Perceived and actual fighting ability: determinants of success by decision, knockout or submission in human combat sports
dc.contributor.author | Lane, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.author | Briffa, Mark | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-10T12:36:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-10T12:36:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-10-28 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-9561 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-957X | |
dc.identifier.other | ARTN 20200443 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/16643 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:p>Animal contest theory assumes individuals to possess accurate information about their own fighting ability or resource-holding potential (RHP) and, under some models, that of their opponent. However, owing to the difficulty of disentangling perceived and actual RHP in animals, how accurately individuals are able to assess RHP remains relatively unknown. Furthermore, it is not just individuals within a fight that evaluate RHP. Third-party observers evaluate the fight performance of conspecifics in order to make behavioural decisions. In human combat sports, when fights remain unresolved at the end of the allotted time, bystanders take a more active role, with judges assigning victory based on their assessment of each fighter's performance. Here, we use fight data from mixed martial arts in order to investigate whether perceived fighting performance (judges' decisions) and actual fighting success (fights ending in knockout or submission) are based on the same performance traits, specifically striking skill and vigour. Our results indicate that both performance traits are important for victory, but that vigour is more important for fights resolved via decision, even though the effect of vigour is enhanced by skill. These results suggest that while similar traits are important for fighting success across the board, vigour is overvalued in judges' perceptions of RHP.</jats:p> | |
dc.format.extent | 20200443-20200443 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Royal Society, The | |
dc.subject | animal contests | |
dc.subject | mixed martial arts | |
dc.subject | resource holding potential | |
dc.subject | skill | |
dc.subject | vigour | |
dc.title | Perceived and actual fighting ability: determinants of success by decision, knockout or submission in human combat sports | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
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plymouth.issue | 10 | |
plymouth.volume | 16 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Biology Letters | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0443 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Researchers in ResearchFish submission | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-10-06 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2020-11-11 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1744-957X | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.funder | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | The role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0443 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-10-28 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | The role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs::Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |