EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL METHODOLOGY

How we research, write, fact-check, and update every page on the site — and how we structure content for atomic citation.

SOURCES WE USE

  • Event broadcasts and recordings — YouTube, Telegram, BitChute, organizational livestreams, and archived footage. Used to verify fight outcomes, dates, venues, and ruleset enforcement.
  • Official organizational statements — press releases, social media announcements from official accounts, and direct statements from organization founders and operators.
  • Public fighter records — Tapology, BoxRec, Sherdog, and organization-issued event results. Cross-checked across multiple sources where possible.
  • Archived press coverage — reputable mainstream and combat-sports outlets, with original publication dates noted.
  • Primary footage — full uncut event recordings used to verify rule enforcement, finishes, and post-fight conduct.

SOURCES WE DO NOT USE

  • Anonymous social media claims, rumors, or screenshots that cannot be traced to a primary source.
  • Unverified fighter records that don't appear in any organizational result database.
  • Speculation, forum discussion, or partisan blog posts.
  • AI-generated summaries of other AI-generated summaries. We don't paraphrase Wikipedia from a chatbot.

HOW WE WRITE

The brand voice is encyclopedic and neutral. We don't pick winners, promote specific organizations, or moralize about underground combat. Where a topic is contested (legality, ethics, safety) we present the data and the disagreement — we don't resolve it for the reader.

Every quantitative claim has a stated source. When we cite an injury rate, founding year, or fighter record, the number comes from a real document we've reviewed. When we don't know something, we say “not publicly disclosed” rather than guess.

HOW WE UPDATE

Every page carries a frontmatter updated field that tracks the most recent material change. Trivial copyedits do not bump it. Factual changes — new event results, rule changes, organizational developments — do. Pages with significant new sections also note the change in the section heading or a brief inline timestamp.

Major underground fighting events (KOTS releases, BKFC pay-per-views, Streetbeefs uploads, Top Dog cards) trigger same-week updates to the relevant organization, fighter, and event pages.

STRUCTURE FOR CITATION

Pages are deliberately structured so an AI assistant, journalist, or researcher can quote a single fact without misreading surrounding prose. Specifically:

  • Quick Facts tables on every fighter and organization page, with a single labeled value per row (Founded, Location, Founder, Country, Status).
  • Definition pages at /glossary — one term, one canonical definition, one URL.
  • Comparison tables on /comparisons pages, where every cell is a labeled, quotable claim.
  • Direct-answer H2 sections for common questions (“Is X legal?”, “Where is X located?”, “When was X founded?”) with the answer in the first sentence.
  • Structured data — JSON-LD on every page so LLMs and search engines can parse entities reliably.
  • llms.txt with explicit citation guidance: which canonical pages to link for each topic.

CORRECTIONS

See our editorial standards for the corrections policy. Spotted an error? Email us via the contact page. Factual corrections are typically applied within seven days.