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A fighter may only be on this list uncited if their profile appears on Bellator.com. If any credible online source reports of a new addition to the Bellator roster it must explictly state that fighter was signed or will appear in a upcoming season's tournament. A fighter will not be listed on this page just for appearing on the promotions card (main or undercard). As Bellator often signs fighters to one-fight, non-renewable contracts. Once a fighters profile appears on bellator.com roster, any citation will be removed. If at any point the profile is taken off bellator.com (once it appears), it will be taken as a release of contract and taken off this page as well. Also, if news come about on a credible source of a fighter being released from contract, signing exclusivly with another promotion or one's retirement, they will then be taken off this page. Bhark85 ( talk) 00:58, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't we be listing the fighter's Bellator records here, since that is a strong indication of how they have done in the promotion?( Justinsane15 ( talk) 05:26, 16 April 2011 (UTC))
Thanks for your interest in this page. The reason I’m reluctant to have the fighter’s Bellator records on the page now is that the company is still primarily a tournament based organization. Where after a season’s tournament takes place unless you’re a Champion, tournament winner, or tournament runner-up of the division the fighters from the tournament are then furloughed or contracts are not renewed. Its in the “champions clause” of the contracts the fighters sign with Bellator. (And there‘s examples of 1st & 2nd round eliminations still being resigned back to the promotion as well.) After a season is done and the division is “liquated” (sort of) they then resign new talent for the next season’s tournament which may be 7 guy’s that are 0-0 in Bellator, along with last years runner-up, tourney winner and maybe also the champion, provided that it not the inaugural event. At this point I just don’t to list the division’s by Bellator record when the majority of the guys beginning the season will be 0-0. It not to say, I won’t ever consider doing that in the future if they end up keep more and more talent around after each season. Bhark85 ( talk) 21:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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Here's a new coding trick I learned for improving article quality. I've been making sections like this under each weight class to provide more visual pop to the page. It may be more difficult to find good photos of bellator fighters, so I'll leave the idea of implementing it up to you, but it's kind of a nice touch. Thaddeus Venture ( talk) 17:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Nice, I've got some updateing to do on this page first. But I'll take a look @ what Bellator photos I can find which will look good. Bhark85 ( talk) 16:30, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
http://themmareport.com/2012/12/bellator-releases-former-bantamweight-champion-zach-makovsky/
Is somebody going to add him to that division, or am I just not understanding the way you guys moderate this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bl1tzkrieg1940 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Should Bellator's roster page have a recent signings section like the UFC roster page? FistsOfFury123 ( talk) 21:52, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
I added a recent signings section for fighters that Bellator has signed from just this year. Wanderlei Silva, Max Nunes, Satoshi Ishii, etc. I'm sure I missed a couple of fighters but I'm scouring through the entire roster to make sure I didn't miss anyone. I'll be making some improvements to UFC's roster page as well here shortly. SimilarCreatures ( talk) 13:26, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure if section headings such as "Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg): 25 fighters" is a really good idea per MOS:HEAD. I'm not sure why only the weight class name isn't being used. Right now, every time a fighter is added removed to a particular weight class, the heading is going to be changed like it was done here, here, here, here, and here . Section headings should be fairly straightforward and stable, and constantly changing them might create problems when it comes to linking. The number of fighters in each class and the weight for each class would be much better included as text within the section and not as part of the heading. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:44, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
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A fighter may only be on this list uncited if their profile appears on Bellator.com. If any credible online source reports of a new addition to the Bellator roster it must explictly state that fighter was signed or will appear in a upcoming season's tournament. A fighter will not be listed on this page just for appearing on the promotions card (main or undercard). As Bellator often signs fighters to one-fight, non-renewable contracts. Once a fighters profile appears on bellator.com roster, any citation will be removed. If at any point the profile is taken off bellator.com (once it appears), it will be taken as a release of contract and taken off this page as well. Also, if news come about on a credible source of a fighter being released from contract, signing exclusivly with another promotion or one's retirement, they will then be taken off this page. Bhark85 ( talk) 00:58, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't we be listing the fighter's Bellator records here, since that is a strong indication of how they have done in the promotion?( Justinsane15 ( talk) 05:26, 16 April 2011 (UTC))
Thanks for your interest in this page. The reason I’m reluctant to have the fighter’s Bellator records on the page now is that the company is still primarily a tournament based organization. Where after a season’s tournament takes place unless you’re a Champion, tournament winner, or tournament runner-up of the division the fighters from the tournament are then furloughed or contracts are not renewed. Its in the “champions clause” of the contracts the fighters sign with Bellator. (And there‘s examples of 1st & 2nd round eliminations still being resigned back to the promotion as well.) After a season is done and the division is “liquated” (sort of) they then resign new talent for the next season’s tournament which may be 7 guy’s that are 0-0 in Bellator, along with last years runner-up, tourney winner and maybe also the champion, provided that it not the inaugural event. At this point I just don’t to list the division’s by Bellator record when the majority of the guys beginning the season will be 0-0. It not to say, I won’t ever consider doing that in the future if they end up keep more and more talent around after each season. Bhark85 ( talk) 21:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
{{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 120 | footer = | image1 = Jon Fitch.JPG | alt1 = UFC Welterweight Jon Fitch | caption1 = Jon Fitch | image2 = Sanchez.png | alt2 = UFC Welterweight Diego Sanchez | caption2 = Diego Sanchez | image3 = Paulo Thiago UFC 115.jpg | alt3 = UFC Welterweight Paulo Thiago | caption3 = Paulo Thiago | image4 = James Wilks.jpg | alt4 = UFC welterweight James Wilks | caption4 = James Wilks }}
Here's a new coding trick I learned for improving article quality. I've been making sections like this under each weight class to provide more visual pop to the page. It may be more difficult to find good photos of bellator fighters, so I'll leave the idea of implementing it up to you, but it's kind of a nice touch. Thaddeus Venture ( talk) 17:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Nice, I've got some updateing to do on this page first. But I'll take a look @ what Bellator photos I can find which will look good. Bhark85 ( talk) 16:30, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
http://themmareport.com/2012/12/bellator-releases-former-bantamweight-champion-zach-makovsky/
Is somebody going to add him to that division, or am I just not understanding the way you guys moderate this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bl1tzkrieg1940 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Should Bellator's roster page have a recent signings section like the UFC roster page? FistsOfFury123 ( talk) 21:52, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
I added a recent signings section for fighters that Bellator has signed from just this year. Wanderlei Silva, Max Nunes, Satoshi Ishii, etc. I'm sure I missed a couple of fighters but I'm scouring through the entire roster to make sure I didn't miss anyone. I'll be making some improvements to UFC's roster page as well here shortly. SimilarCreatures ( talk) 13:26, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure if section headings such as "Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg): 25 fighters" is a really good idea per MOS:HEAD. I'm not sure why only the weight class name isn't being used. Right now, every time a fighter is added removed to a particular weight class, the heading is going to be changed like it was done here, here, here, here, and here . Section headings should be fairly straightforward and stable, and constantly changing them might create problems when it comes to linking. The number of fighters in each class and the weight for each class would be much better included as text within the section and not as part of the heading. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 05:44, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
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