Ama credentials are certainly not " irrelevant " , not all ama wrestlers got the opportunity to compete , in other words , to grade there skills Example Matt Hughes JJ ability is not listed (or wasn't back in the day) but he clearly has serious world class skills in that department , he just never got graded St Pierre , is the most technical wrestler in the sport of MMA but has no medals or no wrestling record to show , because he never wrestled Irrelevant is the wrong choice of words , but i do see where your coming from