Bought this game because I like MMA but soon discovered that it's not actually a game for MMA fans, it's an arcade game made for kids. Stamina system is an absolute joke, all fighters (even guys like McGregor and Ngannou) have pretty much unlimited stamina. The only way you can actually drain it is either by taking too many body shots or excessive grappling, while in the stand up you can throw about 200 strikes per round and by the end of the fight still have half your stamina bar left. Another problem with stamina is that moving your head takes up more energy than throwing a head kick, which obviously shows that this game is made to be played like rock em sock em robots instead of like the real thing. Speaking of robots all of the fighters are embarrassingly slow and move like Tin Man from Wizard of Oz, like who actually punches like that? Embarrassing. The ground game is also extremely boring, although to be fair it would be very hard to make jiu jitsu enjoyable on a video game, still ruins the experience for the most part because it definitely could be better. Counter punching is also way too overpowered, landing a counter shot multiplies the damage by about 5x which is just stupid and unrealistic. Same when you're throwing body shots, if you get caught by an uppercut then I can guarantee that 95% of the time you're either getting stunned heavily, knocked down, or KOd. Just laughable really and shows that EA had no clue what they were doing when they made this game. There's also strong indication that they're scripting matches again like they've been caught doing numerous times with FIFA and Madden. It's honestly incredible that EA can question why they're the most hated gaming company of all time.
