Wikipedia:WikiProject Mixed martial arts/Event pages format

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

The lead section should contain:
 *   (see Template:Infobox MMA event for syntax)
 *   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.

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.

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.


 * Main card
 * Light heavyweight bout: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Rickson Gracie
 * Light heavyweight championship bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
 * Lightweight championship bout: B.J. Penn vs. Takanori Gomi
 * Preliminary card
 * Lightweight bout: Sean Sherk vs. Norifumi Yamamoto
 * Heavyweight tournament bout: Brandon Vera vs. Ryoto Machida
 * Heavyweight tournament bout: Jerome LeBanner vs. Tim Sylvia
 * Light heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Michael Bisping

Results
Results section should replace Announced matchups after an event. The preferred listing method is to list each match with a bullet point 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.

Preliminary card

 * Lightweight (155lb) bout: Melvin Guillard vs Rick Davis
 * Guillard wins 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.


 * Heavyweight (265lb) bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabiano Scherner
 * Gonzaga wins 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.

Main card

 * Middleweight (185lb) bout: Mike Swick vs Joe Riggs
 * Swick wins 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.


 * Heavyweight (265lb) bout: Brandon Vera vs Assuerio Silva
 * Vera wins 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.

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.

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.