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How to follow fighters on KBN: alerts, profiles and your fan account

To follow fighters on KBN, create a free fan account, open a fighter's profile and tap Follow; with push notifications on, you are alerted when their rank changes or their fight is starting. Public pages, rankings and li...

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Following fighters, reading fight cards and understanding decisions.

Getting started

For fansGetting started

How to follow fighters on KBN: alerts, profiles and your fan account

To follow fighters on KBN, create a free fan account, open a fighter's profile and tap Follow; with push notifications on, you are...

24 Sept 2026 · 5 min👁13.2k ♥460 ↗143

Community

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KBN Social: a guide to the members' network for combat sports

KBN Social is the members-only network of the KBN World Federation for fighters, coaches, officials and fans of combat sports. Mem...

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Watching

For fansWatching

How to read a fight card: main events, divisions, records and levels

A fight card lists the bouts at an event in running order, usually ending with the main event, and shows each fighter's corner, di...

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How to follow live scoring on the KBN live centre

The KBN live centre shows the current bout, round, judges' running totals and per-round scores, plus tonight's card with statuses,...

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Understanding decisions

For fansUnderstanding decisions

Why judges' decisions are disputed: a fan's guide to scoring controversies

Judges' decisions are often disputed because bouts are scored round by round rather than overall, scoring criteria are not what ma...

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Why judges' decisions are disputed: a fan's guide to scoring controversies

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