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dc.contributor.authorLane, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorBriffa, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-10T12:36:30Z
dc.date.available2020-11-10T12:36:30Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-28
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561
dc.identifier.issn1744-957X
dc.identifier.otherARTN 20200443
dc.identifier.urihttp://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.extent20200443-20200443
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoyal Society, The
dc.subjectanimal contests
dc.subjectmixed martial arts
dc.subjectresource holding potential
dc.subjectskill
dc.subjectvigour
dc.titlePerceived and actual fighting ability: determinants of success by decision, knockout or submission in human combat sports
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.issue10
plymouth.volume16
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalBiology Letters
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsbl.2020.0443
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-10-06
dc.rights.embargodate2020-11-11
dc.identifier.eissn1744-957X
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.funderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
rioxxterms.identifier.projectThe role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1098/rsbl.2020.0443
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plymouth.funderThe role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs::Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council


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