Brian F'n Clairmont

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Did Adam just include this guy to annoy people?

He has managed to be the most inconsistant fighter in the world, and I think he has the trait that makes people step up there game for big fights (I think I saw something like that in the editor) which is the worst trait for someone like him to have.

Here is his record, pay special attention to his most recent fight :eek:

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So my question, has anyone found a way to control the beast, or will he forever screw with my plans? (He beat Manish Khan in Khans warm up fight before a title shot, same with Ziskie, and now he unseated my champion and gave Ho his first loss.)

And also does anyone else have someone similar in there games?

[Mr T Jobs To Me]

Wow, he has 9% rep in my game- I just hired him because he had yet to put on a bad fight and he got armbarred by Carl Chenoweth, who I didn't even think knew what a submission was.

[mjdgoldeneye]

Claremont is my favorite fighter. I determined this from just playing the demo. :p

He's got very focused strengths. He's normally going to win if he can use those strengths. However, his weaknesses keep him from being able to handle a lot of guys.

He's always going to put on a good fight and he's definitely formidable, but unfortunately it seems he's not well-rounded enough to become elite.

[TheKenwyne]

Claremont is my favorite fighter. I determined this from just playing the demo. :p

He's got very focused strengths. He's normally going to win if he can use those strengths. However, his weaknesses keep him from being able to handle a lot of guys.

He's always going to put on a good fight and he's definitely formidable, but unfortunately it seems he's not well-rounded enough to become elite.

Anyone who beats Li Kong Ho is one of the elite. He's 6-1 in my game having recently been picked up by XCC. Wins over Sammy Gaffigan and Dominic Ash via TKO, and he's ranked #24 Feather in the world.

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Anyone who beats Li Kong Ho is one of the elite. He's 6-1 in my game having recently been picked up by XCC. Wins over Sammy Gaffigan and Dominic Ash via TKO, and he's ranked #24 Feather in the world.

Anyone who is 5-5 (well in my game anway) cant be one of the elite. His whole game is close eyes, swing his fists and hope. The problem is I have to utilise him now he is my champion, and dont want him to just lose the title in his first defence (or god forbid KO Ho again)

[InsatiableInsanity]

Anyone who is 5-5 (well in my game anway) cant be one of the elite. His whole game is close eyes, swing his fists and hope. The problem is I have to utilise him now he is my champion, and dont want him to just lose the title in his first defence (or god forbid KO Ho again)

Ha, I would just put him against your most exciting featherweight, and let fate take its course. Dunno why you'd try and protect your most erratic fighter, you know it won't work and you'll end up with weak champion #2 :p ;)

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Ha, I would just put him against your most exciting featherweight, and let fate take its course. Dunno why you'd try and protect your most erratic fighter, you know it won't work and you'll end up with weak champion #2 :p ;)

The funny thing is, every path I take Brian down I am sure it will lead him back to Ho.

Method 1. Have him lose the title (well with it being Brian, try to have him lose) to Snorri Gunnarson or Tomohiro Takeuchi (#1 and #2 FW in the world). But then they will probably lose to Ho, and I am sure Clairmont will be able to fluke his way back into contention and then I have Ho vs Clairmont II

Method 2. Give Brian a few easy defences, but then Ho will be ready for another title shot which I wont be able to deny him.

Method 3. Just give Ho first shot at Brian.

I kind of want to get rid of him, but after beating Ho & Ziskie (Previously #1 & #2 FW) I dont think I will ever be able to. I love Clairmont but at the same time I hate him :o

[Benrollo]

Claremont is amazing for me. Knocks everyone out.

[Bigpapa42]

The funny thing is, every path I take Brian down I am sure it will lead him back to Ho.


Not necessarily. Once he loses the belt, just use him in a gatekeeper role. Like Franklin became after he lost to Silva the second time. He's a test for guys on the way up. His inconsistency is a bit of a benefit then.

Don't get too caught up in the idea he has to be in the title scene. If you don't want him to be, just keep him away. Even if they Ho and Clairmont end up as the #1 and #2 FWs and Clarimont is the clear #1 contender, you don't have to make that fight. So far as I have seen there is no dynamic in the game that punishes you for holding off an obvious title fight.

[LoNdOn]

Anyone who is 5-5 (well in my game anway) cant be one of the elite. His whole game is close eyes, swing his fists and hope. The problem is I have to utilise him now he is my champion, and dont want him to just lose the title in his first defence (or god forbid KO Ho again)

If he was Leonard Garcia he would probably have jammed his way to a 9-1 record :p

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Not necessarily. Once he loses the belt, just use him in a gatekeeper role. Like Franklin became after he lost to Silva the second time. He's a test for guys on the way up. His inconsistency is a bit of a benefit then.

Don't get too caught up in the idea he has to be in the title scene. If you don't want him to be, just keep him away. Even if they Ho and Clairmont end up as the #1 and #2 FWs and Clarimont is the clear #1 contender, you don't have to make that fight. So far as I have seen there is no dynamic in the game that punishes you for holding off an obvious title fight.

I know I dont have to, but I book shows based on what I would want to see if I was the fans. Brian was nowhere near ready for a title shot with Ho, but in the main event of my TV show he took out Ziskie (#2 FW in the world at the time). Now for me that is the fight I want to see, the guy who is always in the exciting fights and just took out the most credible contender for the belt.

