We've all had a fighter retire wayyyy too early, so should it stay the same where the minimum retirement age is 7, or be increased to 10?

Added a poll to see what people think, also comment below with your positives or negatives to any change

i'd be ok with keeping it 7, but adjusting the numbers so that less fighters get the minimum or close to minimum times. shift the bell curve toward longer careers but still have the possibility of shitty early retirements.

yeh making it less likely could also work, but I still think 7/8 years is still too young IMO

when reading the poll I had the same idea as uli, just lower the chance of retiring under 10YP but dont cut it completely

lol I wonder how much phreak and uli appreciate being thought of as the same person

1. That hurts Pico!
2. I am not a sociopath.

wow I am a blind fish lol just saw the dark-green color scheme and went for uli, sorry my dearest comrade

Personally I like it the way it is now. I have just been absolutely sodomized by early retirements. It pissed me off. But we are all in the same boat and it makes you appreciate the guys who have a long career even more.

I hope it stays the same.

Phreak is a living legend in the game and plays the game right

Pico on some Pico lol

I voted ten years

how about bump max to 20 years? its not unheard of in real life

+1


and we get to know when they retire its sad when its automatically

I originally voted to keep ot at 7 years, but i just had a great fighter retire at 7.

Chief already barred that from happening when I asked him years back since MMArmy fighters get to fight way more often than their real life counterparts, and I find myself agreeing.

Have you seen how high the stats can get for some of the 13+ year olds? 20 yo would just beat the ever living shit out of everyone else especially now that you get 3-5 yo in EFC regularly. The advantage would be too big.

Only way that happens is if stat degradation gets put in, which pretty much no one wants. You don't get guys 20+ years in the game remain at a high level save for a few exceptions and usually in dog shit divisions.

we're easy to tell apart. i don't have LCM's balls permanently affixed to my chin...

https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Travis-Fulton-80

fought for 23 years, every weekend at times

nah i hear you snake. would be a tough add here but i gotta dream

That's impressive. Look at september 2006 in his fight history and notice how he knocked the same guy out in the first round three times in one month Knocked him out again in december of the same year. The other guy ("The man of steel") had a 1-15 career with the one win because of an injury of his opponent and lost the rest by KO or submission. "Report a feeder"-thread here I come.

whats up with his second last win? TKO by way of RETIREMENT??

TKO Retirement is basically when they quit. Usually between rounds when they realize they can't handle the fight anymore and chose to stop the fight.

makes sense, thanks Iron

stop hijacking the thread you fucks!

I vote to keep it 7. It makes people less likely to incubate knowing your time could potentially be wasted on a fighter who retires early.