Different Methods of Winning, Losing, and Training in Combat Sports and Their Relationship with Overall Competitive Winningness

Table 1

Statistically significant findings for Model 1: winning record based on victory and loss by points as well as disqualification—for all sports.

	Competitive style	Frequency of noncombat training sessions each week without a competition in the near term	Loss by points or judge’s decision	()
	β	Β	Β
Overall
(n = 280)	0.18		−0.25	0.11 (0.02)
Level of competition
Amateurs (n = 106)	0.20		−0.44	0.25 (<0.01)
Regional/state (n = 94)	0.23			0.19 (0.01)
Elite (n = 80)
Primary sport
Mixed martial arts (n = 27)
Muay Thai/Kickboxing (n = 43)			−0.64	0.43 (<0.01)
Boxing (n = 57)			−0.54	0.29 (<0.01)
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (n = 56)	0.26	0.58		0.27 (<0.01)
Wrestling (n = 42)			0.40	0.34 (<0.01)
Judo (n = 26)
Traditional striking sports (n = 29)

Note. While some statistically significant findings for specific predictors for these groups were observed, they were not reported in this table because the variance explained by the model as applied to these groups was not statistically significant.