EA Sports MMA Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[thegut]

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Just went to another decision. Even fight again however I know I lost the first round since he landed a bit more strikes took and me down. Second round was completely even. Third round I did great I got 3 takedowns, out struck him and just controlled him from mount and from his back for the last 2 mins.

Judge 1: 7 10 10
Judge 2: 8 10 10
Judge 3: 8 10 10

Yes I received two 8's and a 7 in the first round when I suffered nothing severe. I wasn't rocked, I wasn't ever in any trouble. He had a TD and landed about 10 more strikes then me. Since I have never even seen a 7 in real life I will go ahead and say that is just stupid to even include it in this game. The only time I have seen an 8 is when the round could have been stopped in the judges eyes. Which does not apply in that round at all I just fought. The thing that really makes me mad is because there is a reason a 7 is not seen in real life. To give one out means that judge has already declared the winner in one round in a three round fight. Horrendous. I'm a very patient and controlling fighter. Sometimes I go to a decision but as it stands right now I would rather the computer just flip a coin for a winner then have to stare at these BS scorecards.

[sb24]

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I can't get the damn chokes down

I am ok at them but the AI will put you out in under 5 seconds on legend. It just isnt even a fair fight.

Question on career mode difficulty...

I'm starting out with a jiu jitsu guy and I'm 4-0 (or 5-0) with all my wins as very fast submissions (either chokes or kimuras). I'm at whatever the default difficulty is, do I need to up it or do the guys get tougher as I go on? I can just get into a sub position easily and can cinch in the first sub every time...

Career is fun though, this is a much cooler way than UFC, that always seemed to confuse me with so much to do.

Awesome game, I'm really enjoying the differences...both UFC and this are fun, and different...hopefully THQ takes some hints from here...

I would recommend moving up the difficulty. The fights do get harder because the guys you face will have better stats, but as a submission specialist, you wont face as many of those. If you just focus on going for a takedown then trying for a sub(Which you have to do against guys with good stand-up), you will get wins pretty quickly. Lengend IMO is a very fair balance except for AI being able to take a guy with 33 choke submissions and choke a guy with 95 choke submissions.

[TheShizNo1]

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I am ok at them but the AI will put you out in under 5 seconds on legend. It just isnt even a fair fight.



I would recommend moving up the difficulty. The fights do get harder because the guys you face will have better stats, but as a submission specialist, you wont face as many of those. If you just focus on going for a takedown then trying for a sub(Which you have to do against guys with good stand-up), you will get wins pretty quickly. Lengend IMO is a very fair balance except for AI being able to take a guy with 33 choke submissions and choke a guy with 95 choke submissions.

That's not very enlightening to hear. I have a boxer that sucks @ the ground game, but is above average in submissions (my little cheat if I get taken to the ground). I'm great at the limb subs, that's a W when I slap those on especially since I got the special chain subs move.

Speaking of chaining subs, is their a sweet spot when to press A? I'm hit and miss w/ it

[sb24]

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That's not very enlightening to hear. I have a boxer that sucks @ the ground game, but is above average in submissions (my little cheat if I get taken to the ground). I'm great at the limb subs, that's a W when I slap those on especially since I got the special chain subs move.

Speaking of chaining subs, is their a sweet spot when to press A? I'm hit and miss w/ it

Well I dont want to make it sound negative. This is the first career mode where I feel like I can lose a fight without it being BS. My biggest issue with career is that they dont give you the toughest fighters. I have defended my belt 7 times but keep facing the up and coming fighters not the guys who have all their stats in the 80's. When fighting guys with the good stats its a good fight.

I think I have only chained one submission but I usually miss. Im thinking Im doing it right but the other guys hitting A is what blocked me.

[gmac0322]

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Well I dont want to make it sound negative. This is the first career mode where I feel like I can lose a fight without it being BS. My biggest issue with career is that they dont give you the toughest fighters. I have defended my belt 7 times but keep facing the up and coming fighters not the guys who have all their stats in the 80's. When fighting guys with the good stats its a good fight.

I think I have only chained one submission but I usually miss. Im thinking Im doing it right but the other guys hitting A is what blocked me.

when you win a belt in strikeforce or the other top league does the continue after you win the top belt?

