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www.FightSportsInsider.com. FSI Overview. Official database of record for kickboxing and Muay Thai for the ABC as of March 1, 2013, for up to a 3 year term Database and web site of fighter stats, results, & fight sports events Kickboxing & Muay Thai MMA
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FSI Overview • Official database of record for kickboxing and Muay Thai for the ABC as of March 1, 2013, for up to a 3 year term • Database and web site of fighter stats, results, & fight sports events • Kickboxing & Muay Thai • MMA • Grappling (gi, no-gi, wrestling) • For organizations • Fighter research with trustworthy, verifiable, accurate data • Data acceptance processes • Event promotion • Organization self-promotion and research • For fighters • Self-promotion • Permanent, shareable history
Site Visitors: 3 main areas • Event listing • Both past and future events • Bout summaries • Fighters • Search and browse • Organizations • Commission, sanctioning bodies, promoters • Web linking between objects is available throughout the site
Single Event Event details, including promoter, sanctioning body (if any), and commission Official results Fight card with results Suspensions are shown in the bout results (if any)
Organizations Commission Sanctioning bodies Promoters
Commission Members • Unique functionality is available to commission members • Fighter ID cards • Fighter suspensions • Commission access • Contact FSI for access
Commission Area Available only to approved commission members
Fighter ID cards No MMA ID
Fighter Suspensions Medical Disciplinary Substance abuse Details about this suspension Optionally clear the suspension prior to the suspension window
How-To Guide Instructions for using the commission functionality can be accessed from the two links above. Actual fighter research is performed from the COMPETITORS section of the site.
Fighter Research Fighter suspension access to commission members Fighters with any pro fights appear in the PRO tab Search by name Browse by rule style
Fighter Research - Fighter Overall record by sport (pro record shows if any) FSI ID (and MMA/boxing if available) Pro and amateur fight history Suspension history (if any)
Data – From event to DB Data sent to FSI via email Required data – fighters & results Both fighters' info First/last name Date of birth Gender Official weight Height (optional) City, state, country Sport & rule style Amateur or pro Weight class Winner Method (e.g. Decision, draw, submission, etc) Decisions: Each judge’s total score Non-decisions: Round & time of stoppage Medical suspension
Data – Suspensions • Suspensions are associated with a specific fighter and bout • Entering & managing suspensions • Typically entered into DB by FSI based on event results received from commission • Can be added or modified at any time after a bout has been entered into the DB • Can be changed at any time by either FSI or commission members • Suspension details • Incident date • Types: Medical; disciplinary; substance abuse • Duration: 1 day to indefinite • Notes: e.g. “Suspend for 45 days, no contact for 30 days, due to broken nose”
Pricing • Agreement with ABC • Promoters are supposed to pay $65/event to cover data entry, site maintenance, etc • No fee charged to ABC commission members • If promoters do not pay, access to the DB may be restricted • Commission members may gain access individually per the fee schedule in the ABC-FSI agreement • To date, no fees have been collected by FSI • Can commissions motivate promoters to use and pay for FSI to sustain the service?
Moving Forward • Address revenue issue • Enhance FSI • New features and/or changes to existing features • Suggestions and requests are welcome • We want FSI to be useful and easy to use • Bernie Profato offered many suggestions that were implemented at no cost • Significant changes may require fees to cover implementation costs
Additional details Appendix
Event Promotion Standard event list Premium event list Filter events
Fighter Research • Fight card • Details about how bouts finish • Notes • Link to fighters • Title bout flag • Sport & discipline • Medical suspension