In any of those examples, the notion of being a ‘well-rounded’ fighter is paramount to success and as such, you must be prepared to oblige your opponent wherever the fight goes whether that be on the feet, against the cage or on the sweat-saturated mat.

You might have a wrestler who could also skilled in boxing, a kickboxer who might be skilled in the jiu-jitsu submission arts or a Judo practitioner with a background in Muay-Thai. You see, each of the bruisers in the UFC’s burgeoning roster of combatants has a number of styles of face-smashing that they’re all variably proficient at. Honestly though, the game excels most inside the steel cloisters of its contemporary colosseum than rather by virtue of any gimmicky game modes and violence with a friend is much preferable to trading GBH with the AI opposition.Īt its core, fighting is a somewhat of a joy in UFC Undisputed 3 and this is in no small part due to just how technical the whole affair is. In terms of games modes, a mediocre career mode is present alongside a tournament mode, historical fight showcase where you replicate or alter history in classic bouts as well as smattering of online and multiplayer modes. The game itself reflects these sensibilities and allows players to step into the Octagon cage as one of over eighty different fighters from over seven different weight divisions. In essence, MMA and by proxy, the action in the world’s leading MMA promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is akin to a tactical Chess match where styles clash, the fighters involved think three or four attacks ahead and where checkmate involves the loser ending up in a state where everything is doused in crimson and tastes of blood.

Victory can come from knocking someone stone-cold out, causing a referee stoppage (Technical Knock-Out), submission by cranking an appendage in a direction it shouldn’t go or by exhausting all the rounds in a fight and winning on points according to strikes landed, successful takedowns and amount of aggressive control of your opponent. If you’re not familiar with the premise of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), then all you need to know is this MMA allows fighters to train in multiple martial disciplines, get into a cage and scrap it out to see who wins. A smart, tactical and hugely skill-focused one-on-one scrapper, UFC: Undisputed 3 is a fine fighter which easily stands alongside its more extravagant and fantastical peers. Yes, these are big sweaty dudes leathering the shit out of each other, but unlike the neanderthal lens that popular culture has tried to make us view combat sports through, Mixed Martial Arts and by proxy UFC: Undisputed 3, is anything but.

Ufc undisputed 3 pc cpy