- Improved performance in older game saves due to GOAT calculation. - Improved game update time per week.

- Fixed fighter promotional contracts from potentially overrunning. - Increased frequency of promotion reputation points progress bar updates. - Updated show count logic for promotions.

- Fixed labels on dashboard not updating correctly. - Calibrated finishing routines in fight model. - Fixed scoring bug whereby some majority draw results could result in a points decision. - Fixed more title issues (* see below)

 * Please note, if you continue to have an issue with title belts not transferring we have added a report button to the Options Menu in the Dashboard. You can help us resolve this issue by sending this email to us via this link to identify game world conditions. We apologise for the issues in this area.

- Improved promotion tier progression milestones and added a new tier progression card to the promotion dashboard. - Fixed promotion roster screen to only show fighters signed to promotion with either no or non-exclusive existing promotional contracts. - Fixed an issue whereby fighters become frozen in a promotion contract and prevents future instances from occurring. - Fixed orphaned fighter contracts. - Fixed the lack of contenders appearing for some champions. - Updated fighter attribute generation so that a broader range of probabilities are used in the creation of each fighter and their attributes. - Updated the fight model to improve the finish rate calibration and decrease the number of fights going the distance. We have also reduced TKO resilience factoring. - Fixed an occasional crash when advancing the game. - Fixed a discrepancy between the data source of the ranking and champions promotion tabs. - Small promotion title and UI fixes.

 Please continue to send any bugs to us using the Issues link in the dashboard. Also keep those requests coming from the Wishlist link in the main game lobby!

- Fixes issue where onboarding screens can prevent opening screen working correctly.

- Title/champions bug fixed! A number of labels and tables were showing incorrect data and have been fixed to show the correct title data for player-controlled fighters. Thanks for your patience on this. Please continue to send any bugs to us using the Issues link in the dashboard.

- Fixed issue where a champion could be moved to a different promotion and, if champion, their title vacated. - Fixed issue where post-fight a title could be incorrectly vacated via the rematch process. - Fixed issue where higher tier promotions could see small numbers of fighters in weights such as light heavyweight. - Fixed issue a fighter had an upcoming fight incorrectly displayed due to fighter retirement or contract expiry. - Fixed occasional crash when swiping on promotion onboarding screens.

- Fixed critical residual bug affecting title status of fights involving player-controller fighters, resulting in them then not becoming champions on winning. - Fixed promotion update spamming if a manager had multiple fighters at the same promotion. Lack of opponent messages now appear approximately monthly in this situation. - Improved the situation whereby fighters were not found opponents for a long time at promotions due to lengthy cooldown periods in some instances, as well as fewer free agents being used for the opponent pool in times where no rostered opponents were available through scheduling or cooldowns. - Fixed the issue of same-week fight offers/bookings.

- Fixed issue where fights offered by champions were not being registered as title fights. Thus wins did not result in player controller champion becoming champion. - Improved title fight UX for fights offered by champions to player-controlled fighters and for any subsequent title defences. - Fixed issue whereby a decaying relationship with another promotion could cause crash on weekly update.

This is the biggest MMA Manager update to date. We have torn out the boxing-derived career systems and rebuilt the entire MMA world around how real-world mixed martial arts actually works — a pyramid of promotions, contracts, pipelines and politics. ## A full promotion pyramid The MMA world now contains 25–30 active promotions spread across five tiers. Tier 1 is the apex, Tier 2 holds the major outfits, Tier 3 is a busy mid-tier, Tier 4 is stocked with feeder leagues, and Tier 5 is you — the player's own promotion. Each promotion has its own roster, its own per-weight rankings, its own belts, and its own show schedule. No world rankings. ## You are a manager *and* a promoter Your existing stable is preserved — you still sign, develop and corner your fighters. But you also run a Tier 5 promotion from day one. You can book your own roster on your own shows while simultaneously brokering deals with bigger NPC promotions for your best prospects. ## Contracts that feel like MMA Promotion contracts are show-plus-win with escalators, exclusivity clauses and matching rights. Every fight runs through the new escalator engine — a win advances the pay scale, a loss freezes it. Manager commission, career earnings and promotion cuts settle automatically at fight-end using the live contract value. ## Relationships and pipelines A new relationship system governs every manager-to-promotion interaction. **Cold**, **Known**, **Preferred** and **Pipeline Partner** — each level unlocks more. At Preferred you get showcase opportunities with a lenient acceptance threshold. At Pipeline Partner threshold(once in game levels are hit) a formal pipeline is created with quarterly retainer income ranging from **$10k at Tier 4 up to $100k at Tier 1**. Finder's fees on placements scale with the depth of the relationship and whether the fighter was on the promotion's wish list. ## Rankings, title defences and matchmaking A new matchmaker fills each show's card respecting weight, ranking proximity and contract status. The title engine handles vacancies, defences and champion updates per promotion — so a belt at one promotion means something specific to that promotion. ## Redesigned individual result screen ## Loads of game tweaks and fixes We’ve been listening to player feedback. We’ve updated XP amounts considerably per fight, fixed text contrast with backgrounds, ever improved our fight model as well as tons of new quality of life features and bug fixes to make this a huge game update.

