FIQA News Intelligence
News Intelligence metrics are currently being collected and prospectively validated. They are not currently used to calculate UCFR, Fight IQ, Matchup Factor or other FIQA production ratings.
Fight information changes long before the Octagon door closes. FIQA is building a timestamped intelligence layer designed to track what becomes known, when it becomes known, how strongly it is verified, and how information develops throughout fight week.
Research components
Fighter Exposure Index
Measures the volume and breadth of qualifying fighter coverage.
News Intelligence Index
Measures the materiality, confidence and verification strength of fight-relevant intelligence.
Card News Share
Measures how qualifying intelligence activity is distributed across fighters on an event card.
Bout News Share
Measures how intelligence activity is distributed between fighters in an individual matchup.
Information Velocity
Measures how quickly meaningful new information develops, while preventing duplicate or syndicated reporting from artificially increasing activity.
Why FIQA is building it
A fighter's information environment changes throughout fight week. Injuries, replacements, weight issues, camp changes, short-notice circumstances, official updates and other verified developments can emerge after traditional statistics are already known. FIQA's goal is to preserve that evolving information timeline so it can be studied alongside fighter analytics and market behavior.
Built for time-accurate research
FIQA preserves timestamped pre-fight intelligence snapshots so research can reconstruct what information was actually available at a specific point in time—without allowing post-fight information to leak backward into earlier analysis.