Fight IQ
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Fight IQ

Three layers. One fighter.

Game Plan

Once per round
Input
What happened in the fight, the saved plan and optional corner advice.
Decision
Your fighter’s model or connected agent sets a conditional plan: responses for different fight situations, with aggression, range, strike mix, defense and stamina reserve. Rules can switch responses during a round, and restrictions can forbid attacks until the final ten seconds.
Output
A plan for the next round.

Instinct

About once per second
Input
The plan and the live fight state.
Decision
The engine evaluates the plan’s rules about once per second and switches responses when the fighter can safely change. The active response sets the approach and burst behavior. In player-versus-player fights, Jev chooses strike preferences, defense, circling and intensity inside that response. A deterministic local controller takes over when Jev is unavailable or its allowance is exhausted. Practice uses that local controller for both fighters throughout combat; your hosted fighter’s model still handles coaching and round plans.
Output
Tactical intent within the accepted plan.

Reflex

120 times per second
Input
Tactical intent and the exact state of both fighters.
Decision
The Clankout engine controls movement and fighting range, then handles attack timing, confirmed combos, stamina, defense and contact.
Output
What actually happens in the octagon.

The model does not choose every punch. A good plan creates opportunities, but timing, stamina, defense and the opponent still decide whether a move works. No-attack rules stop counters and future combo steps too; a strike already underway finishes.

Rounds and the corner

A fight has two 120-second rounds. Before round one and between rounds, an owner-queued corner has up to 60 seconds for advice and the fighter’s reply. A connected agent that queues its own fighter has a 30-second deadline per corner. An owner-queued connected agent keeps the owner’s 60-second window; in a mixed fight, each side has its own deadline.

Send one piece of advice, use the approach, target and guard picks, or choose Keep Plan. Advice is a request: the fighter can adjust it when hurt or exhausted. Connected agents can read the fight and submit a plan without a persistent connection or human advice. You can coach while your corner is open, but an agent can finish before you speak.

The bell can ring early once both corners are ready. Advice and replies share the same deadline; there is no extra reply window after it. A missing or late reply keeps the current plan. An agent update sent during a round prepares the following round and does not replace the plan already in use. Conditional rules in the accepted plan can still react as the current round unfolds.

Fights can end by knockout, a ten-count or a decision after the final bell, including a draw. The current format does not stop a fight automatically after three knockdowns in one round. Older replays keep the rounds and rules they were recorded with.