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Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

When it comes to most of the stats (especially the stats that we feel we've gotten right), the fighter has to show improvement in those areas during the fight to get a bump. With Stamina, the feeling is that many were too low across the board at release. So we have been adjusting those categories that we think are too low, when those fighters fight even if the last fight doesnt show that a bump is necessary. For example, Clay Guida lost his last fight in the first round but we buffed his stamina by 3 in each category because he was underrated at release. We've done similar buffs consistently over the last 7 mos or so.

Stamina ratings on UFC 3... If I wasn't already bald, I would pull my hair out... see ya eyebrows! There are guys that are just overlooked or rated wrong from the get go. John Lineker is THE prime example. He was so bad at launch, I posted gifs for 10 moves that were missing from his moveset. They soon fixed that... great. But, posting links to fightmetric stats, breaking down how this guy is a significant strike leader with the fewest amount of TDs amongst the BW division leaders, means the guy does ALL his work from the feet. You could get confused seeing Rani Yahya up there as he is completely the opposite as a ground specialist. Lineker, a vet with 39 freaking fights, beats Dodson in a five round affair, chasing the guy down the whole entire time and throwing 100 more strikes in the process, is given an 88 for strike stamina and endurance. Fight strike total estimates were Lineker 105 of 300 to Dodson's 110 of 200... have you seen that fourth round? Lineker was actually running and throwing the kitchen sink at Dodson. Dodson has a higher Strike Stamina and Endurance at 89, why exactly? Then Look at Eddie Wineland with his same 88's in those health categories, and Dodson made him look pretty bad. In May, Lineker KO's Kelleher in the 3rd round in a low profile spot, the early Fightpass prelims at UFC 224, but got no mention or update for his efforts. Doubt they even knew he fought. Point is, Lineker is a proven pressure power puncher. The pressure part is impossible with these specific low stats... Strike Stamina/Endurance at 88. For the umpteenth time, please buff! 92 strike stamina and 91 endurance.

Another example, Tim Means destroying prospect Ricky Rainey at the recent TUF finale, end of Nov. Also on the Fightpass prelims but was also untouched afterwards. Impressive ground and pound finish was better than these game stats reflected for sure. Is anyone paying attention to the Fightpass slot on these cards?? "We don't like changing the ratings of fighters until they fight." line is crap if you ignore the fact that they actually fought.

To be clear I know wtf I'm talking about when it comes to fighting, I was #1 by a large margin for the Pick and Play predictions for UFC 2 on Xbox. Top 10 currently for UFC 3.