UFC 2009 Demo Impressions
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 3:37 AM EDT
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As someone with a copy of UFC 2009 pre-ordered from Gamestop, I got the demo a week early. There are only 2 fighters available to play in the demo: Chuck Liddell and Shogun. You can only do an exhibition fight and the tutorial mode, everything else is blocked off. I will go on in depth, but in short, I think the game is excellent.
Standing: The game has a lot more standing depth than I thought. There are a number of ranges to strike from, and you do different things based on the range, button, movement of your fighter, and modification of the strike using the left trigger. The only thing I don't like standing is it's really easy to blow a TKO decision when you have a rocked opponent on the ground and you keep trying to beat his ass but for some reason your character isn't getting over there.
Wrestling and Clinch: I'm a pretty big fan, the controls are easy, and true to life I was much better at getting takedowns as Liddell than Rua. I was getting rocked by Liddell a lot early, but once I learned how to use the Thai plum I was able to dominate with Shogun. You actually whip your opponent around in the clinch a la Anderson Silva to throw the most devastating knees. You can move from the clinch into a takedown as well.
Ground Game: This part of the game is very difficult. Almost too difficult. Moving around to different positions isn't hard, though sometimes I was just spinning the right trigger hoping it would take me to mount instead of north south. In 2 hours of playing the game, I pulled off one submission against the computer, and had one pulled off on me. It's very hard to pull submissions off...that, or I suck at button mashing kind of stuff. I honestly think it might be a little too hard, but then again, as soon as I played a friend submitting him was a lot easier than the computer.
Tutorial: Well worth doing even if it goes a little slow (do we really need a demo of everything?). I found this pretty helpful overall.
When you're playing the game, you can pause and look up combos or moves in different areas, and the list seems longer than a phone book. There is a LOT to learn. I really feel like a complete novice still. I think this game will have appeal on a basic level to button mashers, and some people will become excellent. Still, much like real MMA, anything can happen, and you can get flash KO'd if you're not careful. Especially if you're moving forward quickly and get hit by a Liddell overhand right.
The audio is shockingly good. Mike and Joe really aren't too annoying, and they were basically saying a lot of the same stuff because it was the same fight. However, there was some new commentary each time, and I enjoyed things like Joe mentioning Chuck's fight against Alistair Overeem.
The most challenging part of this is the ground game. Once I moved the computer to expert and fought Shogun as Liddell, he repeatedly pulled guard and went for all kinds of submissions. He'd lock me up in rubber guard, sweep a lot, mount and kill me...the ground game is tough, though I think (hope?) it will get a bit easier over time.
Any concerns I had went away when I convinced someone to come over here and play it with me. The game became a complete blast, and really I just wanted to play as Quinton or GSP or any one of the other stars. I think they are off to a very good start with the series.
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Good to hear.
I will play my game beneath the spin light.
Absurd Meridian
by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 18, 2009 4:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i think, like most games, the difficult parts (ground game) will get easier with time and when you’ve fully understand the whole thing..
plus they’ve been saying all along button mashing wont win you anything so hopefully they’re right and there’s more technique involved (like in the fight night series as opposed to other fighting games). can’t wait to get my hands on it though. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The submission aspect definitely involves some button mashing. Well, you can button mash or twist the right stick as fast as possible. The defender just has a huge advantage, I think unless there is a big sub skill difference between the two it’s hard to submit. There’s 2 ways to get out—technique, and power. With chuck you can power out a lot, and Shogun you can use technique to get out of most.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
really? ..that's weird..
but shit dude, im envy you, i wanna try it out too..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The vast majority of the sub game is button mashing or torking. I was always under that impression…it’s the struggle once you start going for it.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
does it really have this much details on the fighters?
plus how smooth do they move with the controlls? ..cause that’s what fight night is pretty good at, hopefully they’re as good or better at it than the round4..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The fighter detail is amazing. As far as whether its smooth, I think it is, though I don’t play fight night.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
cool.. i'm looking forward to playing it soon. thanks.
oh, and maybe you could use this picture for the post.. i cropped it off the official website and i think it suits the demo more. :)
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does the mouthpiece fly out every KO?
I will play my game beneath the spin light.
Absurd Meridian
by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 18, 2009 4:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
flies out for one punch KO’s, not for TKO’s.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the blood is pretty cool. Chuck just murdered me and my blood was all over his chest.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
shit.. i saw a few videos with blood but i never knew it could go to your opponent! ..now what if kos’ hair turns pink too? haha!
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can you notice a difference in the way the two fighters play/ in their movelist?