- Fixed issue whereby make fight button might not appear on fighter screen. - Fixed issue whereby a champion could not offer a single fight to a fighter who is designated as a mandatory challenger for any organisation. - Fixed issue where if a fighter left company after court action the promoter name and gym slots were not updated. - Fixed show finance display issue whereby showcase labels were incorrectly displayed in finance screen when a main event.

- Fixed issue whereby when rankings were updated, a title could be stripped from a champion due to a duplicate champion being created. This major bug has caused issues with game stability, and we believe that the fix will resolve many downstream game world issues.

All new features for 26.1.0 Fight Camp! Fighter DNA! Fight Plans! Fight Shouts! Corner tactics between rounds! Fighter DNA page
. This screen highlights the fighter’s attributes relative to each other as well as showing effects of XP updates to each attribute ahead of update. The DNA screen also shows a breakdown of the fighter’s individual skills in a new flow screen showing the probability of their most likely fighting style and success rate. Fight camp page When a fighter is scheduled the player can now modify for that fight the fighter’s ability in order to set a fighting style appropriate to the opponent in question. Fight plans Before the fight the player is now able to set a fight plan and emphasis for the fight. Details below Fight shouts The player now has a number of shouts available to activate the fighter during the fight. Details below Between rounds tactics The player can add additional emphasis or instruction to the fighter. Details below FIGHT TACTICS & STRATEGY GUIDE SHOUTS (during fight) Budget scales with Fight IQ. Effects decay 50% per round. Strike! — +Strike bias, +Punch accuracy. Costs TD defence and stamina. Takedown! — +TD bias, +TD offence. Costs strike defence and stamina. Defend! — +Defence, +TD defence, +Idle time. Reduces striking and aggression. Body! — +Body targeting, +Body damage. Reduces head targeting and KO chance. Finish Him! — +Strike/TD/Sub bias, +Aggression, +KO chance. Big defence and stamina cost. Requires opponent to be visibly hurt. GAME PLANS (pre-fight) Stand and Bang — More striking, avoids grappling, gets up faster. Wrestle and Control — Prioritises takedowns and mat control, less striking. Submission Hunter — Hunts subs from any position, uses TDs to get there. Measured Approach — Conservative, saves energy, lower output but lasts longer. Relentless Pressure — High pace, more action, burns stamina faster. FOCUS AREAS (pick up to 2) Head Hunting — More head shots, higher KO probability. Body Work — More body shots, saps opponent stamina faster. Clinch Fighting — Engages clinch more, better at initiating it. Ground Control — More TD attempts, holds position longer. Defensive Priority — Tighter defence, harder to take down. Fast Start — Higher output in round 1. CORNER INSTRUCTIONS (between rounds) Effects decay 50% per round. Keep doing what you're doing — No change. Let your hands go — More striking volume. Stay defensive — Tighter guard, less output. Take him down — Hunt for takedowns. Work the body — Target body, sap gas tank. Go for the finish! — All-out offence, leaves openings. Conserve energy — Save energy for later rounds. Change game plan — Completely switches strategy. FIGHT CAMP TRAINING 4 sliders totalling 100%. Each week builds temporary boosts. Striking — Boosts Power, Accuracy, Defence, Kick Offence. Grappling — Boosts TD Offence, TD Defence, Ground Control, GnP. Submissions — Boosts Sub Offence, Sub Defence, Clinch Control, Fight IQ. Conditioning — Boosts Stamina, Chin, Resilience. Neglecting any area below 15% incurs stat penalties. Camp length matters: Full camp (6+ weeks) gives maximum benefit. Short notice (1 week) gives minimal. Trainer quality ranges from 0.5x to 1.0x. Max boost per area is +4. Bugs. - Fixed duplicate regional title issue. This runs in background when advancing game. - Fixed issue with main event Shows whereby venue cut of ticket revenues was being taken 2-3x resulting in significantly lower profits. - Fixed issue whereby fights with mandatory challengers could be made. This was resulting in fights being removed from cards without warning. - Fixed issue whereby fights would be removed from cards without warning when a fighter on card is designated as a mandatory challenger subsequent to the fight being made. - Updated rankings algorithm - Fixed issue where Issue reporting mail link in dashboard was not working correctly.

