Deletion of UFC 146

Comment: to 2012 in UFC events There appears to be a misunderstanding of the guidlines for events, specifically  : Individual events are not inherently considered notable because, on the whole, the coverage they receive is routine in nature (consisting of the event announcement, who is going to take part, and the results). To be considered for a standalone article, the article will need to demonstrate the event's lasting effect using references from reliable and diverse sources that are both independent of the subject and show that the duration of coverage lasted beyond the end of the event
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SPORTSEVENT||WP:MMAEVENT)

Comment: UFC events blur the line between sports and entertainment.  The most similar examples are WWE professional wrestling events and those are allotted individual pages.  I've argued previously that since UFC events are released onto DVD for the general public to purchase, that they qualify for Wikipedia as an entertainment product and easily pass .  No different that listing a film or direct-to-video release
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP: GNG)

Comment: This article meets the criteria stated at otability (sports), in my point of view, although that guideline doesn't have this specific case, I think it fits as this event is kinda of a Final series of other sports, and this kind of event usually recieves front page news from various diferent countries all over the world
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: Per : "...Notable events usually have significant impact over a wide region, domain, or widespread societal group...". This does. ''International'' is the wide region. And, the event has a significant impact over the following groups
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GEOSCOPE)

Comment: I hesitate to comment but I hope the "keepers" will take this as constructive suggestions and insight into the "deletionists" mentality.  |"Articles about notable sporting events should have well-sourced prose, not merely a list of stats."  Currently, UFC 146 appears to contain only |"routine news coverage of such things as fight announcements".  If MMA event articles (UFC or otherwise) included more prose discussing the significance of the event, the background of bouts and the fighters involved in them, what happened during the bouts, and any after effects of the event then "deletionists" will have less to argue from.  As concrete examples of what I'm referring to look at UFC 94 and UFC 140 as articles that contain significant amounts of well-sourced prose that discuss all aspects of the event.  If a particular event is notable, the article should explain why it is notable and UFC 146 fails to do so.  You have to look hard to realize there is a championship match on the line.  There is significance that this is the only UFC event to have a main card of only heavyweight fights.  There is/was huge controversy surrounding the original main event when Overeem failed a pre-fight drug test.  None of these issues are discussed in any great detail.  If they were discussed for more than a single sentence, it adds weight to outsiders (non-MMA viewing folks) that this may really be a notable article and will help support the "keepers" case
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SPORTSEVENT||WP:ROUTINE)

Comment: the original poster referred to  as a reason for deletion, however I come to the opposite conclusion. A UFC card is a collection of fights (usually 12), as such this meets the definition of a season or series. The Main event is a UFC Heavyweight World Championship fight, which is of particular notability. This card has gained further notability even before the event as one of the main event participants was removed due to failing a PED test. Furthermore, the policy states "Articles can be created on individual seasons of teams in top professional leagues, as these articles almost always meet the notability requirements'. the UFC (although MMA is not a team sport)is the top MMA promotion in the world. Its heavyweight championship is the most notable possible achievement within the sport
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SPORTSEVENT)