A New Idea

[kadekash1983]

One interesting idea is to maybe have fighters refuse to fight other fighters. If the styles dont match up and he doesn't feel its a good idea he can turn the fight down. On the flip side a fighter could refuse to fight a close friend.

Just an idea, dont know if its possible or important enough to be included but thought it would flesh out the game a little.

[Sensai of Mattitude]

Yeah, definately, or a fighter could even refuse to fight somebody that he fears has a good chance of beating him.

[y2trav]

this happens so much in real life, im sure that itll be in the game..i imagine itll be like when workers in tew say they are upset about jobbing..in wmma they will be upset about taking the fight(although if its an exclusive contract, you should be able to force them).

[thedraem41]

But if you had them under contract you could tell them to do it or they're fired.
But, I think it comes down to the contract, their should be an option for them to be able to turn down any fight they want and not be forced to fight. It could be called, "Fight Selection Creative Control"
Other fighters could complain about the fight, but if you tell them to do it they can either walk out or be fired. If you're not the owner, the owner could over turn your decision and listen to the fighter. Which would make a rift, or if you were the owner you could over ride the head booker and he could leave and possibly open his own company.
Adds to the depth of the game and makes the fighters and front office memebers come to life. Something that was missing in TEW.

[badbeat]

also some fighters who train at the same gym refuse to fight eachother.

[Capelli King]

I like the option, however what if you have some "moster" which is kicking every ones ass! Will there not be a problem that nobody will want to fight him?

I think the only cases should be if certain guys are relatives or maybe if there are best friends (you can only have a maximum of one best mate).

[thedraem41]

I think if a title was on the line they may put that beside them. It should depend upon the personality of the fighters, and the loyalty between them. They could try to protect the title if a friend of theirs has it by trying to get fights with the top challengers to keep them from getting title fights. Anything could happen really.

[BlizzardVeers]

I like the option, however what if you have some "moster" which is kicking every ones ass! Will there not be a problem that nobody will want to fight him?

I think the only cases should be if certain guys are relatives or maybe if there are best friends (you can only have a maximum of one best mate).

Fedor is currently having this problem, except for people that are game and have an attitude about fighting sort of like Couture does. So, that would be interesting to include.

A good suggestion to include in the game, I think!

[mikey5time]

Two things... A stat for courage would be good, so that you could have a sliding scale that ends with people who will fight anyone.

And two, in MMA you cannot force someone to fight anyone else. Just cannot legally happen. It's not like in professional wrestling. If MMA Dude 1 didn't want to fight MMA Dude 2, he'd pass on the fight and you'd either find someone else or release him. There'd be no forcing him to fight if he was dead set against it.

In the end, fighters have final say over what fights they accept or decline.

From what I've seen though, following MMA and having the honor of training with MMA fighters, 50% will fight anyone, anywhere. They don't call them fighters just because it sounds cool.

[thedraem41]

Yeah, that ties in with my idea. If they say no a list of options will come up with how you can deal with the situation. Maybe in their contract an option could be, "Free Release If They Decline To Fight"

[asdfx3]

Previous fights should also play into this. I have no doubt that someone like Wandy would fight Fedor after coming off 10 consecutive decisive losses, but others may look to pad their record or get tune-up fights after a big loss.

[Capelli King]

Fedor is currently having this problem, except for people that are game and have an attitude about fighting sort of like Couture does. So, that would be interesting to include.

A good suggestion to include in the game, I think!

Maybe, but i do not think it should be very often. Most people will almost always accept a match if the payout was good and if a title was on the line.

For gods sake even i would enter the ring with Fedor if they paid me enough! Take a beating and leave with a nice pile of cash!

[Capelli King]

Previous fights should also play into this. I have no doubt that someone like Wandy would fight Fedor after coming off 10 consecutive decisive losses, but others may look to pad their record or get tune-up fights after a big loss.


Not sure about that one. A guy which is doing well will likely feel confident with himself so would undoubtably want to fight the best there is. A guy which lost 10 in a row won't, but then again he could agree to the fight if there are titles or good money on the line.

[mikey5time]

I would say it should be a formula depending on several factors.

If someone has high hype, but low overall skills, they should probably back out of very hard fights.

Rich Franklin was offered a fight with Paulo Filho but turned it down.

Now, everyone's going to say 'But Franklin was champ!'

Franklin was champion, but he's definately not the best in the world. His clinch work bites, he's got good jiu-jitsu, and I've never really seen an example of him having good wrestling. He's basically a very good boxer.

So where his hype, or popularity is so high, he doesn't want to fight someone whose undefeated and dangerous to him.

Thoughts?

[Capelli King]

I would say it should be a formula depending on several factors.

If someone has high hype, but low overall skills, they should probably back out of very hard fights.

Rich Franklin was offered a fight with Paulo Filho but turned it down.

Now, everyone's going to say 'But Franklin was champ!'

Franklin was champion, but he's definately not the best in the world. His clinch work bites, he's got good jiu-jitsu, and I've never really seen an example of him having good wrestling. He's basically a very good boxer.

So where his hype, or popularity is so high, he doesn't want to fight someone whose undefeated and dangerous to him.

Thoughts?


I think fighters should sometimes reject fights, but very unfrequently.

Imagine if every card you try to put up 1/2 the card rejects to fight because the other guy was undefeated or danegerous!