EA Sports UFC 2 Content Update #2

Today another EA Sports UFC 2 content update has arrived, and it’s available now worldwide for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. There are new fighters, updates to UFC Ultimate Team, and gameplay improvements.

New Fighters

Patrick Cote 

Louis Smolka 

Game Mode Updates

All-New Item Exchange: A brand new way for you to get more powerful items in UFC Ultimate Team. Exchange five (5) items in your Collection for a brand new random item that is a level higher. Exchange better items for a higher chance of getting rare fighter showcase moves items.

• Added the ability to edit a created fighter’s appearance at any time in Ultimate Team and Career Mode.


• Added the display of the winning move, the player’s best move and the opponent’s best move after an Ultimate Team fight in the post-fight menu.


• Added the ability to view more details about the fighters in Live Event fights.

Gameplay Updates

• Strike Intercept: Strikes landed within the opponent’s initial wind up phase of a strike will halt them from completing their strike.


• Stockton Slap – 209 move added.


• If a parry is mistimed, the block is not activated automatically.


• Reduced speed of clinch attempts.


• Improved AI logic for submissions and game plans.


• Elbows and Punches in Muay Thai Clinch cannot intercept transition attempts.


• Swaying away from the opponent will put the fighter at risk for higher body damage.


• Bottom fighter is given Grapple Advantage after escaping finish the fight into back side.


• Increased grapple advantage is given to bottom fighter while top fighter strikes in side control


• Made the bottom fighter’s transition to side control from back side uninterruptible by strikes


• In sprawl, the bottom fighter will now slowly accumulate grapple advantage, making escapes easier the longer they are held in that position.


• Tuned damage on uppercut combos.


• Clinch and Takedown attempts punish more when denied.


• Updated Attribute/Perks/Moves for various fighters.

What did you think of the second EA Sports UFC 2 content update? Let us know in the comments below.

EA Sports UFC 2 Content Update #2

Win Prizes In EA"s UFC 2 Create A Fighter Contest

EA Sports is offering prizes for 10 potential winners in their new EA Sports UFC 2 Create a Fighter contest.

First place gets a choice of an Xbox One or PlayStation 4 console and copies of EA Sports UFC 2, FIFA 16, Madden NFL 16, NBA LIVE 16, NHL 16, and Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. They’ll also receive a signed Ronda Rousey glove and 10 premium packs for UFC Ultimate Team Content.

The nine runner-ups will all receive 10 premium packs for the UFC Ultimate Team Content.

Here’s how to enter:

• Submit your created fighters to ufc2contest@gmail.com


• EA will upload the Top 10 submissions to the EA SPORTS UFC Facebook page on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Fans can vote for their favorite submission(s) by hitting LIKE and/or SHARE until April 18, 2016 @ 10:00am PT.


• We will upload the Top 5 voted submissions for a final round of voting on April 18, 2016. This final round of voting will take place from April 18 – April 25, 2016. Cast your vote by once again hitting LIKE and/or SHARE.


• The submission with the most LIKES & SHARES in the final round of voting will take home our 1^st Place Prize. Final round voting ends April 25, 2016 @ 1:00pm PT.

There’s only five days left on the contest, so get in on it if you’d like a shot at winning any of the prizes.

Win Prizes In EA"s UFC 2 Create A Fighter Contest

Is the Cover of EA Sports UFC Cursed Too?

Ever since 1999 when EA Sports introduced the concept of cover athletes to their yearly installment of Madden, there’s been a trend where players featured on the cover of the game perform badly or face some kind of misfortune. It’s called the “Madden curse,” and you’ve probably heard of it.

It’s become such a phenomenon over the years that fans have started campaigns to see that their favorite players don’t get featured on the cover of EA’s popular football franchise. Some people attribute the curse to regression to the mean. In football, that makes sense. If you’re coming off of what might possibly be the best season of your career, it doesn’t mean that next year will be just as good. Sure, it could be, but it might not.

That makes sense in a sport like football, which has a new season every year. Every year has its ups and downs, and sometimes you’ll see a really good year. The Carolina Panthers, for example, had a fantastic 2016 season ultimately landing them a spot in Super Bowl 50 and giving them a chance at the Lombardi trophy for the second time in the team’s 20 year history.

The athlete who will be chosen to star on the cover of Madden 17 has yet to be revealed, but the evidence for the curse is pretty damning. Odell Beckham Jr., who graced the cover of Madden 16 was suspended during the 2016 season, making him the first player to be suspended by the NFL during the season he was featured on the cover of the franchise.