[ManiacMatt1782]

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I am ok at them but the AI will put you out in under 5 seconds on legend. It just isnt even a fair fight.



I would recommend moving up the difficulty. The fights do get harder because the guys you face will have better stats, but as a submission specialist, you wont face as many of those. If you just focus on going for a takedown then trying for a sub(Which you have to do against guys with good stand-up), you will get wins pretty quickly. Lengend IMO is a very fair balance except for AI being able to take a guy with 33 choke submissions and choke a guy with 95 choke submissions.

Submission defense is tied to grapple defense, not submission rating. Submission rating is offensive only.

[mgoblue]

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Thanks guys, I'll leave it where it is and think about moving it up later if it stays super easy.

[sb24]

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when you win a belt in strikeforce or the other top league does the continue after you win the top belt?

Well Im in Mystic so there arent really any strong guys in that league, but at the same time the #2 ranked fighter doesnt get a title shot and he has the best chance to beat me.

Submission defense is tied to grapple defense, not submission rating. Submission rating is offensive only.

Where did you get that info because I disagree.

[CaptainZombie]

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Well Im in Mystic so there arent really any strong guys in that league, but at the same time the #2 ranked fighter doesnt get a title shot and he has the best chance to beat me.

Where did you get that info because I disagree.

when you win a belt in strikeforce or the other top league does the continue after you win the top belt?

sb24, I just got to Strikeforce last night and only had one fight before turning off the PS3. When you win any of the SF or Mystic titles, do you get to defend them afterward which is what it sounds like from your comments? I am surprised as to why we couldn't defend the titles in the lower leagues unless I missed something. I wouldn't have minded defending the title in the lower league and than at some point the contracts come in from other leagues to join them.

Someone asked yesterday if we can bring in any CAF's that we download into the career mode and when I tried you couldn't. I had to create another new fighter, unless there is an option hidden somewhere in the menus, you have to create someone from scratch. How much I wish that we can take a younger version of any of the current fighters through the career as if they were starting out. I guess we just have to create the best versions of them that we can through CAF.

This game is a blast though. I just wish I could just take a few things from UFC, like presentation and parts from their career mode making this a very good career mode. I like that the fight cards are titled, but make the PPV/Show feel and look like one. I would have loved to have control over the entire card if I decided to also play any of the other fights.

I tried the classic controls last night for the first time and they just feel so weird when compared to using the total control. I will stick with using total control, it is just so much easier all around and better imo.

[sb24]

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Yes you win the title around 20-25 fights and there are 40 fights total in your career. The reason you dont defend the other belts is because you left the league to go to a better one.

[CaptainZombie]

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Yes you win the title around 20-25 fights and there are 40 fights total in your career. The reason you dont defend the other belts is because you left the league to go to a better one.

Thanks. Does career mode just end than at some point, like you retire or it just point blank finishes?

[sb24]

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Thanks. Does career mode just end than at some point, like you retire or it just point blank finishes?

He might have given me a warning, but by the end of my career I was skipping that stuff. At one point they were just like this is your last opponent. After I beat the guy the credits ran and then you go back to the career fighter selection where you can fight that last fight again. I ended up 28-12 but it always shows 27-12.

[ManiacMatt1782]

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Well Im in Mystic so there arent really any strong guys in that league, but at the same time the #2 ranked fighter doesnt get a title shot and he has the best chance to beat me.



Where did you get that info because I disagree.

The developers over @ ea's forums, Simon over here, the live broadcast that featured tips and tricks. And a few other sources.

[sb24]

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The developers over @ ea's forums, Simon over here, the live broadcast that featured tips and tricks. And a few other sources.

Ok well that doesnt make any logical sense to me. I take it as grapple D affects whether they get the hold on. Once the hold is on it goes to sub stats to determine how effective each button press is or how large your sweet spot is for a choke. I guess I could be wrong but I will be testing my theory on that.

Back to my original point, a guy with 33 choke sub shouldnt be able to tap a guy with 90+ grapple D in 5 seconds either.

[Darkleaf]

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I won seven straight title fights in Mystic and was able to unify the belts, then my career was over, kind of a letdown really could have let me go on, some guys had 60-5 records and I had to retire after being 35-5 lame.