I'm confused as to what you meant by this part specifically. Thank you for explaining some of my frustration, but what do you mean when you say that you don't like seeing this view in the forums? I didn't mean to convey any negativity towards the game with this. I just have heard more people than me complain about this. I posted about it a few days ago, but after a few people replied kinda shooting it down, I continued to play the game assuming that I was just looking at it wrong. The only reason I made this post was hearing some friends who just started playing the beta now that it is open make this same complaint. Made me reanalyze the argument and want to put it out there to see if there's any legs to it, or if anyone, like Aholbert did, would have more information/examples to help me understand what's going on.
But you saying there is nothing that would give an inherent advantage to the AI is comforting, albeit confusing given the experience I and others have had with the game. Granted, the situation you present of me running into shots and him backing away from them makes total sense. I think I got so used to the flow of UFC 2. Trying to fight realistically and tactically would almost always get me wrecked in that game and some of those habits may be overriding my play. I've noticed that the more realistically I try to play in UFC 3, the better I end up doing.