- Show engine fix for main event PPV bug introduced previously.

Title Engine - Fix for title stripping when title first won.

Game world - Regional and world title fixes. 

 Thanks again to those people who have submitted details to us to enable our iterative improvements.

Rankings. "Fixed". Finally!

Rankings - More rankings fixes. Guys now can pick up to x2 more opponents in matchmaker and climb quicker. Fight engine - Fixed issue where striking numbers in the fight engine were producing unrealistic accuracy and targeting splits compared to real world data.

Fight simulation - Fixed serious issue with fighter submissions whereby submission attempts were overly successful. - Fixed issue resulting in too many knockouts. Game engine - Azerbaijan, Cayman Islands, and Hong Kong naming issues fixed. - Improved/simplified PPV calculations. Player cut now 9pc of gross PPV. No more costs killings your share of the PPV loot.

Fight simulation - Fixed occasional crash at end of fights involving managed title holders. - Fixed issue where at end of fight, fighter dedication could rise above 20. Matchmaker - Fixed UX bug where opponent list was compressed in size. Rankings - Ranking points no longer flattened thus fighters will move quicker through rankings. Fighter development - Section organisation improved.

- Game UX and engine tweaks.

Fight simulation - Optimised judge scoring in the event of a knockdown to match the real-life equivalent more accurately. Rankings - Improved rankings method to further increase the speed at which a fighter can move through the rankings. We have now added increased emphasis on wins; a winning streak now comes into the game, as well as greater rankings boosts by win type.

Fight simulation - Cage IQ optimised for player expectation and fight model accuracy. - Start of round period improved to an average period before first action of between approximately 5-10 seconds after the start of the round. - Fixed the knockdown effect on round score modelling being too low. Knockdowns now almost certainly guarantee a minimum 10-8. Rankings - Ranking progression improved considerably with progression through rankings much faster than previously the case. - Rankings news fixed. Fight screen - Added options to change fight speed before start of fight.

Fight Simulation - Striking is more impactful. Fighter striking skill now has a bigger influence on fight outcomes. Offence and defence ratings matter more in standup exchanges, clinch striking, and head/body targeting. Skilled strikers will land more often and hit harder. - Knockdowns happen more often. The base knockdown rate has been increased, making power punchers more dangerous on the feet. Fights are more exciting with bigger swings in momentum. - Submissions are harder to pull off. Submission attempts from all positions — top, bottom, and transitions — are now more difficult to finish. Fighters need genuine grappling skill to lock in a sub, especially from bottom position. This brings submission finish rates in line with real MMA (~20-25%). - Wrestlers are less likely to submit opponents. Wrestling specialists now focus on control and ground-and-pound rather than submissions, reflecting real-world wrestling-heavy fighters. - Net result significantly less shocks and result patterns in line with real world. Judging & Scorecards - More realistic scorecards. Decision scorecards are now much closer to real UFC judging. The vast majority of rounds are scored 10-9, with 10-8 rounds reserved for truly dominant performances (multiple knockdowns or near-stoppage rounds). 10-7 rounds are now extremely rare, as they should be. - Judges are more consistent. Judge randomness has been significantly reduced, meaning fights are scored more predictably and controversial decisions are less frequent. Expect tighter scorecards and more split decisions in competitive bouts. Rankings - Rankings are more volatile. Wins and losses now cause bigger ranking swings, making the rankings feel more dynamic. Climbing and falling through the ranks happens faster. - Rankings update more frequently. Rankings now refresh every 2 weeks instead of every 4, so fight results are reflected sooner. - Finishes are rewarded. Submissions and ground KOs now give an additional ranking boost to the winner, just like regular KOs and TKOs already did. Finishing fights matters. Fight Aftermath - Ground KOs affect chin. Fighters who are knocked out via ground strikes now suffer chin degradation, just like standing KO losses. This was previously not tracked. - Bigger box office boosts for finishers. Winning by KO, TKO, submission, or ground KO now gives a larger box office value increase. All finish types are now properly recognised (previously only "KO" and "Submission" counted — TKO and ground KO were missed). Matchmaking - Fixed a bug where some fighters weren't getting matched. A data handling issue in the matchmaking engine was causing some fighters to be incorrectly filtered out when searching for opponents. This has been resolved across all matchmaking queries, meaning more fighters will be active and scheduled for bouts. Subscriptions - Extended free trial period beyond existing periods according to tier.

* Fixes to fight model to fix fight IQ and aggression issues resulting in early unexpected losses for good versus bad fighters. * Fixes to add cash boosts to game. Previous boosts will be added when game opens. * Fixed appearance of sub-weights on Hall of Fame screen. * Fixed same-name fighter issue.