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How the ranking works, who is rising, what every event is worth, and answers to the questions we get most. Every number in these pages comes from the same engine that builds the tables.
Every KBN ranking point comes from one published formula: base points × event multiplier × time value, applied only to verified bouts. These explainers take each rule in turn, compare the rules of kickboxing, Muay Thai, boxing and MMA, and show the arithmetic with worked examples.
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Каждое рейтинговое очко KBN получается по одной формуле: базовые очки × коэффициент события × временной коэффициент для каждого подтверждённого боя. Вот вся система с примерами расчётов.
The biggest difference between kickboxing and Muay Thai is what you can strike with and how long you can clinch: Muay Thai allows elbows, knees and extended clinch work, while most kickboxing rulesets restrict or ban the...
KBN ranking points expire in two steps: a result keeps 100% of its value for 12 months, drops to 50% after 12 months and to 0% after 24 months. The age is measured in days divided by 30.4375, so full value lasts about 36...
Правила и очки
How the KBN point framework works, rule by rule.
Система очков
Every KBN ranking point comes from one formula: base points × event multiplier × time value, applied to each verified bout. Here i...
Five participation points for every approved bout reward athletes who actually compete. Here is the reasoning, and the limits that...
Placement bonuses are large by design. Where they are added, how they stack with the win bonus, and what "final bout only" means.
A finish is worth five more base points than a decision, and the submission bonus applies in MMA only. The reasoning behind both r...
A successful KBN title defence earns +75 base points on top of the participation, win and finishing points for that bout. An admin...
Discipline comparisons
The biggest difference between kickboxing and Muay Thai is what you can strike with and how long you can clinch: Muay Thai allows...
MMA allows striking and grappling, including takedowns, ground strikes and submissions, while kickboxing is a stand-up striking sp...
Boxing allows only punches above the belt, while kickboxing adds kicks and, depending on the ruleset, knees. That single differenc...
Time value
KBN ranking points expire in two steps: a result keeps 100% of its value for 12 months, drops to 50% after 12 months and to 0% aft...
Rankings measure current form. Results keep 100 % of their value for a year, 50 % for a second year, then leave the active table.
Event levels
Every KBN-recognised event has a level with a multiplier: National ×1.0, International Open ×1.5, Continental Championship ×2.0, K...
The Ranking Committee can lower an event's multiplier or set it to zero. What triggers it, how it is logged, and what happens to p...
Results & methods
A KO (knockout) happens when a fighter cannot continue after a legal strike, usually failing to beat the count; a TKO (technical k...
A no contest (NC) is a bout officially ruled to have no winner or loser, typically after an accidental foul early in the fight or...
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