Gp winner to get a tittle shot?
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There's actually going to be an issue when the IC championship is awarded... because if, say, the IC champion gets an immediate title shot (which I would assume would happen if that person is ranked #2), then the belts will be immediately unified and the IC belt will be meaningless. Seems to me those two belts are going to have to kept separate.
If 2 champions(JFC Champ & IC Champ) dominate in a fashion that Lightsout did, I think a unification match would be ideal. I dont see that happening though, so if it did, it would be a very special event. The JFC Champ will always fight the highest ranked opponent possible, The IC Champ will fight the highest ranked opponent that is not on their countries team.(Ex: Phenom wins the belt and is the IC Champ reppin US and A, he would fight the highest ranked opponent who is part of Team World. He would NOT be able to fight someone from Team USA, hence why it is an Intercontinental Title)
But for the most part, the IC Champ and JFC Champ will not be fighting eachother. If this were to ever happen, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. For now, lets not create a headache over it
Silvaftw said:
They should unify the two belts,otherwise the inter belt is pointless.
that would be crazy JFC 15 Intercontinental CHAMP vs JFC CHAMP
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I'm pretty sure the whole reason the ICGP was started was so there were 2 belts to fight for, and fighters wouldn't get discouraged thinking about how they are 23rd in line for a shot at the belt.
I think that national pride is reason enough to warrant a second belt.
smarty said:
Silvaftw said:
They should unify the two belts,otherwise the inter belt is pointless.
that would be crazy JFC 15 Intercontinental CHAMP vs JFC CHAMP
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I'm pretty sure the whole reason the ICGP was started was so there were 2 belts to fight for, and fighters wouldn't get discouraged thinking about how they are 23rd in line for a shot at the belt.
I think that national pride is reason enough to warrant a second belt.
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Correcto! This was the point of the belt. Unification would be a rare case, in which each champ dominated 8 straight title defenses,etc and we wanted to have a super fight. Again, we'll cross that unprobable road if it happens
Showdown said:
If 2 champions(JFC Champ & IC Champ) dominate in a fashion that Lightsout did, I think a unification match would be ideal. I dont see that happening though, so if it did, it would be a very special event. The JFC Champ will always fight the highest ranked opponent possible, The IC Champ will fight the highest ranked opponent that is not on their countries team.(Ex: Phenom wins the belt and is the IC Champ reppin US and A, he would fight the highest ranked opponent who is part of Team World. He would NOT be able to fight someone from Team USA, hence why it is an Intercontinental Title)
But for the most part, the IC Champ and JFC Champ will not be fighting eachother. If this were to ever happen, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. For now, lets not create a headache over it
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So that means those who were not in the IC will have to declare a side if they want to fight for the belt. Sweet! I like it.
That would also mean the belts could become unified and then un-unified. E.g.
1) The JFC champion also holds the IC belt and reps team USA
2) The #1 contender for the JFC title is team USA
3) That would mean (or it could mean, depending on what is decided) that if the #1 contender wins the JFC title, he will not get the IC belt because both are from U.S. Only a team world fighter would be able to take the belt away.
That way, the belts wouldn't necessarily be permanently unified once someone has both of them.
Andre3000 said:
That would also mean the belts could become unified and then un-unified. E.g.
1) The JFC champion also holds the IC belt and reps team USA
2) The #1 contender for the JFC title is team USA
3) That would mean (or it could mean, depending on what is decided) that if the #1 contender wins the JFC title, he will not get the IC belt because both are from U.S. Only a team world fighter would be able to take the belt away.
That way, the belts wouldn't necessarily be permanently unified once someone has both of them.
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Exactly!
The other thing I'm thinking....
It made sense to do U.S.A. vs. The World for logistical purposes in the IC Tournament.
But once the IC champ is determined, my preference would be to go back to repping for Canada, and Cast would be repping England, etc.
It wouldn't substantively change anything... since most people here are Americans, we could make the rule that every IC title fight is between an American and a non-American, i.e. if Cast wins the belt he will only defend against Americans, and a Canadian wouldn't be able to get a shot until someone from team U.S.A. won it back. And if CC, for example, even though he's American, he could decide to fight for Croatia if he wanted to. Every fighter in the JFC would have to declare a country once the IC belt is in play, and it could be part of their Fighter Finder.
Just a thought.