How KIAI checks a fight result before it goes on the page — Editorial Policy
Combat sports news moves in minutes: a fight ends, and within moments a dozen accounts are reporting the result — not all of them correctly. Method of victory gets mixed up, round numbers get misremembered, records get added wrong. Getting it fast and getting it right are different problems, and this page is about how we handle the second one.
Before a result goes live
The result is checked against two independent sources — the promotion's own broadcast or official account, plus at least one independent outlet or a verified account close to the event — before we post a decision, KO, or submission as final. If the two disagree, we hold the page rather than publish a guess.
A fighter's record is confirmed, not carried over from an old profile. Wins, losses, method — we confirm these first-hand against the sanctioning body or promotion's own record-keeping when a new fight is added, rather than incrementing a number we assumed was already right.
Upcoming-fight details — date, venue, title implications — are checked against the official card, not against a rumor or a since-changed matchup. Fight cards change late; a profile that still lists a pulled opponent is a page we've failed to update, not a rare edge case we can shrug off.
When results change
Overturned decisions, medical no-contests, and late replacements happen. When the official record changes after we've published, we update the article and note the correction — we don't leave a page stating a result that was later overturned as if it still stands.
Our UFC 2026 schedule hub is checked against the promotion's own announced card every time a fight is added, moved, or pulled — that is the standard every fight page on this site is held to.
Who's behind this
KIAI is written and checked by the KIAI editorial desk, one of several specialist sites under Jon&Coo. Every site in the network works to the same rule: a fact goes on the page once it's been confirmed against more than one source, not before.
FAQ
- How does KIAI confirm a fight result before publishing it?
- We check the result against the promotion's own broadcast or official account plus at least one independent source before posting a decision, KO, or submission as final; if sources disagree, we hold the page rather than guess.
- How are fighter records kept accurate on KIAI?
- Each time a new fight is added, we confirm the win-loss-method record against the sanctioning body or promotion's own record-keeping rather than assuming a previously listed number was correct.
- What happens if an official result is overturned after KIAI has published it?
- We update the article to reflect the corrected record and note the correction — we don't leave the original, later-overturned result standing on the page.