[Info] UFC Patch Notes [Updated: Jan 21st]

The latest free content update from EA SPORTS UFC is now available for download worldwide on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

01/21/15

EA SPORTS UFC’s seventh content update is all about the fighters and includes four new additions to the roster in the form of newcomers and title-contenders alike. This will mark the last major update for the game as we’ll now begin shifting focus towards the future.


New fighters now available for play include:
 

• Holly Holm – Women’s Bantamweight Division
• Eddie Alvarez – Lightweight Division
• Rafael Dos Anjos – Lightweight Division
• Anthony Johnson – Light Heavyweight Division

12/10/14

With five free content updates in the books and the Holidays right around the corner, we’re closing the year out in style with the addition of four legends from various eras of the UFC’s 20-plus year history to our roster. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, no one can deny that these four champions made their mark on the sport of MMA, the UFC, and its fans in a way that few others can claim to have done. Now it’s up to you to continue their legacies in the EA SPORTS UFC Octagon.

The four UFC Legends now available for play are:
 

• Mark Coleman - Heavyweight Division
• Matt Hughes - Welterweight Division
• Rampage Jackson - Light Heavyweight Division
• Brock Lesnar - Heavyweight Division

Hit play below to check out these Legends in action.
 

14 new fighters added:

Heavyweight Division

• Andrei Arlovski
• Stipe Miocic

Middleweight Division

• Yoel Romero
• Tim Kennedy

Welterweight Division

• Hector Lombard
• Gunnar Nelson
• Matt Brown
• Mike Pyle
• Tyron Woodley

Lightweight Division

• Myles Jury
• Michael Chiesa
• Diego Sanchez

Bantamweight Division

• Takeya Mizugaki
• TJ Dillashaw

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11/19/2014

10/30/2014

The EA SPORTS UFC content updates keep rolling with a new set of gameplay updates, plus the addition of three new fighters to add some fresh blood to the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions.

New fighters now available for play include:

• Michael Chiesa - Lightweight Division
• Diego Sanchez - Lightweight Division
• Hector Lombard - Welterweight Division

Hit play on the video below to check out our three new fighters in action.
 

Key Gameplay Updates:

• Stamina Burn: A new "Stamina Burn" system has now been implemented to help counter consecutive single-type strike combos.
• Stamina Regeneration: A pause has been added to stamina regeneration for the attacking fighter if their takedown is successfully denied.
• Gegard Mousasi in Middleweight Division: Gegard Mousasi is now also available for play in EA SPORTS UFC's Middleweight Division.

10/3/2014

More great content on tap for our third update including the addition of two new talents to the EA SPORTS UFC roster, a new batch of gameplay improvements and more in-game animations to help make play better than ever.

New fighters now available for play include:

• Gunnar Nelson – Welterweight Division
• Tim Kennedy – Middleweight Division

Key Gameplay Updates:

• Finish the Fight 2.0: Finish off a rocked opponent, running them down across the Octagon with a flurry of punches once they’ve been wobbled.
• Guillotine Takedown Reversals: Users can now attempt a Guillotine submission while being taken down. This move is only available to fighters who can perform a Guillotine choke from Full Guard. To initiate the submission, deny the takedown by pressing R1/RB and down on the Right Stick.
• Takedown Variety: More variety added to takedowns based on denial and input times. Perfect takedowns will now end in Half Guard, while late denials or inputs will end in Full Guard.
• Slips: Back slips will now hold longer to avoid strikes and side slips now have improved evasive properties.
• Fatigued Kicks: New animations now added for fatigued kicks during health events or low stamina.
• Nick Diaz in Middleweight Division: Silva vs. Diaz might still be four months off, but with Nick now available for play in the Middleweight division, you can start matching them up immediately. Manual Taunts have never been so useful.

Full patch notes:

New and Updated Content

• New fighters added. 1 in Welterweight: Gunnar Nelson, 1 in Middleweight: Tim Kennedy
• Added Nick Diaz to Middleweight Division
• Updates to fighter records
• Gameplay
  • Finish the Fight 2.0 – Rush down the opponent with a flurry of punches when they are wobbled.
  • Added Guillotine Takedown Reversals. To initiate, deny a takedown with the R1/RB button and Right Stick Down. Must be done with a fighter who has Guillotine in Full Guard.
  • Added more variety to Takedowns based on denial and input times. Perfect takedowns will end in Half Guard and late denials or inputs will end in Full Guard.
  • Added new Submissive Side Control transition to Side Back Mount

Gameplay

• Added animations for fatigued kicks during Health Events or low stamina
• Slips – Back slips procedurally hold longer to avoid strikes, side slips have improved evasive properties
• Strikes will now interrupt kicks if landed early in the kick animation
• Increased stamina tax on slips and lunges
• Adjusted movesets of a few fighters
• Fixed transition denial inputs for certain clinch positions.
• Fixed issue with clinch steering
• Fixed an issue with fighters freezing on the ground
• Fixed an issue with fighters clipping through the cage
• Tuning
  • Tuned priority logic on the ground and in the clinch
  • Tuned Strike combo branching
  • Clinch transition timings have been tuned
  • Takedown denial timings have been tuned
  • Parry timing has been tuned.
  • Referee stand up time has been tuned for more dominant positions
  • Judge logic tuned
  • Stamina has been tuned.

