3rd Top Tier fight, will need page)
 * Hiroshi Shiba <-- needs page
 * Jun Doi (will be 3rd Top Tier fight, will need page)
 * Kazuya Satomoto <-- needs page
 * Kenichi Sawada <-- needs page
 * Masaaki Sugawara <-- needs page
 * Naritoshi Kakuta <-- needs page
 * Taiki Hamasaki <-- needs page
 * Takayuki Kobayashi <-- needs page
 * Takuya Kodama <-- needs page
 * Toma Toma (will be 3rd Top Tier fight, will need page)
 * Tomohiro Hagino (will be 3rd Top Tier fight, will need page)
 * Tsuneo Kimura <-- needs page

Not Yet Notable

 * Jun Jun (will be 1st Top Tier fight)
 * Kazuki Nakada (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)
 * Ryogo Takahashi (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)
 * Ryuya Fukuda (will be 1st Top Tier fight)
 * Takuji Kobayashi (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)
 * Yosuke Moriga (will be 1st Top Tier fight)
 * Yuki Kanaumi (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)

BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 83
December 7, 2012 BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 83 - sherdog

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 * Anthony Leone
 * Chris Liguori
 * Rad Martinez
 * Shahbulat Shamhalaev
 * Zach Makovsky
 * Zoila Gurgel

Pages will need to be created

 * Brylan Van Artsdalen <-- needs page
 * Claudio Ledesma <-- needs page
 * David Harris (will be 3rd Top Tier fight, will need page)
 * Jessica Eye (will be 3rd Top Tier fight, will need page)
 * Kelvin Tiller <-- needs page
 * Mike Wessel <-- needs page
 * Tuan Pham <-- needs page and disambiguation page

Not Yet Notable

 * Alexei Kudin (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)
 * Darrell Horcher (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)
 * Matthew Lozano (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)
 * Najim Wali (will be 1st Top Tier fight)
 * Terrell Hobbs (will be 2nd Top Tier fight)