Everything is impossible until someone does it (Pride of a Champion as Striker)

[Infernopommes]

I did a run on Legendary difficulty as a Striker. I would not recommend doing this, unless you like the game and have no other challenges left in it. When I tried Legendary difficulty for the very first time, I did it as a Striker as well, since I couldn't grapple very well. I made it 18-0, but could never defeat the champ, no matter how often I used the restart exploit by closing the game. Ever since then, I was intrigued to try it again, so I finally did it. To make it a bit more challenging/fun for me, I made myself follow these rules:

 

1. You must select a striker. Weight class doesn't matter.
2. You must not attempt a single takedown in any fight. (Clarification: If you catch a kick, you are allowed to push the opponent to the ground by pressing X or O. The commentators might call this a takedown, but it won't show up as such in the statistics.)
3. You must not attempt a single submission in any fight.
4. You can learn anything you want (this means you can use takedowns/submissions if it is required; it's just not recommended). If you fail, you can try again as often as you want.
5. You can initiate clinches and you can transition in clinches when caught, but have to strike or break out of it.
6. If you stuff a takedown and end up in dominant sprawl, you can punch the body or transition to backside to punch the head. If you lose the position, you have to get up as soon as possible.
7. If you get taken down, you have to get up as soon as possible.

8. You are not allowed to restart any fight.

 

My record was 19-3 (2-1 in WFA). I lost the first, the fourth and the eighth fight. All losses were first round armbar submissions, since even though I knew what to do, I simply lacked the stats to defend well. 18 wins were knockouts, 1 was a split decision (the first fight on the maincard always has a difficulty spike). As comparison, my last Legendary run as a Specialist was 19-0, with 17 first round finishes, 1 second round, 1 third round finish. Some knockouts, mostly submissions.

 

The video is not meant as a tutorial and it obviously doesn't prove that I followed my rules for the entire run. I have included the GOAT status progress in the end, so you can at least see that I have no submission wins. I would actually love to make a tutorial for the Legendary run, to encourage more people to do it, alas I'm not very tech savyy and can't stream/record four hours. I recommend doing it as a Specialist, to have an easier time. In the video, my Striker has a submission defense of 100 and that Omoplata could still have easily forced me to tap. Just don't be afraid. It might seem tough, but it is very doable.

 

Since I thought it was a little bit funny, I included the prediction I made of the fight in the beginning of the video. If you just want to watch the fight, you can skip to 1:20. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FdFSqS0yFI

Edited June 15, 2021 by Infernopommes

[KoeunDaniel]

I have won it as a striker too.