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by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 18, 2009 4:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. Aside from the basic moves (Chuck having a faster, longer jab), Chuck has much better takedown defense, Shogun better on the ground, Chuck hits MUCH harder, way more likely to KO.
Chuck has the overhand right and spinning backfist. Shogun has the thai clinch, you can dive into guard with a punch…unfortunately no spinning jump kick for Shogun Ive found.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
chuck is a kickboxer and shogun is a muay thai fighter there right? ..i wonder if most fighters with the same style have the same looking moves..
cause if every fighter has different looking moves, that would be sickkkkk.. like how in NBA games, the stars that have different looking shots are shown, marion with the weird ass jumper, lebron’s awkward looking shot, kobe’s slightly fade for every shot.. etc..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think most will look the same, but who knows. Chuck’s jab and overhand right certainly look like how he punches.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i have a feeling that it will look similar with the same styles although they’d have a few trademark moves like the ones you said.. (overhand right, or shogun diving in the guard)..
they did have the fighters do motion capture stuff for the game so i bet(hope) it’s not just for the entrance’s and reactions..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
submitting the computer: impossible
submitting other people: very possible
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
there has to be a way dude..
maybe if you just get better and more used to the game? ..unless you’re right and you can’t get better because it’s all button mashing and stuff..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who knows, maybe I’m missing something, I think submission is a matter of position and how worn down the other guy is. But I mean, for example, im mostly throwing up armbars and shit and kimuras from the guard, and they are reversed and blocked pretty easily. I assume if i had a guy’s back a choke would be easier.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well i guess that's really realistic that way..
if their submission offense and submission defense ratings are close they shouldn’t get a whole lot of subs unless, as you said, there was really a dominant position or if they’re worn out..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if you use someone besides Shogun? :P
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by P Brady on Apr 18, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d hold off on judging the submission difficulty until getting to use fighters like Maia, Penn, Leites and Almeida. Shogun and Chuck have only won one fight each by subs, and Chuck’s was over 10 years ago.
by rabrown on Apr 18, 2009 6:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How often do you go to decision?
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Absurd Meridian
by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 18, 2009 4:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ve gone once so far, though I pretty much fight to finish the whole time. You could go to decision if you wanted to and were being careful with your fighting…but that’s not really how I play so far.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think everyone is forgetting the most important question here...
Are there fighter entrances?
by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 18, 2009 4:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
BOOOO! ..would you know if that’s just for the demo or also for the real game itself?
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it’s for the real game too. They werent gonna pay for the music licenses, and I guess that isnt in it.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that sucks, i would’ve wanted to see them walk in, get checked by the refs, and have their strengths posted on the bottom of the screen..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It just starts with tale of the tape, buffer announcing, and stuff like that.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually the most important question is... is logan in the game?
i saw arianny, i saw edith but i haven’t seen her in any of the gameplay vids..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What they should have done would be to just have stock entrance music but give you the option to change that music with music from your hard drive.
by SamCupitt on Apr 18, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope it's just for the demo.
Even WCW vs. NWO had entrances (The greatest wrestling game ever created) for n64
by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 18, 2009 4:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That game was a lot of fun.
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by Richard Wade on Apr 18, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are there post fight interviews?
by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 18, 2009 4:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gee..
Next thing I know you’re probably gonna tell me there are no Weigh Ins either…
by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what are you looking for in a game man?
you cant expect them to make 100 post fight interviews.. and those stuff just gets old quickly.. entrances are fine, but post fight interviews? no thanks..
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i hope it has dana blogs
by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 18, 2009 4:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, well, jesus. I just pulled off a flying armbar with Shogun. That was awesome.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What is your quickest KO?
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Absurd Meridian
by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 18, 2009 4:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got one like 45 seconds into round 1 in the thai clinch after about 5 knees.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quickest KO 9 seconds, Left Head Kick, Right Head Kick, LIDDELL DOWN!!!
by acondon747 on Apr 26, 2009 3:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
TAKE VIDEOS OF THESE
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
by P Brady on Apr 18, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the submission thing is the most frustrating thing. Interesting to see if they change it by release. With other humans its easy as hell, with the computer its basically impossible.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry dude
I’m sure it will be easier when you use guys like BJ, Mir, Maia, etc.
