MMA Manager 2021 Beginner's Guide
2021-09-27
MMA Manager 2021 is a captivating new manager game that became available for Android and iOS in February 2021 as a free-to-play game with several in-app purchases. It is developed by Tilting Point. The developers launched beta access in April 2020, which came with many bugs that were eventually fixed with the global launch.
The launch update allows players to access all the components in the game and gives full access to buy items in the game. Very few manager games offer the thrill and excitement that MMA Manager offers players despite its small size.
In this article, we'll be detailing and elaborating the game for new players in an explanatory beginner's guide that we hope will help players get the hang of the game in no time.
Getting started with MMA Manager 2021
MMA Manager lets you own and control your very own team of MMA fighters, where you'll have the opportunity to recruit, guide, and train various fighters to high levels that will help them become champions and build a reputable legacy.
You will have to train your fighters effectively to get the best out of them in every fight or tournament. Buying training equipment and hiring trainers are completely up to you and are integral in helping you emerge victorious in matches.
You have tons of fighters at your disposal as long as you have enough money to recruit them. After recruiting them, it's up to you again to select the best fighters and train them up to their peak. Apart from training your own fighters, you're Also a gym manager where other fighters can sign and train under your name.
You will be giving two fighters to start the game with, and they'll be available to enter the ring as soon as you claim them. All claimed or recruited fighters start at level 1 and can be gradually trained to increase their XP.
Afterward, you'll be redirected to your gym, which at first doesn't look very stunning. It's just an empty building block with no trainer and no equipment. Not to worry, as you'll have a lot of time designing your gym to your taste by visiting the shop, purchasing new training equipment, and hiring trainers to design your gym.
Understanding in-game items
Below we elaborate on some of the essential in-game currencies and their use in MMA Manager 2021:
Bucks and Credits
Bucks and Credits are the two main currencies in the game, and they are used to buy equipment, recruit new fighters and hire trainers. They are obtainable by playing matches, and you can get more by actually winning matches. You can also watch Ads to earn more, and if you really need a bunch, you can simply head to the shop and buy them from the currency store.
Trainers & Equipment
Trainers are hired to help keep your fighters in the best possible shape. You can hire them using credits or bucks. Trainers can also help fighters with specific skills use that skill more often in a match when things get tough.
Equipment are very important in keeping fighters in shape and earning more credits and bucks as you will earn money by having other fighters train in your gym.
Facilities
These have to do with the facilities you are provided within the game, and you can even purchase new ones if you have enough credits and bucks. However, you will be required to garner enough prestige points and also unlock more arenas by winning campaign matches against opponents by dominating their gyms.
Management
As a manager, it is integral that you constantly check up on your team of fighters and the category they belong to, as this can help you train them. Categories are usually defined by weight.
Fighting moves and special skills
Fighters have various fighting moves and skills; on the page, you usually recruit new fighters. The skills are listed below:
- Elbows: Ability to land elbow attacks
- High Kicks: Ability to attack with high kicks
- Low Kicks: Ability to attack with low kicks
- Strength: Displays your overall health and damages sustained from attacks
- Punches: Ability to land simple punches
- Knees: Ability to attack with your knees
- Submission: Allows you to attempt submission on opponents
- Clint Work: Let's you attack using hand-to-hand
- Ground Grappling: Gives you an advantage over your opponent when on the ground.
- Agility: Increases your fighter's agility towards opponents
- Strike Defence: Let's you fighters defend punches
- Submission Defence: Let's you against submissions from opponents
- Knees Defence: Let's you defend against knee attacks
- Takedown Defence: Let's you defend against melee knee attacks
- Kick Defence: Ability to defend yourself from low and high opponent kicks
- Conditioning: This show's your fighter's energy regeneration
Gameplan and strategizing
This is arguably the most important thing you have to do as a manager to progress and have reputable fighters in your team. You must be able to strategize and analyze other opponents before allowing your fighter to go up against them. It also helps to understand your fighters' behavior in the ring, especially if they happen to be on a losing streak.
This helps you manage your game plan against tough opponents. If you can devise good game plans, you can use them as beneficial tactics that can be used against challenging opponents in either campaign or multiplayer matches.
Knowing your fighter's skills is also a good managerial tactic. It will help you know which fighter to pit against a specific opponent by closely managing and upgrading their skills and techniques after every campaign or multiplayer match.
You can check your opponent's kills and complete stats before each match, giving you a sense of who your fighter is about to face. You can decide to use a fighter from your team under the same category as your opponent.
Game Modes
MMA Manager consists of four modes:
- Quick Fight: In this mode, you can select a fighter's category whom you'd like to challenge. You can also select open matchups as well as take on your friends in the game.
- Campaign: In this mode, you challenge COM-controlled fighters from various classes. Winning matches against them lets you unlock new gyms and arenas as well. You can also unlock new arenas by using bucks and credits.
- Tournament: This mode lets you compete in tournaments with other players and reward you with lots of items if you emerge victoriously.
- Gym v. Gym: You can compete with other gyms online and challenge opponents with a team of 5-7 fighters. The first gym manager to reach 4 points wins the challenge. If, however, the score ties to 3v3, you can choose any one of your fighters for the final round.
Conclusion
MMA Manager 2021 is an exciting new experience on the mobile platform, and despite kicking off the game with a brief tutorial, it's not enough to get new players up to speed when starting.
We hope this brief but extensive beginner's guide has been able to help you start out well in your journey as an MMA Manager. Good luck!
