DC4MVP

What's the highest match rating? Fantastic?

<p>After 6 years, I finally dethroned UFC (hard difficulty) as king of the MMA world.</p><p> </p><p> Elite Combatives Championship (ECC), over took UFC in early 2023. ECC was successful in coaxing numerous big talents out of retirement and eventually signed a few bigger names (Uriah Faber, Forrest Griffin) and signed a few veterans cast off by other promotions. ECC also hit on promising prospects like Tyler Diamond, Jim Crute, and Albert Tumenov who are all now prominent fighters at an international level.</p><p> </p><p> ECC grew into a giant by taking advantage of their own PPV provider which very nearly sent the company into bankruptcy but the gamble paid off and ECC started making millions off their monthly PPVs.</p><p> </p><p> This allowed them to begin poaching any available talent that caught their eye from UFC and Bellator. ECC just signed Conor McGregor to a "lifetime" contract which is good for 10 years or 10 fights.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BrokenCycle" data-cite="BrokenCycle" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I think the best way is by booking people in fights, seeing who gets hot, and then trying to purposely giving them wins. <p> </p><p> Trying to force things kinda makes every game feel the same because you naturally get your favorites. Every fighter isn't going to have the same type of career game after game.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> OK, that's what I tend to do.</p><p> </p><p> I have a few stars (Jim Crute, Tyler Diamond) that were 23-24 years old and rattled off a couple wins when they were ranked in the 20's. Once they got closer to the top-10, I gave them fights with other fighters around their ranking but the prospect had a clear advantage.</p><p> </p><p> Diamond turned into the #9 P4P fighter, the #3 WR Featherweight, and my 2x defending champion.</p><p> </p><p> He's a boring as hell fighter, though. Reminds me of Ryan Bader. Takedown, do nothing, stand-up. Takedown, do nothing, stand-up.</p><p> </p><p> Crute is 13-0 and fighting for the interim 205 title.</p>

What's the best way to weed out some up & coming prospects? Looking at their skills?

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Blackman" data-cite="Blackman" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44606" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That's strange. Are you sure the terms weren't altered a day before the signing? It's easy to miss.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I still have no idea. I'm guessing I simmed through one of the updates and didn't see it.</p><p> </p><p> I've signed 4-5 big names from UFC since and when I get the "Yours in the only offer I'm seriously considering" message, I make sure it stays that way until he signs.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="VBigB" data-cite="VBigB" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44606" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> </p><p> You said in your game that your company was low level national. What level was UFC's size at the time because the size difference definitely plays a part? I'm assuming the situation is rare but am trying to get to the bottom of it because as I stated in my experience the second message has been a guarantee as long as there wasn't an updated offer from the AI.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> UFC was either mid-level International or just got to high-level international. Kelvin was open to talks at about UFC 301</p><p> </p><p> My company was a few months into being low-level international while Bellator was high-level national.</p><p> </p><p> I offered him probably close to $300,000 a fight (he was #6 P4P and #2 ranked 185) and on a 5 fight win streak. I bumped all his percentages from 18-25 and gave him a $25,000 signing bonus.</p><p> </p><p> I'll have to look what he actually signed for. I thought for sure he was mine. I even made booked the event with my middleweight champion vs. TBA in anticipation.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="VBigB" data-cite="VBigB" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44606" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>To be fair, the game does tell you when you make the offer whether or not fighter will sign with you.<p> </p><p> If they say</p><p> </p><p> "I'd accept these terms and it would be one of two offers I'd seriously consider"</p><p> </p><p> they could sign with either company (in theory...I usually make sure I up my offer whenever I get this response).</p><p> </p><p> If they say</p><p> </p><p> "I'd accept these terms and seriously consider signing for you unless a better offer comes my way in the near future."</p><p> </p><p> they will sign for you unless the AI updates their offer. I've never had a fighter go to the other company when I've had this response for a contract offer.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I just had Kelvin Gastelum say this and sign back up with UFC anyway. </p><p> </p><p> My company is #2 in the world/low-level international and I blew UFC's offer out of the water and still couldn't land him.</p>

Is there a quick way to wipe all organizations of talent so everyone is a free agent to start the game?

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Mike Louis" data-cite="Mike Louis" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44604" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As long as your card’s main event and or co-main event draw is at least equal to your company’s popularity level, you should be good to go.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Ahhh ok gotcha.</p><p> </p><p> I put on pretty great mains/co-mains and my cards get good critical reviews so maybe I shouldn't worry about it as much. I mean I do have a couple fighters that are "suited for prelims" yet they're low/mid-level national and are on big winning streaks. Heck, even my 155 pound champion is a prelim guy and he's putting up great fights.</p><p> </p><p> ----------------------</p><p> </p><p> Another question: </p><p> </p><p> If you look at a Chuck Liddell, Couture, Lesnar, etc. they won't come out of retirement but you can still sign them to make appearances. </p><p> </p><p> How do I book them to do that? Can you even add them to make an appearance in some form or does that only mean announcing or something?</p>

<p>Early in my real life mod, UFC got hit with an accounting scandal which cost them $14,000,000 fine and caused Dana White to resign from the company.</p><p> </p><p> I thought it'd have more of an impact on the UFC but didn't do anything. Not even a released fighter.</p><p> </p><p> Thought it was pretty cool, though!</p>

<p>I'm using the real life mod and started my own company on medium difficulty. A few game years later, I'm High Level National and finding a lot of the fighters I used to get to this point are now "suited for the prelims" and I desperately need some star power</p><p> </p><p> Is there anyway to know when a fighter in the UFC or Bellator with exclusive contracts is ready to negotiate so I can try and steal them away? Is it shortlist?</p>