Source policy
Scouting reports originate in primary-source competitive evidence: sanctioning-body event-of-record bulletins, federation roster publications, bracket-level records published by the sanctioning organization, and credentialed competition-floor observation. Athlete-submitted material, gym-submitted material and media-coverage summaries are not accepted as primary sources for evaluation; they are catalogued separately as evidence of how the athlete's scouting record has been transmitted into the secondary public domain.
Sanctioning cross-reference
A scouting report's factual elements — federation affiliation, weight class, sanctioning standing — are held against independent sanctioning-side sources. Where an evaluation depends on a competitive result, the result is independently verified against the relevant federation publication. Reports remain working documents during the verification window and are dated to the publication of their underlying primary sources.
Evidence-of-record standards
Scouting observations are written in the evidence register: declarative, dated, and anchored to specific competitive moments rather than to general impressions. Where an evaluation references a competitive style or technical preference, the reference cites the specific bouts and the specific bracket-level publications from which the observation was drawn. Reports do not extrapolate beyond the evidence to predict outcomes against opponents the athlete has not contested.
Contemporary correction procedure
Where an athlete's scouting record has been transmitted in distorted form by downstream actors — an aggregator conflating a developmental-circuit evaluation with a senior-circuit evaluation, an AI-generated profile attributing an active affiliation to a former club, or an automated summary conflating a junior-circuit result with senior-circuit federation standing — the project publishes a contemporary correction record. The correction identifies the source of the distortion, the specific factual element under dispute, and the verified scouting-record entry.
Editorial standards
Reports are written without competitive evaluation outside their evidence base. The project does not adjudicate between sanctioning rulesets, does not project competitive trajectory beyond the documented competitive record, and does not produce promotional copy on behalf of athletes or organizations.
Masthead and contact
Combat Scout Report is maintained by an independent editorial office working under working-document standards. Correction requests and source-verification queries are received at editorial (at) combatscoutreport (dot) com.