Maybe Shogun’s subs suck in the game.
by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 18, 2009 4:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The game is so imbalanced and it frustrates me. I play as Shogan and cannot get a single submission, I swap to Liddell and boom I get taken down instantly. Yet another THQ game with the inherit flaw of the computer is better than you syndrom.
by acondon747 on Apr 26, 2009 3:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Basically, if you exchange with your opponent its not going to decision. However, if you WANT to go to decision, you can fight that way.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 4:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
machida your way to victory? :)
by Anton Tabuena on Apr 18, 2009 4:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lol
I could already picture myself getting so annoyed playing against Machida.
by I Can't Feel My Face on Apr 18, 2009 5:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I can already picture myself getting so happy playing as Machida. Bout to Rick Roll my way to the top.
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by FlyByKnight on Apr 18, 2009 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chuck Liddell – Overall: 88
Strength – 69
Speed – 60
Cardio – 58
Standing Strikes Offense – 83
Standing Strikes Defense – 80
Standing Kicks Offense – 73
Standing Kicks Defense – 85
Clinch Striking Offense – 61
Clinch Striking Defense – 60
Ground Striking Offense – 57
Ground Striking Defense – 65
Clinch Grapple Offense – 55
Clinch Grapple Defense – 92
Takedown Offense – 53
Takedown Defense – 88
Ground Grapple Offense – 51
Ground Grapple Defense – 59
Submission Offense – 44
Submission Defense – 72
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua – Overall: 87
Strength – 57
Speed – 57
Cardio – 48
Standing Strikes Offense – 57
Standing Strikes Defense – 50
Standing Kicks Offense – 83
Standing Kicks Defense – 70
Clinch Striking Offense – 81
Clinch Striking Defense – 70
Ground Striking Offense – 76
Ground Striking Defense – 63
Clinch Grapple Offense – 75
Clinch Grapple Defense – 59
Takedown Offense – 63
Takedown Defense – 50
Ground Grapple Offense – 80
Ground Grapple Defense – 81
Submission Offense – 85
Submission Defense – 80
I will play my game beneath the spin light.
Absurd Meridian
by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 18, 2009 6:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The submission thing is getting frustrating :) Then again, I don’t really feel like I’m fighting with sub guys.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 6:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That was going to be my comment. Maybe you’ll have an easier time with guys like Maia and Leites. Shogun has some submission skills, but isn’t really considered a guy that’s going to finish you if he takes you to the mat. And Chuck has decent sub defense. Lastly, softening the guy up (as you mentioned previously) might have a lot to do with it. I find it very discouraging that there is button mashing for ground control. You said that’s a mandatory function? Is there any alternative where you can press certain buttons or aim the analog pad in different directions to try to pass?
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by Blackout612 on Apr 18, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t wait to see Maia’s submission offense rating as well as submission defense rating. I already know his ground grapple offense and defense will be high.
At least they better be.
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by FlyByKnight on Apr 18, 2009 8:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Demian Maia
Submission Offense – 106
I poop rainbows.
by Blackout612 on Apr 18, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’ll probably be like a 94-96. If there are online updates, I expect him to be at 100.
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by FlyByKnight on Apr 18, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got jokes
But it is likely to be the highest rating. I’d say 98.
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by Blackout612 on Apr 18, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great first impressions. I’m hoping the difficulty with submissions is just that is the most difficult part of the game to master and the most rewarding when you do master it (crosses fingers).
by pr0cs on Apr 18, 2009 9:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh man great preview! I want it, NAO!!!!! I don’t understand though, I got mine preordered there too yet I have no demo. :( Did they email you some kind of token download code? I cannot wait to fire this up on the HD set with surround sound!!!
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by xFenixKnightx on Apr 18, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's the deal...
as explained to me by a gamestop employee. They were given like 3-5 special codes in the last few days that were “for the staff” to try out the game. But they have decided to give them away with new pre-orders instead. So it’s very limited and a bit unfair if you preordered in the past. I had preordered at a different store so today I canceled that pre-order, drove way the hell over to Gamestop and preordered there and got my demo code.
If your store (Gamestop only) has any codes left you may be able to go in and tell them to look up that you preordered and have them give you one.
Good luck
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 18, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool, thanks. I’m gonna call around I have like 3 GS around my house.
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by xFenixKnightx on Apr 18, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just got my "special demo code"
So I’ll be downloading it and playing a bit later this evening. Probably as a warm-up for the PPV while I’m hanging out with Scott from BadLeftHook.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 18, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jelous… :(
This game is going to be awesome to play before the PPVs get under way.
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by xFenixKnightx on Apr 18, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perfect
Makes you think they should have mass released this demo before the show tonight to get everyone pumped up for the fight.
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by Blackout612 on Apr 18, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can you make two computers fight each other? That would be a new way to get predictions.
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by Rundownloser on Apr 18, 2009 11:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GamesRadar.com has a good article up on the game too.
