cool name Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I was wondering if any fighters in wmma5 represent real life counterparts ? I know Big Magic is Kimbo Slice. Who else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilv0 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Mark Cohen- Mark Coleman Hassan Fezek- Fedor Emelianenko Sean Morrison- Sean Sherk Phillip Ziskie- Urijah Faber James Foster- Randy Couture Julio Reguiero- GSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 James Foster is sorta Randy Couture. Theres 2-3 Cro Cop equivalents, Asanovic is the most obvious but Soldo is there too. Fezzik is Fedor. Nathan Chambers can be considered sorta similar to Tito? (Famous rivalry, trash talker, wrestling bully at times). Palmer Lette is a significantly more talented Bob Sapp. da Guia was implied to be like Silva but IIRC he didn't have the submission game to match. Manuel silva mgiht be a better fit in that regard. Marlon John is similar to either Rashad or Rampage. There probably are some similarities elsewhere I'm not thinking of, or similar career arcs but the style is all wrong (Morrison/Sugar strikes me as being similar to Penn/Edgar), or some similarities in the render that don't work out IRL. EDIT: Didn't notice jsilv's post, Cohen and Ziskie do work, yeah, but Ziskie seems to be in the early part of Faber's career. Once that Mike Brown loss happened Faber never climbed back to the top of the mountain, so it could be just Faber with all the promise and upside, or its early in his arc and he gets victimized by some new featherweight. And Regueiro does work for GSP in the sense that hes a non-American ace with drawing power, but the style is all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilv0 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 And Regueiro does work for GSP in the sense that hes a non-American ace with drawing power, but the style is all wrong. I think the style is one of the things that makes him GSP. Incredibly well rounded, and beats everyone with a different gameplan for each opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aya_ Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Mark Cohen- Mark Coleman Hassan Fezek- Fedor Emelianenko Sean Morrison- Sean Sherk Phillip Ziskie- Urijah Faber James Foster- Randy Couture Julio Reguiero- GSP i always thought Ivanov was supposed to be Fedor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jules Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Li-Kong Ho - Shinya Aoki (at least I always assumed that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Yeah he does have a Fedor vibe. Same thing with Fatuma Roy. His punching power isn't that great, but he's obviously based on Mark Hunt. Milenko Rudonja is the CroCop clone imo. He has the style right, only at a lower level, and I thought the trunks looked exactly like Crocop's but apparently not. Weird. The country was just switched to Slovenia, but we all know it should be Croatia. Maarten De Vries could be Bass Rutten. Jack Humphreys could be Chael Sonnen. For the women I honestly can't think of any resemblance whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aya_ Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 A lot of the best fighters at WEFF (Vaughan, O'Neill, Paulson although she's a free agent she always ends up there) are similar to Ronda Rousey because they're submission artists with below average striking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="aya_" data-cite="aya_" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44671" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>A lot of the best fighters at WEFF (Vaughan, O'Neill, Paulson although she's a free agent she always ends up there) are similar to Ronda Rousey because they're submission artists with below average striking.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> O'Neill is very well-rounded and has good striking. I'd like to compare her to Miesha for her attitude and her status as comeback queen (but then there's the striking... <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />). There really isn't a Rousey, though Hope Lehane comes close. <strong>Veronika Sablikova </strong>might be a template of Cyborg though. <strong>Trish Biel</strong> could be McMann.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenCycle Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 <p>There's only one person in the database that I felt there's a pretty clear representation, and that's Asanovic for Cro Cop. </p><p> </p><p> Every other one in this thread is reaching. Like, Fezzik isn't Fedor because he's really good. There's just a really good fighter in the database.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Really? How about <strong>Van Der Moot</strong> and the Reem, hmm? He even has the deteriorating chin.<img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EARLOBE Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 <p>Darin Blood is BJ.</p><p> </p><p> Hawaiian, well rounded, unfocused and inconsistent, mentally unprepared and overweight.</p><p> </p><p> Osmosis Benn may have been Phil Davis. I'm sure there was a guy that always missed weight who I thought could be Anthony Johnson. I can't remember who it was, but I think he was in GAMMA, at least back in WMMA3.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BrokenCycle" data-cite="BrokenCycle" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44671" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>There's only one person in the database that I felt there's a pretty clear representation, and that's Asanovic for Cro Cop. <p> </p><p> Every other one in this thread is reaching. Like, Fezzik isn't Fedor because he's really good. There's just a really good fighter in the database.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Fezzik is a pretty clear Fedor equivalent in this universe. In fact, I think most of the matches in this thread are close to spot on. Of course they're not exact clones, but they're very heavily inspired by the real fighter.</p><p> </p><p> I agree about the Van Der Moot's being the Overeem brothers.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celuwyn Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Always thought that Pamela o'neil was Gina carano <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurphy1014 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="EARLOBE" data-cite="EARLOBE" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44671" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm sure there was a guy that always missed weight who I thought could be Anthony Johnson. I can't remember who it was, but I think he was in GAMMA, at least back in WMMA3.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> John Rivero is his name. His weight issues burned me several times in past versions of WMMA.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigINMoldova Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 <p>Garner's suppose to be Shamrock , right? Because they both have Pro Wrestling/MMA careers around the same time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Also Marlon John is literally just Kevin Randleman with a new name.</p><p> </p><p> And Teddy Glossop is obviously Don Frye.</p><p> </p><p> It's weird. Some of these are incredibly easy and then others are really hard.