SirFozzie
03-24-2007, 02:35 AM
Like the style of fighters/federations in TEW, you can probably do pretty good breakdown of fighter types, as well as promotion types.
Fighter Styles ( a Lot from the early days of UFC)
Wild Puncher (Tank Abbot, Kimo, Cabbage Correira, Bob Sapp), folks who throw nothing but bombs. If one HITS, mind you, DOOOOOOM.. Tire quickly, however)
Striker (Pat Smith): someone who have trained in one of the striking disciplines (such as Boxing/Kickboxing/Muay Thai), prefers to keep the fight standing (usually to cover for lack of Ground Skills). There would be a lot of K-1 Style fighters involved
Wrestler (Dan Severn/Ken Shamrock): Someone who's trained more as a wrestler then as a standup fighter. Good at getting the fight to the ground and improving position, not so much for actual finishing
Ground n Pound (Mark "The Hammer" Coleman, in modern times: Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz): Someone whose preferred method of fighting is to take the opponent down, and get position to rain down bunches of punches.
Submission Fighter (The Gracie Family, etcetera), Someone who primarily takes opponents down and will do gradual damage to setup submission attempts.
All-Arounder (Randy Couture): SOmeone who can finish fights standing or on the ground, by submission or stoppage or KO, basically "Whatever works"
Like the Promotion Breakdown in TEW07, you can break down MMA Companies through some of the same things.
Some thoughts..
"No Holds Barred" : Are you a company whose fights are like the early days of UFC? It might get you more hardcore fans among the violence seekers, but the press will be against you (kinda like the Hardcore/Garbage feds in TEW)
Grappling/Striking: At one end, you have the Grappling only competitions like Abu Dabi Combat Club's Submission World Championship, and the various Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu competitions. At the other end is promotions like K-1, which either feature all striking (or severely limit the time a fight can be on the ground)
Entertainment/Sport: At one extreme of this you get Bob Sapp, and his flailing punches and his killer interviews. At the other end, you get Diego Sanchez, his killer MMA (Ok at least so far), and his personality of a wet sack. How much do you play up the personalities of the fighters?
Regions/Hot Beds
Brazil: Vale Tudo/Brazillian Jiu Jitsu are huge here. Focuses on: Grappling
Eastern Europe: Has a lot of Combat-oriented styles, Focuses on: Striking
Japan: They import a lot of different MMA styles, but has a proud tradition, coming from both grappling (Judo, Jiu Jitsu), and striking (Karate (since early in the 20th century) Focuses On: Mixture (leans Grappling)
US: Just like Japan, a melting pot, but has a long history of boxing and other such striking arts, Focus on: Mixture (Strong Lean: Striking)
Fighter Styles ( a Lot from the early days of UFC)
Wild Puncher (Tank Abbot, Kimo, Cabbage Correira, Bob Sapp), folks who throw nothing but bombs. If one HITS, mind you, DOOOOOOM.. Tire quickly, however)
Striker (Pat Smith): someone who have trained in one of the striking disciplines (such as Boxing/Kickboxing/Muay Thai), prefers to keep the fight standing (usually to cover for lack of Ground Skills). There would be a lot of K-1 Style fighters involved
Wrestler (Dan Severn/Ken Shamrock): Someone who's trained more as a wrestler then as a standup fighter. Good at getting the fight to the ground and improving position, not so much for actual finishing
Ground n Pound (Mark "The Hammer" Coleman, in modern times: Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz): Someone whose preferred method of fighting is to take the opponent down, and get position to rain down bunches of punches.
Submission Fighter (The Gracie Family, etcetera), Someone who primarily takes opponents down and will do gradual damage to setup submission attempts.
All-Arounder (Randy Couture): SOmeone who can finish fights standing or on the ground, by submission or stoppage or KO, basically "Whatever works"
Like the Promotion Breakdown in TEW07, you can break down MMA Companies through some of the same things.
Some thoughts..
"No Holds Barred" : Are you a company whose fights are like the early days of UFC? It might get you more hardcore fans among the violence seekers, but the press will be against you (kinda like the Hardcore/Garbage feds in TEW)
Grappling/Striking: At one end, you have the Grappling only competitions like Abu Dabi Combat Club's Submission World Championship, and the various Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu competitions. At the other end is promotions like K-1, which either feature all striking (or severely limit the time a fight can be on the ground)
Entertainment/Sport: At one extreme of this you get Bob Sapp, and his flailing punches and his killer interviews. At the other end, you get Diego Sanchez, his killer MMA (Ok at least so far), and his personality of a wet sack. How much do you play up the personalities of the fighters?
Regions/Hot Beds
Brazil: Vale Tudo/Brazillian Jiu Jitsu are huge here. Focuses on: Grappling
Eastern Europe: Has a lot of Combat-oriented styles, Focuses on: Striking
Japan: They import a lot of different MMA styles, but has a proud tradition, coming from both grappling (Judo, Jiu Jitsu), and striking (Karate (since early in the 20th century) Focuses On: Mixture (leans Grappling)
US: Just like Japan, a melting pot, but has a long history of boxing and other such striking arts, Focus on: Mixture (Strong Lean: Striking)