So if, without beating Claremont, Ho ended up with the title another clash with Claremont is the fight I want to see.

[Bigpapa42]

I know I dont have to, but I book shows based on what I would want to see if I was the fans. Brian was nowhere near ready for a title shot with Ho, but in the main event of my TV show he took out Ziskie (#2 FW in the world at the time). Now for me that is the fight I want to see, the guy who is always in the exciting fights and just took out the most credible contender for the belt.

So if, without beating Claremont, Ho ended up with the title another clash with Claremont is the fight I want to see.

I can completely understand that approach.

Balancing the sport from the business is one of the more interesting aspects to the game, in my opinion. Choosing whether to try to consistently put on the best possible fights, or to plan more carefully with long-term plans, protected booking, etc.

[BuddyGarner]

This wouldn't be a problem with pyramid booking. Just book fighters with similar reps against each other and let the cards fall where they may.

[Couture=Legend]

Sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone else hate the fact that there's a unnecessary gap in the fight history when it shows that it was a title fight? The second row of text just to mention that it was a title fight is distracting to me.

Could there not be a small icon or something placed after the Event name to highlight that it was a title fight.

[Bigpapa42]

Sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone else hate the fact that there's a unnecessary gap in the fight history when it shows that it was a title fight? The second row of text just to mention that it was a title fight is distracting to me.

Could there not be a small icon or something placed after the Event name to highlight that it was a title fight.

A small icon wouldn't give you the same amount of information. It wouldn't tell you what title was fought for, whether the fight came in as champion, and whether they were successful. That extra line is necessary, in my opinion, because of the amount of information it provides.

[Couture=Legend]

A small icon wouldn't give you the same amount of information. It wouldn't tell you what title was fought for, whether the fight came in as champion, and whether they were successful. That extra line is necessary, in my opinion, because of the amount of information it provides.

The fight history gives you information on the company the fight was with, the weight class it was in & it mentions whether the fighter won or lost.. I think it would be pretty easy to put all that information together & work it out for yourself :)

I see your point tho, i just thought it was distracting to have the gap there, no big deal i guess.

[Bigpapa42]

The fight history gives you information on the company the fight was with, the weight class it was in & it mentions whether the fighter won or lost.. I think it would be pretty easy to put all that information together & work it out for yourself :)

The weight class and the title won't always match, though. You can have titles not simply related to weight class, or an interim title.

[Cornfed]

If he was Leonard Garcia he would probably have jammed his way to a 9-1 record :p

LOL I met Leonard Garcia once. My friend's old bar in Lubbock was one of his sponsors for his UFC 69 fight.

[ShaunGBD]

If he was Leonard Garcia he would probably have jammed his way to a 9-1 record :p

I don't get it. explain it please.

[praguepride]

For a laugh look at his fight tactics in the editor:

Everything is "never used" except for One Shot Finish (competent) and Barrage (Excellent)


I LOVE this guy :D

[LoNdOn]

I don't get it. explain it please.

Leonard Garcia has an incredible ability of soundly losing a fight and winning a decision on the judges scorecards.

[Benrollo]

For a laugh look at his fight tactics in the editor:

Everything is "never used" except for One Shot Finish (competent) and Barrage (Excellent)


I LOVE this guy :D

Haha, that is amazing. Simple but effective. :cool:

[justtxyank]

I signed this guy and after three straight knockout losses in "very poor" matches, he's been cut.

[Calinks]

He is extremely hit or miss.

[LoNdOn]

He is extremely hit or miss.

Nice pun.

[ovoj]

for me, its bogdonovich. managed to defeat every title contender i threw his way. racking 6 straight wins in the process. i finally took him seriously and he drops 2 in a row. annoying tool!!

[Calinks]

Haha. I think next I will do an open weight bout between Brian and Jerry.

[TEWFan]

Bobby Brubaker has become wildly inconsistent in my game. He was on a huge roll, but dropped his title shot to Julio Regueiro. Since then he has dropped 4 in a row (counting the Regueiro match) including matches with two cans: Nik Minear and Joe Hinchcliffe.

I will drop him down to my lightweight division and have him fight Claremont in a catchweight bout. Then if he loses I will send him to XCC (my developmental promotion) to give them some star power.

[falling_star]

Bobby Brubaker has become wildly inconsistent in my game. He was on a huge roll, but dropped his title shot to Julio Regueiro. Since then he has dropped 4 in a row (counting the Regueiro match) including matches with two cans: Nik Minear and Joe Hinchcliffe.

I will drop him down to my lightweight division and have him fight Claremont in a catchweight bout. Then if he loses I will send him to XCC (my developmental promotion) to give them some star power.

Brubaker is absolutely tearing it up in my game! He knocked out Geoff Cahill and Tyler Lass, won the best main event I've put on yet by defeating Yevnegi Sipatov (who has had a major resurgence, his only loss being to Brubaker in this fight), and just earned himself a welterweight title shot by beating #10 ranked Josh Aldarisio.

Not sure how he'll fair against new welterweight champ Carlos da Guia, who just knocked out Julio Regueiro to claim the belt in February 2000; even if he DOES beat da Guia, pretty sure he can't hang with the likes of Manuel Silva, Kafu Bunya, Reguerio, or the welterweight elite currently fighting for me.