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Originally Posted by IceTea
titlebout is about boxing. I doubt if there is a market out there for a text simulation of MMA since fans of that tend to be younger and those interested in text sims are most likely above 40. All of that said, I watch MMA on occasion, mostly when Matt Hamill fights due to him living where I do, but do not particularly like the sport. I think it is one step above bar room brawling with more dangerous people. Boxing has a pedigree. MMA is obnoxious.
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I think either Wolverine or Greydog produces a MMA text-based sim. One of those companies also produces a pro wrestling sim.
I don't think liking boxing means you "should" or "have to" hate MMA. I would just like to have one good boxing text-based sim that grows over time. I want that sim to be TBCB.
It seems that in the public eye, MMA has completely overtaken boxing, and to me that's sad. Much of that is boxing's fault--see the thread on Arum, King and all the other sleazy promoters.
MMA is better marketed, and has that in-your-face strut and flash and bluster that younger people want. Most of the matches I've seen are over quickly, and these days, people have very short attention spans and more of a need for instant self-gratification.
I do watch MMA sometimes, trying to figure out why so many people like it. I also watch pro wrestling, and am amazed that arenas like the one here in Cleveland can have WWE nights that are sold out [or nearly so], when boxing draws at best a couple thousand and is hardly promoted at all.
I for one would not want to play a boxing sim that has an MMA option. I don't hate MMA; I just don't like it very much. For those who do, more power to them.