Just two years in, and it’s starting to look like EA Sports UFC might have the same problem. Ever since Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor landed their spots as the cover athletes of UFC 2, things have been going downhill. Ronda Rousey lost her match and bantamweight title to Holly Holm just one day after being announced as the cover athlete.

While Conor McGregor might have won a spot as the second cover athlete, the results of UFC 196 shocked everyone over the weekend as he lost to Nate Diaz in a welterweight match marking his first defeat in just under six years. That’s not a good season, that’s a good career for a man who’s only been fighting since 2007, which makes it hard to say that McGregor losing at welterweight was just a regression to the mean.

I’m not saying that this is definitive proof that EA Sports UFC is cursed, especially since McGregor was trying to fight outside of his own weight class where he had little experience. But it does put things into perspective. One loss over six years isn’t the same as one good or bad season like in football. Either way, Rousey and McGregor are both great fighters. McGregor still holds his titles, and while Rousey might have lost hers, shes’s still well regarded in the world of UFC.

It is worth noting, however, that the cover athletes of the last installment of EA Sports UFC faced misfortune as well. Jon Jones was stripped of his light heavyweight title, while Gustafsson has suffered a couple of devastating losses.

It’s hard to say whether or not EA Sports UFC is cursed, but one thing is for sure, the stars of UFC 2 have seen better days. Still, that hasn’t deterred McGregor from continuing to fight. It’ll be interesting to see where he goes next.

EA Sports UFC 2 will be available for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One starting on March 15; those who subscribe to EA Access can play a 10-hour trial of the full game prior to the game’s release on March 10.

Is the Cover of EA Sports UFC Cursed Too?

Ronda Rousey Talks Gaming With GameSpot

Ronda Rousey is sharing a spot on the cover of EA Sports UFC 2 with Conor McGregor this year. In an interview leading up to the release of the game, GameSpot talked with Ronda Rousey about her experience making the game as well as her experience playing games.

The interview opens up with a couple questions about what it’s like using motion capture to capture her signature moves. As it turns out, motion capture isn’t all that difficult for the MMA fighter who spent time practicing judo. “The suit doesn’t really bug me at all because I grew up doing judo,” Rousey said before expanding on the only problem, which seems to be wearing shoes.

When it comes to World of Warcraft, Rousey prefers to indulge in a bit of roleplay rather than trying to recreate herself in the virtual world. “I really don’t try to make characters look a lot like me. I have a tendency to make characters look more what I would like to look like if I was in that world.”

She might enjoy gaming, but you won’t be seeing her take to twitch in the near future, because she prefers to use gaming to entertain herself rather than as a means to entertain others. “My commentary during games is not that exciting. It’s more of my relaxation and alone time than anything. It’s like a meditative thing for me. It’s a time to not be on and entertaining somebody else.”

Rousey also discussed her interest in portraying video game characters on the big screen, citing World of Warcraft as a film she really wanted to be part of. But the character she’d most want to star as? Samus of Metroid Prime. “I’ve always wanted to be Samus. That would be badass. I love how people found out later that it was a hot chick on the inside,” she said of the character.

Would you like to see Ronda Rousey star in a Metroid Prime film? Let us know in the comments.

Ronda Rousey Talks Gaming With GameSpot

EA Sports UFC 2 Trailer Showcases KO Physics, Submissions, Grappling and Defense

The latest trailer for EA Sports UFC 2 is here, and this time they’re giving a better look at KO physics, submissions, grappling and defense. Check out the trailer above. For more information about the features, look below or check out the website.

Knockout Physics System – A revolutionary new physics-driven hit reaction and knockout system delivers more visceral, more rewarding, and more authentic KOs than ever before.

Next-Level Submissions – Surprise your opponent with a flying armbar from the clinch, or with a quick transition from a knee bar to a heel hook. The addition of standing submissions and submission chaining (sequences) takes UFC 2’s grappling game to the next level.

Dynamic Grappling – For the first time in any MMA game, experience the freedom of independent fighter control in every grappling situation. Simultaneous two-fighter interaction brings the ground game to life with greater responsiveness and variety.

Ultimate Defense – You can’t hurt what you can’t hit. Greater control over your fighter’s head movement lets you to slip and dodge incoming strikes with amazing fluidity. Add an improved blocking and parrying system to the mix and you have new tools to fend off your opponent’s most devastating attacks.

EA Sports UFC 2 will be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One starting on March 15, 2016. Those who pre-order will receive access to two legendary fighters out of the gate, King of Bas Rutten and Kazushi Sakuraba.

Are you excited to play the game this March? Let us know in the comments.

EA Sports UFC 2 Trailer Showcases KO Physics, Submissions, Grappling and Defense