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The MMA General Live: Booking Fights

Editorial by King Scooby

Welcome back to The MMA General Live where we will have three two esteemed guests, friends of mine who I would like to have comment on a matter that we have seen turn ugly many times here in the Tycoon community. Scheduled fights and Can Crushing. As my opening statement, I would like to say, there are many organizations that thrive on hype from Can Crushing and fight fixing especially reigning over new users. I do not condone that type of behavior but I likewise do not want to have the desire to make this conversation become “name the shame.”

My suggestion is a simple thought that may not be the best, but what do you guys think about using the same setup that we have for BJJ skills for all primaries. When you see an opponent with a purple belt, they can be a 7(Respectable) to a 11(Remarkable) but the opponent really doesn’t know just how good his opponent really is in that area. If we could implement this setup with all primaries using a scale as such (for example)

1 to 3++ Beginner

4 to 7++ Intermediate

8 to 11++ Advanced

12 to 14+ Superior

14++ or ^ Elite

So that people will be forced to do a better job scouting to see just how good their opponent is, and will be less likely to reject a close fight because the skills will seem closer than they currently are.

My visitors on the set today will talk about

· Their gripes or satisfaction about the way fights are booked currently

· Critique my idea about less disclosure on skills to opponents

· Giving us all their proposition to a better way to book fights

Heres Johnny Lee Paris’s take on the action

My biggest gripe is that org owners mainly look at hype+pop to make matches. I'd prefer a matchmaker uses hype and recent results as the only two factors really involved. It's ridiculous when you see a fighter coming off two loses being offered a fighter with two wins or more in a row. Usually its a lazy matchmaker looking at their org screen and just matching the two names closest to another. I know pop is important to an orgs ratings, but it doesn't really mean dick to a manager and I think org owners should take that into account.

Hype+pop matchmaking is what gives us the constant rematches that you see at the top of orgs. It's often you see a guy lose a title fight, then get another win then be offered a title shot again simply because he has the highest hype+pop. That fighter could very well be the 2nd best fighter in the division, but having him get constant rematches with the champ is very boring for the champ and the rest of the division.

If org owners matched winners with winners the hype and pop would eventually even out. It's lazy matchmaking when a guy gets a title shot only having one or two wins in a row. When I see shit like that, I tend to not re-sign with an org. The best way for matchmakers to book fights is to have winners fight winners and losers fight losers. This way you are constantly grooming a legit challenger and it also cuts out a lot of the favoritism you see from some matchmakers who give undeserving fighters a title shot just to suck up to the manager.

I also wish org owners would respect and notice the "need fight" check box. Mike put it in the game for a reason. It's the simplest tool in the game. It lets an org owner know whether or not a fighter is ready to fight. At this point I don't even respond to fights offered when I dont have "needs fight" checked.

Thanks for that insight JLP, booking without hype may make life completely easier… We also have Furious Styles aka YellaDragon to speak on the same issue… go ahead bud.

Furious: Thank you for having me here with these esteemed gentlemen, it's a pleasure. Personally I think Can Crushing is a terrible practice. Not only does it not allow a manager to truly know his fighter because his fighter is not tested, but it is very easy to amass an impressive record against weaker competition. However, many Can Crushing fighters end up being rage sacked because once they do step into battle against an opponent of equal or maybe greater skill and they happen to lose, then they may find out their fighter's confidence is that of a socially awkward boy enduring puberty while attempting to build muster the bravery to approach an attractive girl at school.

After pondering your proposal for rating primaries using the same approach that is currently used to determine BJJ ratings, I think it would be very helpful for all involved. Scouting is obviously a major portion of this game, for those who care to take the time to do so of course, and being able to scout as accurately as possible can only assist in the fight plan for a particular fighter / opponent.

Thus far the method used to book fights in BEEF has been very satisfactory as each fight has been a challenge. Personally I think the entire point of creating a fighter is for said fighter to be challenged, and in turn this challenges the manager to adopt to the opponent and put more thought into the approach to the fight. I'm on the fence about less disclosure of skills to opponents but perhaps this can be addressed by each individual manager. If a manager opts to use Beginning Mode, maybe a few more skills can be revealed to them, but in doing so, perhaps they should not receive quite as much hype from winning a fight. For managers who use Advanced Mode, they won't see as many skills but will receive my hype for winning.

Lastly, perhaps when booking a fight, each manager is required to invest a certain amount of money into the match winning prize money, and if a manager rejects the fight without a solid reason, the portion of the prize money that was paid is given entirely to the fighter who accepted the fight. Naturally this will be up to the discretion of the organization's owner(s), but it's an idea nonetheless.

Thanks for your answers as well Furious, We were going to have Castor/Superman on as well but he got into a wreck and couldn’t make it.

We would love to hear your comments on the matter and thanks for watching The MMA General Live, TO ALL ENJOY!

 

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