New Fighter and Alter Egos - Asu Almabayev joins UFC 5

Hey UFC fans,

UFC 5’s Patch 1.19 goes live January 30th at 1 PM ET. This patch includes the 21-2-0 Asu Almabayev and several new Alter Ego's.

Patch Launch Date/Time and Launch Downtime

• January 30th, 2025, at 12 PM ET / Estimated Launch Downtime: 1 Hour

General

• New fighters
  • Asu Almabayev
  • Additional Alter Egos coming next week
• Added detail in the store to clarify which fighter is used when generating Alter Ego stat and move comparisons
• New assorted vanity rewards added

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where performing a muscle-modified transition could apply an extra stamina cost to a future action. This issue affected submissions, where it could cause an exaggerated stamina drain when denying the opponent's fakes.

Bugs

• Fixed an issue where an empty reward flow is triggered
• Fixed some rare issues where broken text layouts were appearing for some languages 
• Fixed some rare clipping issues with certain clothing items and body types

UFC 5 - Patch 1.19 - EA SPORTS