flaviooooo Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Do you guys hire some cans, just for the other fighters to beat on? Or are you always looking for the best fighters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grits207 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Ya, I bring in cans. I usually sign them to a rolling contract so I can get rid of them once they lose a couple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertbeef Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 In my ALPHA-1 Career I like to hire ex-GAMMA guys to become my cans. Pick a guy up who they just dropped or quit, and then feed him to guys I know will beat him. Any opportunity to make GAMMA look lesser I jump on. :) Other than that I really don't hire cans. I might have to eventually, but right now I'm doing one show every 3-4 weeks, and I'm having a hard time getting my decent and young fighters enough fights, so I don't have room for cans, and I'm trying to run as much best against the best as I can. I try to get the best available, or at least super young guys who have a chance to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskanHero Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 In my game, I had to craft my roster out of BCF guys and whoever I could find unemployed and just let their skills and luck dictate who would be a star and who would be a can. Seems to work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panix04 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 is a can the MMA equivilant of a jobber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertbeef Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 [QUOTE=panix04;336795]is a can the MMA equivilant of a jobber?[/QUOTE] Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank_Vest Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I have a GAMMA game going, and I only hire guys who are quality (or are exciting). The cream normally rises to the top, so guys become cans naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyGarner Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 The best cans are one dimensional fighters like Elgar, Steve Mason, and Drew Jenks. They're good enough for the regional athletic commissions to clear them but not good enough to win a whole lot of matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko00 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 [QUOTE=BuddyGarner;336817]The best cans are one dimensional fighters like Elgar, Steve Mason, and Drew Jenks. They're good enough for the regional athletic commissions to clear them but not good enough to win a whole lot of matches.[/QUOTE] I dont know Jenks T.K.O'd JJ Reid before in my game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaviooooo Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 [QUOTE=BuddyGarner;336817]The best cans are one dimensional fighters like Elgar, Steve Mason, and Drew Jenks. They're good enough for the regional athletic commissions to clear them but not good enough to win a whole lot of matches.[/QUOTE] I don't really regard Jenks and Mason as cans in my GAMMA game, more guys like Jethro Munter and Don Norman (could he be the ultimate can?) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensai of Mattitude Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 [QUOTE=BuddyGarner;336817]The best cans are one dimensional fighters like Elgar, Steve Mason, and Drew Jenks. They're good enough for the regional athletic commissions to clear them but not good enough to win a whole lot of matches.[/QUOTE] To be fair (in my game, at least), while those guys are one dimensional, they're still very good at what they do (as apposed to guys who are just bad all-round). In fact, I've had Drew Jenks doing particularly well, earning himself a Light Heavyweight title shot and taking Anthony LeToussier to the limit, losing via a Split Decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capelli King Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 [QUOTE=The Franchise;336793]In my game, I had to craft my roster out of BCF guys and whoever I could find unemployed and just let their skills and luck dictate who would be a star and who would be a can. Seems to work for me.[/QUOTE] I follow the same strategy. I usually hire some rookies, put them up against each other. If they get one or two wins then i put them in the big show. If they can handle the pressure i keep them around if not, it is out the door for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I have quite a few in my small promotion. It's always nice to have some easy wins for new guys and contenders coming off a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I don't know if I'm feeling bitter or what, but in my tiny start-up fed I like to hire BCF guys and can them to my stars. I especially like the joy of disrupting their undefeated or rising stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroFalkon Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 [QUOTE=BuddyGarner;336817]The best cans are one dimensional fighters like Elgar, Steve Mason, and Drew Jenks. They're good enough for the regional athletic commissions to clear them but not good enough to win a whole lot of matches.[/QUOTE] See, that's why I like WMMA... Jenks and Elgar are doing pretty well for me. Elgar is one of my top draws, and although I haven't given him [url=http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28041]the JJ Reid Treatment[/url], I still go out of my way to keep him around. Jenks is off to a decent 4-2 start, which should be 4-1 but I fed him to James Foster due to my shameless protection of the "WMMA Poster Boy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopefish Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 [QUOTE=BuddyGarner;336817]The best cans are one dimensional fighters like Elgar, Steve Mason, and Drew Jenks. They're good enough for the regional athletic commissions to clear them but not good enough to win a whole lot of matches.[/QUOTE] In one of my games Mason knocked out everyone I put in front of him and became a dominant champ the other game he was just so-so and would flip flop between wins and losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEWFan Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 In my game, Mason became a can, even after I dropped him to Light Heavy to try and revitalize his career. Eventually, I used him to give Mike Watson an easy win and pad his record, then he lost two more fights and I let his contract expire. He got signed by Alpha-1 and is yet to fight. Jenks lost three straight bouts and I fired him. He went 2-0 in BCF and was recently signed by Alpha-1. Elgar lost 3 straight before he decided to become a heavyweight. Since then he is 7-2! His only losses where to James Foster and Lefter Oktay and he has an upset over Raul Hughes and a one punch knockout of Gary Sampson...really, the fight lasted 6 seconds! The ultimate cans in my game are Jethro Munter and Ian Linderman. Oh, and Charles Stiles was 0-9 before I dropped him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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