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Show HN: Mixed martial arts fan site - CombatPicks.com (combatpicks.com)
5 points by transition 5426 days ago
Combat Picks was built to be a fun tool for MMA fans to make predictions/picks on fights. The site was built by two people (1 design - 1 code) over the course of about a month. I don't have any plans for monetization - we really just built the site as MMA fans to be able to provide a fun service to other people.

http://www.combatpicks.com/

We have lots of improvements in the pipeline - i'd love to hear some feedback/ideas on what we can improve.
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transition 5426 days ago
Combat Picks was built to be a fun tool for MMA fans to make predictions/picks on fights. The site was built by two people (1 design - 1 code) over the course of about a month. I don't have any plans for monetization - we really just built the site as MMA fans to be able to provide a fun service to other people.

http://www.combatpicks.com/

We have lots of improvements in the pipeline - i'd love to hear some feedback/ideas on what we can improve.

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chrishamant 5426 days ago
Just out of curiosity - how do you get the data for this?
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transition 5425 days ago
Wikipedia
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damog 5425 days ago
I'm a big MMA fan and a Web developer.

Are you only pulling Strikeforce and UFC events? Are you thinking at some point pulling from more sources? For instance, Sherdog's event calendars and the like?

This is also very nice that was recently featured on MiddleEasy: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=aHBsM3NmMG41bXVybW...

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transition 5425 days ago
Right now i'm only pulling Strikeforce and UFC. Since the events are updated manually i don't really have the time right now to research and maintain cards for so many promotions. Perhaps with the use of something like mechanical turk it could be made manageable without breaking the bank.

I was trying to avoid scraping sherdog since i'm not sure of the legal ramifications of doing so. Felt a little bit safer using wikipedia.

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