I've had ever single MMA/Boxing game in the last 15 years from that ****ty Bellator game to that boxing game on the 360 with Joe Calzaghe which was awful. Other games did it much better. Jake Matthews fought this weekend, be nice to play as him. He's not even a bad fighter but hes awful in the game.
so you're saying we should stick with 240 unusable fighters and the same 10 that everyone uses?
You mention other competitive fighting games. I've got Mortal Kombat, Injustice 2 and just brought the new street fighter 30th Anniversary collection recently. I've been buying these games for years and they're balanced to the point that I fight different guys/fighters most times in ranked. It keeps things fresh.
In regards to MMA/Boxing games. The Undisputed series I fought nothing but Jon Jones/GSP back in the day. Not asking to reinvent the wheel but a couple of options to keep things fresh like an equal stats mode, that we can both tick on the selection screen in quick match or a random button.
Been playing Fight Night Champion the last two months the CAF VS CAF/world championship mode and its hilarious seeing peoples creations. You could make literally anything. I've fought Jon Jones who looked exactly like Jon Jones.
For some reason, fighting CAFS in EA UFC 3 is not half as fun and what you can create is very limited. It's like they took ten steps backwards.