Profiling Combat Sports Athletes: Competitive History and Outcomes According to Sports Type and Current Level of Competition

Barley, Oliver R.; Harms, Craig A.

doi:10.1186/s40798-021-00345-3

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 8 Frequency of self-reported types of wins and losses according to the current level of competition

From: Profiling Combat Sports Athletes: Competitive History and Outcomes According to Sports Type and Current Level of Competition

			None	Few	Some	Most	All	Total
			O/E	O/E	O/E	O/E	O/E	Total
Points or judge’s decision	Victories: χ² (8, n= 282)= 30.58, p< .01, Cramer’s V = .23 (medium effect)	Amateur	20/14.7	12/17.5	16/24.2	27/30.6	37^a/25	112
		Regional/state	11/11.7	14/13.9	27/19.3	19/24.3	18/19.9	89
		Elite	6/10.6	18/12.6	18/17.5	31/22.1	8^a/18.1	81
		Total	37	44	61	77	63	282
	Losses: χ² (8, n= 282)= 18.33, p< .02, Cramer’s V = .18 (medium effect)	Amateur	33/24.6	11/12.3	6^a/14.3	23/28.2	39/32.6	112
		Regional/state	13/19.6	11/9.8	18^a/11.4	24/22.4	23/25.9	89
		Elite	16/17.8	9/8.9	12/10.3	24/20.4	20/23.6	81
		Total	62	31	36	71	82	282
Knockout			None	Few	Some	Most or All		Total
			O/E	O/E	O/E	O/E		O/E
	Victories: χ² (6, n= 201)= 17.70, p< .01, Cramer’s V = .21 (medium effect).	Amateur	43/41.2	17/21.3	12/14.9	19/13.6		91
		Regional/state	32/24.4	10/12.6	9/8.9	3/8.1		54
		Elite	16/25.4^a	20^a/13.1	12/9.2	8/8.4		56
		Total	91	47	33	30		201
			None	Few	Some	Most or all		Total
			O/E	O/E	O/E	O/E		O/E
Submission or pin	Victories: χ² (6, n= 183)= 15.87, p= .01, Cramer’s V = .21 (medium effect).	Amateur	20^a/11.5	8/7	13/18.2	8/12.3		49
		Regional/state	15/18.3	8/11.1	30/29	25/19.6		78
		Elite	8/13.2	10/8	25/20.8	13/14.1		56
		Total	43	26	68	46		183
	Losses: χ² (6, n= 183)= 7.26, p= .30.	Amateur	22/16.1	14/15.5	6/9.6	7/7.8		49
		Regional/state	21/25.6	23/24.7	19/15.3	15/12.4		78
		Elite	17/18.4	21/17.7	11/11.0	7/8.9		56
		Total	60	58	36	29		183
Ippon, Waza-ari or technical fall			None	Not none				Total
			O/E	O/E
	Victories: χ² (2, n= 117)= 10.03, p= .01, Cramer’s V = .29 (medium effect).	Amateur	19^a/12.3	11/11.7				30
		Regional/state	19/19.7	29/28.3				48
		Elite	10/16.0	29/23.0				39
		Total	48	69				117
	Losses: χ² (2, n= 117)= 9.1, p= .01.	Amateur	23/15.9	7^a/14.1				30
		Regional/state	22/25.4	26/22.6				48
		Elite	17/20.7	22/18.3				39
		Total	62	55				117

Note: O observed count, E expected count. ^a and bolded = standardized residual > 1.96. Points or judge’s decision applies to all sports. Knockout applies to Muay Thai/kickboxing, mixed martial arts and traditional striking sports. Submission or pin applied to Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling, mixed martial arts and judo. Ippon, Waza-ari or technical fall applies to judo and wrestling

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