Then the wins started to show up.Īs those wins got me into the UFC, career mode really starts to pick up. So even though I had a pretty nasty overhand right and a good left hook to the body, getting the fights to the mat and working there resulted in a couple GNP knockouts and even a guillotine choke submission. UFC MINUTE: EA Sports UFC 3 Available Now!Īnd while the striking game is always the selling point for me, after going 0-6 to start my career, I began to see that working with the gym I was at – a wrestling-focused gym – and starting to build up my takedowns and ground-and-pound was going to be the only way I would get into the win column. You have to set up your big strikes on the feet and grab a breather when you can on the mat, or it’s going to be a bad night for you, and there’s nothing worse than getting into the third round with a stamina bar already near empty. Yes, you can button mash, but unless you land a haymaker and end the fight a second or two later, that’s not going to work here thanks to the stamina system. More than ever, it makes it possible to feel what kind of chess match a mixed martial arts fight is. Angles are possible when striking, combinations are a thing of beauty, and when you pull off a slip in the heat of an exchange and fire back with a fight-ending uppercut, you can’t help but smile.

The new Real Player Motion Tech is one of the game’s selling points, but not just because it makes the fights look great. Maybe it’s the two-year break since the last release in 2016, but the entire game feels new, making it one with a learning curve, but one that feels enjoyable and familiar at the same time. That’s a win in my book, and especially impressive for the video game giant to be doing it three games in. Whether you’re going through your own career, replaying fights and conducting dream matchups with the current roster or getting sucked into the Ultimate Team vortex, don’t make any plans, because they won’t get taken care of. I won that one too, and after a rough start, I had a UFC contract. That’s all it took to kick my game into another gear, and I went on to win that fight and get another one that was going to have the Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight crew in attendance. Sure, I was 0-6 at the moment, but come on.

Maybe I’ll blame Megan Olivi, who talked of my retirement during the UFC Minute before my sixth fight in the WFA.

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