Online Career Matchmaking

Matchmaking should be balanced if online career is going to be ranked, or the gamemode needs an overhaul to make it more similar to an actual UFC division. There is no reason a 0 prestige, 2.5 star fighter with 0 upgrades should be getting put up against a 4.5 star fighter that has prestiged multiple times. It’s like the game is saying “Hey, instead of letting you fight someone that’s on your skill level, here’s someone with drastically better stats AND close to your skill level.” It’s like the game is punishing you for doing good. 

Matchmaking should have a 0.5 star differential when searching, nothing more. I’ve lost multiple close decisions to fighters 1.5+ stars above my rank, knowing that I’d beat them if I had a few more upgrades, much less an equal rating to them. In certain scenarios, especially grappling, it turns it into an inescapable scenario where you just have to stall until the round ends or get finished. I’ve had 40+ more significant strikes than some opponents just for them to out-attrition me with their power, chin, and cardio. 

This issue typically creates a repeating cycle of rankings. You’ll slowly climb up a few divisions just to drop right back down once you prestige, because it’s pairing you against the same guys as when you were fully upgraded. In Ranked Ladder or Stand and Bang, this isn’t an issue because fighter choice plays just as much of a factor. In these game modes, I can gameplan with a low-star fighter and still have an advantage over my opponent, since I know who they’re picking. In Online Career, there is no fighter choice - I have no unseen advantage going into a fight as the lower-star fighter, I just have worse stats. So if a 2.5 star fighter loses a close decision to a 4.5 star fighter, I’m supposed to believe the 4.5 star is the more skilled player since they get ranked accordingly?  And the 2.5 star player gets punished for that loss? 

This issue becomes more prominent the higher you climb in the divisions, which to me, makes some of the higher divisions lose their credibility. I’d be much more scared of a division 18, 3 star fighter, than a division 20, 5 star fighter. Please fix this system, and if you agree with me, please upvote this!