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dolphin Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BrokenCycle" data-cite="BrokenCycle" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44671" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>There's only one person in the database that I felt there's a pretty clear representation, and that's Asanovic for Cro Cop. <p> </p><p> Every other one in this thread is reaching. Like, Fezzik isn't Fedor because he's really good. There's just a really good fighter in the database.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Fezzik is a European Sambo/all-rounder fighter whos dominated the most important division in the most important Japanese fighting org, thats why hes the equivalent.</p><p> </p><p> And Marlon John isn't really Kevin Randleman, we're past the stage of MMA where a guy like Randleman could be relevant in the world rankings. The render may resemble him but thats besides the point: John is a successful black LHW with marketability, a wrestling background, and some KO power, so he feels like a good fit for Rashad or Rampage.</p><p> </p><p> I dunno about Glossop being Frye just because of the render, Frye strikes me as having a better skillset, particularly on the ground. I think its more likely Glossop just exists for the runnin' gag in his bio of endin' his words a certain way.</p><p> </p><p> Garner isn't really Shamrock to me either, Garner's implied to be one of the first really good Jiu Jitsu fighters in the verse and can win stuff like the ADCC, and its important to note that Shamrock IRL worked the indy scene before going to Japan, fighting in Pancrase, then getting the shot in the UFC, whereas Garner was a fighter first then a wrestler (And its also worth noting the WMMA and TEW canon is probably separate at this point, I think Adam mentioned that before either 3 or 4 started). Matthew Dean might've been slightly more appropriate, but the skillset and career arc don't really line up, and he doesn't have a Gracie or Ortiz-type rival that got the better of him.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Malice Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Fezzik is a European Sambo/all-rounder fighter whos dominated the most important division in the most important Japanese fighting org, thats why hes the equivalent. And Marlon John isn't really Kevin Randleman, we're past the stage of MMA where a guy like Randleman could be relevant in the world rankings. The render may resemble him but thats besides the point: John is a successful black LHW with marketability, a wrestling background, and some KO power, so he feels like a good fit for Rashad or Rampage. I dunno about Glossop being Frye just because of the render, Frye strikes me as having a better skillset, particularly on the ground. I think its more likely Glossop just exists for the runnin' gag in his bio of endin' his words a certain way. Garner isn't really Shamrock to me either, Garner's implied to be one of the first really good Jiu Jitsu fighters in the verse and can win stuff like the ADCC, and its important to note that Shamrock IRL worked the indy scene before going to Japan, fighting in Pancrase, then getting the shot in the UFC, whereas Garner was a fighter first then a wrestler (And its also worth noting the WMMA and TEW canon is probably separate at this point, I think Adam mentioned that before either 3 or 4 started). Matthew Dean might've been slightly more appropriate, but the skillset and career arc don't really line up, and he doesn't have a Gracie or Ortiz-type rival that got the better of him. I dont think that the point of C-Verse characters is to be a 1 to 1 representation of any real life fighters but more so to draw inspiration from them, and then add a twist to them. I do think that Teddy Glossop is inspired by Don Frye in Render, Style of fight (kicking ass, takin names) and other characteristics like the fact that they are southerners. I also think Buddy Garner is borrowing from Shamrock too but with a twist.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rone Rivendale Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I never thought of the Marlon John/Kevin Randelman comparison but render-wise that's pretty spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigINMoldova Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="White Dolphin" data-cite="White Dolphin" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44671" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Fezzik is a European Sambo/all-rounder fighter whos dominated the most important division in the most important Japanese fighting org, thats why hes the equivalent.<p> </p><p> And Marlon John isn't really Kevin Randleman, we're past the stage of MMA where a guy like Randleman could be relevant in the world rankings. The render may resemble him but thats besides the point: John is a successful black LHW with marketability, a wrestling background, and some KO power, so he feels like a good fit for Rashad or Rampage.</p><p> </p><p> I dunno about Glossop being Frye just because of the render, Frye strikes me as having a better skillset, particularly on the ground. I think its more likely Glossop just exists for the runnin' gag in his bio of endin' his words a certain way.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Randleman was literally 5-0 in 2002. He beat Sobral and Ninja Rua that year.</p><p> </p><p> He could be Rashad Or Rampage but there's a couple problems there</p><p> </p><p> Marlon John is said to have a good work ethic and Rampage is known for his bad work ethic when it comes training. Plus John is describe as super athletic which was always how people described Randleman.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> HE could be Rashad but Rashad's thing is that he originally fought at heavyweight so you would think if John was Rashad they would mention him dropping down to LHW or something but they don't..</p><p> </p><p> Also if we're looking at the time table for this , Rashad didn't debut until '04 so it seems weird that he'd be an established fighter in 2002.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> I also don't think Glossop is Frye just because of his render but because his whole super proud american patriot personality is totally Don Frye's thing.</p><p> </p><p> Frye's whole marketing gimmick is talking about how much of a real man he is and how much he likes to fight.</p><p> </p><p> Everything about Glossop is just Don Frye combined with the fact that he looks like Don Frye.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonV Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Affonso Villar is Wandy and Yamada is damn close to being Sakuraba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool name Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 One guy reminds me of khabib. I forget his name but he's a big name lightweight with alpha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmeat Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I just noticed a really funny one. Michael Dali is totally "Charles Bronson," that prison lunatic they made that Tom Hardy movie about. Dead on from the bio to the mustache, a guy who was never even a pro fighter, from an insane movie that like 11 people saw. Nice one, Adam:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjchartrand Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I feel like Marlon John is Tito “Punisher” and Punishment Athletics. I find Chambers to be Rumble Johnson, same look and style and he’s a 198lbs at Welter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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