Career Mode Additions

Allow us to:

• Change weight class more frequently. Can make this cost skill points or cash. OR tie this in to the “Open weight” option in career mode settings- allow us to accept fights within 2 weightclasses (like flyweight/bantam or feather/lightweight)
• More fight offers. Let us choose between 3-4 different opponents, and their likelihood of accepting can be based off of your hype, as well as both of your last performances. Fighter closer to the rankings = harder / more requirements need to be met to get them to accept.
• Better short notice mechanics. While in recovery or out of camp, short notice fight offers could be offered to you with 2-3 weeks to train. Declining wouldn’t affect you negatively, but losing or winning can affect you immensely. 
• Weigh ins. Similar to the older UFC games, being expected to make weight would create another level of depth for career mode. This would also allow cash to have more of a use, as you could forfeit your purse for missing weight. 
• Contender Series / WFA return OR let us edit our record when creating a fighter. No reason a fighter should be 0-0 going into the UFC - aren’t we supposed to be the best in the world? 
• Social media overhaul. Players can create reach out to create rivalries / train with other fighters. Similar to the fight offers I suggested, your amount of “influence” in these interactions could be tied to your performances and hype.
• Press conference addition. This can be similar to the texts we receive with different options - just make it be a quicktime event during a press conference, similar to the post-game manager meetings in EAFC. 
• Major injury addition. This can be like a broken hand /arm or torn ACL. Sustaining this type of injury could cause you to HAVE to finish the fight in the current round or a doctor will stop it inbetween, as well as having an increased likelihood of a doctor stoppage if the fight lulls. This should be incredibly rare and only if the limb’s health is already severely low. 
• Pull out option. Sometimes your fitness is low going into a fight, or sustained damage from previous fights hasn’t been healed, so you should have the option to pull out of fights. This should negatively affect you, and you may even have to take an extra fight to get back to the same momentum you had. 
• Matchmaking overhaul. After beating people like Michael Johnson and Drew Dober, we should be getting offered someone close to the rankings- not some no-name that’s 6-6.  Momentum should be taken into account more. 
• Better AI fighter customization & longevity. At some point, younger / created fighters should start to take over the division, and older fighters should decline/ retire sooner. 46 year old Volk should be retired on the beach.
• Have the option to simulate heavy bag training from the start - some players don’t want to redo the same drills every time they start a career mode.
• Gradual respecs. Let us have the option to slowly devolve certain attributes and  receive skill points for them & put them into others.