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Rank, movement arrow, verified record, points. What each column means and why the order is what it is.

Combat sports rankings are built in three main ways: panels of experts who vote, sanctioning bodies that publish their own lists,...

You climb the KBN rankings by adding verified results at higher-level events, staying active so new results replace ageing ones, a...

KBN ranks women in separate tables for every discipline, category and weight class, using exactly the same point formula, evidence...

A KBN division is one combination of discipline, category, gender and weight class, and each division has its own ranking. Points...

Movement arrows are not only about new results. Expiring results, verified appeals and multiplier changes all move the table.

Movement arrows in KBN tables compare each fighter's current position with their position in the table calculated as of 30 days ea...

A KBN continental ranking lists fighters from the same continent in the same division, ordered by the same points as the world tab...

A fighter appears in KBN ranking tables only when four conditions are met: licensed status, ranking published by KBN World HQ, not...