16 — Risks
Risks & Mitigations
Nine risks, each with the control that answers it.
| Risk | Mitigation |
|---|---|
| Fake wins / inflated records | Mutual agreement for Tier 1, serial-verified pillows + referee + judges for Tier 2, disputed-result fallback. |
| Judge or referee bias | Neutral assignment by admin, private judge links, predetermined rule buttons, audit trail. |
| Equipment cheating | Registered serialized official pillows required at official-fight start. |
| Underage users | 18+ age gate at signup + terms/waivers; combat-adjacent content requires consent and liability waivers per country. |
| Cross-border fights (USA/Panama) | Timezone-aware scheduling, bilingual scoring, per-country payment and payout rails. |
| Payments & payouts | Stripe v1; local rails in Panama before fighter payouts scale; clear platform-fee terms. |
| Integrity erosion via monetization | Hard rule: no purchase ever affects judging or results — stated in product and enforced in architecture. |
| Reputation of the brand | PFC admins operate it; moderation and result-approval controls live in the admin panel. |
| MVP sprawl | Scope discipline: fighting loop + records + cards first; power-ups and brackets follow only when the core loop works. |