EA Sports UFC Career Mode Hands-On Impressions (GoodGameBro)

Regardless of what training sessions you do, the progression points earned are universal across the ratings categories when you go in to apply them to your fighter. In another nod to NHL and FIFA created player progressions, adding points to a rating has an ever-increasing cost-per-point as the rating gets higher. If you create a striking specialist, striking-related categories will cost more early on because those ratings are higher, while grappling and ground-related categories will have a lower cost due to their lower initial ratings. Your created fighter will begin somewhere in the realm of 55-60 OVR, and that rating range is shared by your fictional opponents in “The Ultimate Fighter;” by comparison, the big-name UFC fighters in the main game are often rated in the 80-95 OVR range. It’ll take some work to be able to stand up to the champion in your weight class!