Match-Making Question

[The Sandmen]

Hey whassup guys. (inside joke...that only I get...awesome)


Anyways, curious. When it comes to matchmaking, would you rather I go primarily based on win streak (so winners fight winners, losers fight losers), or based on records (so 16-3 fight 16-3s)? By the time you see this, the match will be made, but right now I am torn with the following issue:

Gina Carano is due for a fight. She lost her last fight. So I have:
- Gina Carano, (20-3), -1

The only people due up for a fight now comparable by streak in any way are:
- Zoila Gurgel, (13-9), -1
- Aisling Daly, (3-4), -1
- Julia Budd, 2-1), -1
- Cat Zingano, (3-4), -1

To me, the above fights make little sense because Carano has basically already walked through them. The only almost-worthy fight is Gurgel. But if we go by record, I COULD put this match together:
- Sarah Kaufman (18-5) vs. Gina Carano (20-3) - for like, the 5th time.

But Kaufman is on a 2 fight win streak, 1 win away from a title shot. If Carano beats her, it means nothing for Carano, since she isn't getting a title shot with 1 win, and Kaufman loses all her momentum, so its one of those stupid all-risk, no-reward fights for Kaufman.


So moral of all this babble, if you followed this mess, was...GENERALLY, should I match people up with people that make closer fights (regardless of record), or should I go primarily with record match-ups (which is what I do now), since one in a while, streakers surprise us, and become champions (Cro Cop, Tyson Griffin, etc).



SO, I guess to help me out, I am asking you in the above example, what match would YOU make, and why? I run into this often with guys like Kimbo Slice, and Junior dos Santos as well. Not just the ladies. Anyways, yeah, what match would you make and why?

[Ferocity]

If I was engenineering the data I would do so thusly:

Most time since last fight- now you have who could be on the card- from that I would put them into 2 catergories

Winners/Losers- I would then divide these into actual fights by record, pitting people with the most similar records against each other.

I dunno how to do diagrams on here, but I could draw you one.

[The Sandmen]

Feb 13, 2013 22:21:58 GMT -5 Ferocity said:

If I was engenineering the data I would do so thusly:

Most time since last fight- now you have who could be on the card- from that I would put them into 2 catergories

Winners/Losers- I would then divide these into actual fights by record, pitting people with the most similar records against each other.

I dunno how to do diagrams on here, but I could draw you one.

Yes, this is exactly what I do now, but the issue is when that last division results in the above problem. That is why I am specifically asking about the example above. The people who are due for a fight, AND break down to the winners and losers, have NO similar records AT ALL. We're looking at sometimes getting a 3-9 vs. a 13-2.

[The Rocketmen]

I like it how it is. I have no problem, but more tourneys! Even if it's like adapting Bellator's tournament style to gain number one contenders that would be fun.

[Ferocity]

Gina Carano= 6.6

Zoila Gurgel is 1.4

Aisling Daly= .75

Julia Budd = -2

Cat Zingano = -.75

Therefore Zoila gets the fight.

HOWEVER, I must say that I wouldn't care if they are on COMPARABLE win or loss streaks.

I would divide by people who won last time and people who lost last time, not caring about the streaks unless there is ab obvious match-up.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

I like how it's being done now. It's fair and still competitive.

[Ferocity]

I think the point of this thread is that "how it's being done now" is not an exact science and still leaves some questions... LIKE THE ONE SANDMAN POSTED ABOVE. He's asking what match you would make.

[The Sandmen]

What she said.