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by Rundownloser on Apr 18, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Submissions
Rome: I’ve had the same problem on the game. But I was mostly using my career guy who was only so-so at subs. I’ve been meaning to try Maia vs. a scrub, and this serves as good motivation.
Other than that though, I think your take on the game is pretty spot on.
by Newbs on Apr 18, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Update
Maia vs. Leben
Figured that was a good test. First fight I couldn’t pull anything out for a sub and was KOed in the 3rd.
Second fight worked the body and standup more, and early in the 2nd pulled off a flying armbar and got the sub after working the analog stick frantically and hoping on to get a blister like the gamespot dude.
This is also on the second highest difficulty.
by Newbs on Apr 18, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they are going to need to patch this. I already have a sore thumb. The system is fine against other human players, but the computer is just too difficult. Is there a certain way you are supposed to turn the wheel? Also, for button mashing, is it possible you just mash the limb you’re going for?
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe the wheel turn is clockwise. That’s how I’ve been doing it at least. I have only played against others once so far and that was when we didn’t know what we were doing. The button mashing is a power escape for your strong fighters while the wheel is the technical escape for your slick dudes.
Subs might be too hard vs. the CPU, but it’s too early for me to say that yet as the ground game is pretty in depth and there are a lot of factors that might be weighing in. And they’re not impossible, as I did manage to get the Maia one eventually.
Fun story. Mir just guillotined me as Lesnar in about a minute.
by Newbs on Apr 18, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How the hell do you have the game? Do you work for a game company? And what can I pay you for it?
Haha. When I play on expert as Chuck, I spend the whole time defending great subs from Shogun. The annoying thing about this system is just that the computer is perfect at it.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
IM also getting a little better…now I get closer to subs but still lose them, heh.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, doing a review for it. I shouldn’t really talk too much more about it here but you raised good questions about the submission game I wanted to investigate/discuss. :)
by Newbs on Apr 18, 2009 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, I have a blister basically developing already. I don’t mind it being hard, but it incentivizes just going for the KO. It’s unbalanced and favors striking.
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another 2 things
1) I am always going from side mount to north south, having trouble moving into mount.
2) When Im in mount, having trouble posturing up correctly and often end up going for a sub or moving out of it.
What am I doing wrong?
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Preaching to the choir
You are mentioning all of the same things I find myself doing. I’m pretty sure it’s based on which side you are on and which way you spin the analog in relation to that side to get into mount vs. north/south. I think for posturing up when in mount you need to rotate from down to up, not sure if it matter clockwise or counter clockwise.
by Newbs on Apr 18, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do companies ever make changes to the system this late?
by Michael Rome on Apr 18, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing major, it’s all debugging and whatnot now I’m sure and making the game work with the Sony and Microsoft compliance stuff.
by Newbs on Apr 18, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No chance
It’s probably days away from going gold.
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by Blackout612 on Apr 18, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sigh
its fun but on experienced shogun reverses into full mount way to easily for my taste maybe i suck but shit I am losing pretty horribly or getting flash knockouts. Anybody else same problem ?
by despisedIcon856 on Apr 18, 2009 5:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
never mind figured out the whole ground deal, now I really want to make a Fedor vs Brock
but got to wait a month.
by despisedIcon856 on Apr 18, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I got quite a bit of demo time in...it is SO good
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 19, 2009 2:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
I will play my game beneath the spin light.
Absurd Meridian
by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 19, 2009 3:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been trying to go to a decision today...
just to see how hard it is. No luck so far. Got sloppy and knocked out a few times trying to point fight using leg kicks..etc. This last fight I was just trying to win via takedowns and GnP and landed a big elbow from guard which got me a KO win with 6 seconds to go in the fight. So that seems to show that I could have went to decision fairly easily if I carried 6 more seconds
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 19, 2009 11:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2 submission wins in a row...
it’s a lot easier to use the buttons to lock them in than rotating the right stick.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 19, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What difficulty?
The Bird is the Word.
by IHateMMA on Apr 23, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOW?!?!?! I can only get submitted even on Easy they don’t let you even get close to getting one.
Once you switch the rolls and play on the hardest Rua can take you down INSTANTLY!!!
by acondon747 on Apr 26, 2009 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you Thank you Thank you
I saw this post Saturday morning and ran to my nearest gamestop. I played 2player for the remainder of the weekend and this game is sick-nasty.
If you are having trouble with the ground game, try varying your major transitions and giving the character a second to settle after completing a transition. It works for me.
That's great, but how does it affect Lyoto Machida?
by beery_pbr on Apr 20, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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