Online

• Fixed an issue with offline save data triggering Championship presentation online

Miscellaneous

• Fix unsupported characters for Russian in Origin Flow

8/26/2014

New and Updated Content

• Addition of 3 new fighters. 2 in Welterweight: Matt Brown, Mike Pyle and 1 at Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic
• Updates to fighter records
• Gameplay
  • Added Referee TKO stoppage if dominant fighter throws too many blocked strikes without the submissive fighter trying to improve his position
  • Added the ability to catch kicks on parries if the attacking fighter has low stamina or high leg damage when throwing a kick. If Parry button is held, a takedown will be initiated.
  • Added new defensive standup transitions from Full Guard. Moved Sweep to Advanced Transition
  • Added Back Mount escape for submissive fighter
  • Added manual taunts. Press Left or Right Directional buttons to taunt
  • Successful Basic Single Leg Takedowns will now end in Half Guard
• Online – Added Coins to Championships. Watch partner videos from the Home Panel and earn Coins to trade in for Season Points.

Gameplay

• Fixed issue where dominant fighter could stall transitions
• Fixed an exploit where fighters could sneak in a free hammer fist during Posture up and down animations
• Fixed exploit in Side Control where users could land a free shot after transitioning to Side Control.
• Fixed an issue with Cage Clinch Break denial inputs.
• Tuning
  • Increased base punch speed of all weight classes
  • AI tuned to be less aggressive. AI is more aware of stamina and fight pacing.
  • Duration and probability of Health Events has been tuned
  • Stamina loss on strikes landed has been adjusted
  • Tuned denial windows for various ground transitions, getups and submission attempts
  • Animation speeds adjusted for strikes that were being abused Online
• Added delay on submission attempts after a failed submission.
• Submissions cannot be attempted when attacker has minimal Stamina
• Fighters can change stances while blocking
• Adjusted Antônio Rogério Nogueira’s and Robbie Lawler’s Hand Power and Speed attributes

Career

• Fixed issue where Crucifix was unavailable in career. Will now be available on new Career save files after purchasing transition.

Online

• Allow users to view Fighter Stats and Abilities in Online Championships Fighter Select Screen
• Disabled Online Pause in all Online modes. User can still access the Pause menu, however it does not pause gameplay.
• Tuned White Belt promotion and division belt thresholds.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue with incorrect video for ‘GSP Switch Kick’ move.
• Fixed a crash when adjusting Walk out music
• Fixed an issue with Mat damage
• Changed Antônio Rogério Nogueira’s stance to southpaw
• Various replay fixes

New and updated content

• Addition of 3 new fighters. 2 in Bantamweight: TJ Dillashaw, Takeya Mizugaki and 1 at Welterweight: Tyron Woodley 
• Updates to fighter records 
• Update TJ Dillashaw to be Bantamweight Champion in Career and default fighter in Fight Now 
• Updated Alexander Gustafsson’s tattoo 
• Gameplay - Added Finish the Fight. Allowing users to land extra shots as a fighter gets knocked out 
• Gameplay - Added Sprawls when defending Power Takedowns 
• Gameplay – Added the ability to touch gloves at the start of every round 

Gameplay 

• Added animation to submissive fighter when attempting full guard sweep to a postured opponent in full guard 
• Added the ability to break out of cage clinch by pressing down on the left stick 
• Fixed an exploit where Dominant fighter in full mount could sneak in punches from Posturing up 
• Fix for arm alignment issue for certain fighters in full mount 
• Removed Power takedowns and side control sweeps from fighters that should not have them 
• Stamina and Damage changes are now relative to Accelerated Clock 
• Stamina no longer regenerates if user holds block 
• User takes a larger stamina penalty when hit while weak blocking 
• Dominant fighter in full guard has larger window to reverse the Full Guard sweep to Mount. Animation of sweep takes longer. 
• Fixed rare submission issue where gates could be skipped 
• Fixed issues with framerate during gameplay 
• Fixed rare issue with loss of takedown functionality after denying cage clinch 
• Fixed issues with referee standup during TKOs and Submissions 
• Fixed various physics issues 
• Fixed various animation issues 

Audio 

• Update to Renan Barao Bruce Buffer commentary 

Online 

• Opened Red Belt division in Championships 
• Opened Grand Prix Invitational tournament in Championships 
• Fix to online leaderboard stats displaying incorrectly in comparison to FighterNet Profile 
• Fix to online disconnects in tournaments resetting user’s fighter 
• Fix to online disconnects not reporting the game and no DNF given 
• Fixed issue with uploading highlight reels when game is suspended 

Miscellaneous 

• Added an End User License Agreement tile in the Extras menu 
• Update to filtering of tutorial videos based on Language settings 
• Fix to Origin flow in unsupported language displaying unsupported text 
• Decreased difficulty of Initial Fight after tutorials. User is unable to get knocked out during standup 
• Fixed Create a fighter icons for hats and tattoos 
• Fixed rare issue with incorrect Post fight NIS playing 
• Fixed rare crash that occurred during replays 
• Fixed issue with Game Face Fighters having a seam around neck 

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