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Joshferatu
04-14-2009, 10:41 PM
"___ cannot fight for the ____ title due to the weight limits."

Huh?

I've got a WW fighter, has only fought in the WW division, but I can't book him in a WW title fight without getting this message. Same thing happened when I tried to set this fight up at an earlier event.


I'm kind of pulling my hair out here, haha. I mean, I've been building this guy for a title for the past year and a half. He's always made weight, I checked the classes and title classes, everything is in order, both fighters are alright with fighting anyone in their class, Any clue why I can fight non title WW fights with this guy, but title matches are declined?

Also...
How am I setting up cards that produce good-fantastic fights, no bad ones... have the card set up in a crowd pleasing order, yet still end up getting an orver rating from the network like "very poor" and such?

the_andy
04-15-2009, 02:48 AM
Have you made an error when setting up the weight class that the title covers?

For example, have you accidentally set the Welterweight title to go from 156 to 160 instead of to 170?

LFC_chris
04-15-2009, 03:22 AM
Also...
How am I setting up cards that produce good-fantastic fights, no bad ones... have the card set up in a crowd pleasing order, yet still end up getting an orver rating from the network like "very poor" and such?

This has been answered numerous times - the actual quality of the fights have very little bearing on the show rating, it's all down to how much the crowd anticipated it (largely the top 2 fights). You need to make sure your main event is one the fans want to see (check the fan feedback button to get some indication).

Joshferatu
04-15-2009, 01:14 PM
Have you made an error when setting up the weight class that the title covers?

For example, have you accidentally set the Welterweight title to go from 156 to 160 instead of to 170?

Nope, the title is set to cover 156-170, same as the division limits. Not sure why this guy can fight WW, but can't fight for the WW title.

This has been answered numerous times - the actual quality of the fights have very little bearing on the show rating, it's all down to how much the crowd anticipated it (largely the top 2 fights). You need to make sure your main event is one the fans want to see (check the fan feedback button to get some indication).

That's what has me scratching my head. Both the main and co-main had great anticipation behind them. The undercards were all fights that the crowd would be excited to see. Going into this past event, based solely off fan feedback, I was sure it was going to get a great rating. As it went on, match quality was positive all throughout. Final screen pops up and the quality was awful.