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76% of fighters in favor of union
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51 percent believe fighters are taking some form of performance-enhancing drugs
47 percent are convinced that abstinence will benefit them on fight night
29 percent worry about a fighter dying inside the Octagon
41 percent believe Georges St. Pierre is the best MMA fighter on earth
16 percent admit that sweat is the grossest thing about their opponents
96 percent are opposed to having a transgender athlete compete in MMA
27 percent have competed against opponents who lost their bowels during a fight
74 percent are against promoter-mandated "super fights"
76 percent are in favor of a fighter's union
19 believe fighters are taking some form of performance-enhancing drugs
17 are convinced that abstinence will benefit them on fight night
11 worry about a fighter dying inside the Octagon
15 believe Georges St. Pierre is the best MMA fighter on earth
6 admit that sweat is the grossest thing about their opponents
36 are opposed to having a transgender athlete compete in MMA (So, two guys aren't)
10 have competed against opponents who lost their bowels during a fight
28 are against promoter-mandated "super fights"
UGCTT_Blake - Extremely small sample size plus leading questions equal bad science. THis poll sucks.
Technically, if we are looking at the UFC, since most of the sample came from that org, the sample is around 10% of the population. That is not bad, obviously the efficacy of the poll depends on how varied the results are across the population, desired confidence levels, etc...
That being said, polling 10% of the UFC fighters is not a tight sample, but definitely not statistically insignificant, by any means.
THAT is the source? They polled 38 fucking fighters....
Do you guys know how a poll works? If you want to find out what 25-35 year-old women watch on TV you don't poll EVERY SINGLE 25-35 year-old woman. Not even half, Not a quarter. Not a tenth.
TV ratings, politics, you name it usually use a very small sample size. For a TV show they may sample 1k people and project the results for 300+ million. So 38 is more than enough, if they did it properly, considering the number of pro MMA fighters.
19 believe fighters are taking some form of performance-enhancing drugs
17 are convinced that abstinence will benefit them on fight night
11 worry about a fighter dying inside the Octagon
15 believe Georges St. Pierre is the best MMA fighter on earth
6 admit that sweat is the grossest thing about their opponents
36 are opposed to having a transgender athlete compete in MMA (So, two guys aren't)
10 have competed against opponents who lost their bowels during a fight
28 are against promoter-mandated "super fights"
38 makes me think they polled the fighters from a particular area. Guys with similar circumstances.
UGCTT_Blake - Extremely small sample size plus leading questions equal bad science. THis poll sucks.
Technically, if we are looking at the UFC, since most of the sample came from that org, the sample is around 10% of the population. That is not bad, obviously the efficacy of the poll depends on how varied the results are across the population, desired confidence levels, etc...
That being said, polling 10% of the UFC fighters is not a tight sample, but definitely not statistically insignificant, by any means.
With something as diverse as fighters opinion I find it hard to believe any real trends can be observed.
UGCTT_Blake - Extremely small sample size plus leading questions equal bad science. THis poll sucks.
Technically, if we are looking at the UFC, since most of the sample came from that org, the sample is around 10% of the population. That is not bad, obviously the efficacy of the poll depends on how varied the results are across the population, desired confidence levels, etc...
That being said, polling 10% of the UFC fighters is not a tight sample, but definitely not statistically insignificant, by any means.
With something as diverse as fighters opinion I find it hard to believe any real trends can be observed.
I would like to see what number of the fighters are lower tier guys, mid tier, "elite", etc. If 37 of the 38 were low level guys making $8k/fight that would mean the avg. income is $16k/yr (based off of 2 fights/yr). Add in one elite guy making 2 mil/yr and that raises it to $68210/yr. With this small of a sample size it's hard to get a real good idea on how many guys really want a union.
