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Asked: 2026-06-05T09:59:24+00:00

I asked a related question a week ago, but here’s another problem I’m facing.

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I asked a related question a week ago, but here’s another problem I’m facing. I feel like such a noob, but I guess it’s better to ask and learn than never learn.

Here are my three tables:

Fighters Table

fighter_id, name

Events Table

event_id, event_name, event_date

Fights Table

fight_id, fighter_a, fighter_b, winner, method, event

So in the fights table, fighter_a, fighter_b, and winner are integers that correspond to fighter_id in the Fighters table.

I’m basically on a page retrieving data based on fighter_id.

I’m trying to create rows with each fight of that fighter that includes his opponent’s name, result (win, loss, draw, or nc), method, event_name, and event_date. If it’s a Draw or No Contest, it’ll say Draw or No Contest in Method column, while winner will be NULL.

I was looking at these MySQL IF statements, and created what would be the appropriate criteria for determining whether a fighter won, lost, got a draw, or no contest. It doesn’t seem like these statements can be used in a PHP mysql_query, but at least it gives you an idea of criteria. I know I have to inner join these 3 tables together, but I’m not sure how to determine winner/loser/etc… because fighter_a or fighter_b can be a winner, or neither could be. I don’t know how to approach these IF statements in MySQL query.

IF winner IS NOT NULL AND winner=fighter_id THEN SET record='win';
ELSEIF winner IS NOT NULL AND winner<>fighter_id THEN SET record='loss';
ELSEIF winner IS NULL AND method='Draw' THEN SET record='draw';
ELSEIF winner IS NULL AND method='No Contest' THEN SET record='no contest';
ELSE SET record='';
ELSE IF;

I’m trying to get a result in a table that look something like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedor_Emelianenko#Mixed_martial_arts_record

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  1. Editorial Team

    If I understand you correctly, I believe you would want to use a CASE statement to determine the result. The fighters will require a join, similar to this:

    select 
    fight_id,
    CASE
      WHEN winner is not null and winner=fighter_id then 'win'
      WHEN winner is not null and winner<>fighter_id then 'loss'
      WHEN winner is null and method='Draw' then 'draw'
      WHEN winner is null and method = 'No Contest' then 'no contest'
      ELSE ''
    END as match_result,
    participant.name 'participant',
    opponent.name 'opponent'
FROM fights
    INNER JOIN fighters as participant on participant.fighter_id = fights.fighter_a
    INNER JOIN fighters as oppoent on opponent.fighter_id = fights.fighter_b
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