It's been upgraded from flaming hot garbage to regular garbage. Though based on the impressions that's what I figured. I can give it a bit of credit for having some spectacular KOs and Bas is great on commentary but most of the major problems are still there. Pacing,movement etc. and newly disaster is the clinch game where the AI manages to transistion before you have the chance to hit a button most of the time. The other guy on Pride commentary is terrible. "Oh helllllllll yes a one punch knock out!!!!!"
Leg kicks seem useless,you can't defend off of them anymore apparently so chances are you're going to get punched in the face for every leg kick. Same thing on the ground as in the clinch,reverse-block repeat,try to get a punch or something in. I eventually did. Submission system does fall under flaming hot garbage. I thought the chokes in EA MMA were bad but holy crap.