DecisionBot

DecisionBot is a Reddit bot that retrieves and posts mixed martial arts scorecards on-demand. Users summon the bot by commenting in any r/mma thread with the fighters' names. It has been live on r/mma since February 2017.

• Example of use in discussion
• Usage guide on Reddit
• Initial release thread on r/mma

Usage example

• User leaves comment: decisionbot mcgregor vs diaz

• DecisionBot replies:

  CONOR MCGREGOR defeats NATE DIAZ (majority decision)

  UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 — August 20, 2016

  ROUND	McGregor	Diaz		McGregor	Diaz		McGregor	Diaz
  1	10	9		10	9		10	9
  2	10	9		10	9		10	9
  3	9	10		9	10		8	10
  4	10	9		10	9		10	9
  5	9	10		9	10		9	10
  TOTAL	48	47		48	47		47	47

  Judges, in order: Derek Cleary, Jeff Mullen, Glenn Trowbridge.

  MEDIA MEMBER SCORES

  • 1/19 people scored it 49-47 McGregor.
  • 12/19 people scored it 48-47 McGregor.
  • 1/19 people scored it 47-46 McGregor.
  • 4/19 people scored it 47-47 DRAW.
  • 1/19 people scored it 47-48 Diaz.

  2215 fan scores — 1426 (64%) McGregor, 483 (22%) Diaz, 306 (14%) Draw.

Features

• You can use v / v. / vs / vs. / versus, or leave it out and the bot will figure the names out.
• Handles rematches (include the rematch number in the comment, or leave it out and the bot posts all fights).
• Handles many fighter nicknames and common name misspellings.
• Supports returning "certainty of victory" confidence level based on media scorecards.
• Banters and has many easter eggs.

How to Run

• Run make to run in foreground.
• Run make start-background to run in background, and make stop to stop the background process.

Files

File	Description
fight_finder.py	Searches and pulls fight data from mmadecisions.com using BeautifulSoup.
decision_bot.py	Runs the bot on Reddit.
notify_account.py	Notifies my personal account of DecisionBot's status.
config.yaml	Bot configs.
commented.txt	List of recent comment ids that triggered the bot.
nicknames.txt	List of common nicknames and name misspellings.
rematches.txt	Correctly adjusted rematch numbers (if there was a finished fight, the rematch numbers need to be adjusted).

Praise

• "This is one of the coolest and most useful bots I've seen on Reddit. True story."
• "wtf im speechless , this is amazing! what a time to be alive"
• "ALL GLORY TO THE BOT"
• ".... you just summoned a decision bot...?... the internet truly is wondrous."
• "wow! very fantastic bot!"
• "I did not even know this magic existed."
• "What is this voodoo?"
• "Decisionbot I love you man."
• "God I love this bot."