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The Top 5 Strikers in MMA Today

Who is the best striker in mixed martial arts? Many names have been put forth, some good and some without merit. Alistair Overeem, Anderson Silva and Chuck Liddell have all been nominated at one time or another, but are these good examples? At last, I put the argument to bed with this list of the top five strikers in the sport.

Read more at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6195414/the_top_5_strikers_in_mma_today.html?cat=14

UFC 2010 Trailer Released!

Check out the latest trailer for UFC Undisputed 2010!!

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/22736/ufc-undisputed-2010/videos/ufc2010_trl_announcement_121409.html

And don't forget to pre-order your copy of UFC Undisputed 2010 today!!

UFC Undisputed release date

Dana White and THQ have announced the release date for UFC Undisputed 2010! The game is set to be released on May 25th, 2010. Stay tuned for ufcgamenews.blogspot.com for all the latest updates and details!

UFC Undisputed 2010 latest news

Keep checking back for the latest news on UFC Undisputed 2010!

What do Aleks Emelianenko's tattoos mean?

Many people ask what Aleksander's prison tattoos mean. Check out these books on Russian prison tattoos to find the answers to those questions (I've just started reading them too, pretty crazy shit).

And if you'd like to make the CAF of Aleks Emelianenko, go to our new site, MMA Game Depot.

Kimo CAF

Thanks to A-Rod!

Template: None
First Name: Kimo
Last Name:Leopoldo
Nickname:Headhunter
Hometown: Munich, Germany
Fighting Out Of: Huntington Beach, CA
Age: 41
Height: 6'03"
Weight:235lbs
Skin Tone: 3
Body Type: 1
Face Type: 1

Head Hair/Style: 28
Sideburns: 1
Mustache: 4
Beard: 12
5 O' Clock Shadow: 100%

Hair Color: 7
Mustache Color: 1
Beard Color: 1
5 O' Clock Shadow Color: 1
Body Hair: NONE

Brow Type: 12
Brow Thickness: 80%
Brow Color: 1

Eye Color: 6

Extra: 16/Strong

Tattoos: Tribal 13 on left and right chest, with left one flipped horizontally
Victory on Stomach(you may want to use something else in order to use him online)
Tribal 13 on left and right shoulders
Image 10 on upper right leg
Image 12 on upper left leg
Tribal 2 on lower back
Tribal 4 on back of left and right shoulders

Head/Brow
Head/Brow2
Head/Brow3
Cheeks/Mouth
Cheeks/Mouth2
Cheeks/Mouth3
Jaw/Ears
Jaw/Ears2
Jaw/Ears3
Eyes/Nose
Eyes/Nose2
Eyes/Nose3
Eyes/Nose4

Fedor CAF

Thanks to Raider Nation!

First Name: Fedor
Last Name: Emelianenko
Nickname: The Headhunter, The Fury, Hands of Stone, The Doctor (Mr. Pride, The Last Emperor)
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Russia (Rubizhne, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Stary Oskol, Belgorod, Russia)
Fighting Out Of: St. Petersburg, Russia (Stary Oskol, Belgorod, Russia)
Age: 32
Height: 6'00"
Weight: 235 lbs (231 lbs) (Reach: 74")
Skin Tone: 5/9
Body Type: 11/13
Face Type: 1/4

Hair Style: 22/39
Sideburns: 2/6
Hair Color: 6/8
Sideburn Color: 1/8

Body Hair Type: 4/6
Thickness: 80%
Body Hair Color: 1/8

Head
Crown
Brow Type: 11/39
Thickness: 40%
Color: 1/8
Brow Width/Size

Eye Color: 3/7
Eye Shape/Rotation
Eye Size/Placement
Nose Size
Nostril/Angle

Cheeks
Mouth Size/Rotation
Mouth Angle/Placement

Jaw Size/Depth
Jaw Length/Thickness
Ear Size/Rotation

Extra: 22/25

Trunks: Very Short
Mouthpiece: 2/5

Styles: Boxing, Judo

Attributes (Career Mode)
Stength: 70
Speed: 77
Cardio: 72

Attributes (Glitch Stats Attributes)
Stength: 63
Speed: 70
Cardio: 62

Standing Strikes Offense: 77 - 80
Standing Strikes Defense: 82
Standing Kicks Offense: 63
Standing Kicks Defense: 72

Clinch Striking Offense: 64
Clinch Striking Defense: 73

Ground Striking Offense: 67
Ground Striking Defense: 70

Clinch Grapple Offense: 82
Clinch Grapple Defense: 84

Takedown Offense: 70
Takedown Defense: 78

Ground Grapple Offense: 72
Ground Grapple Defense: 75

Submission Offense: 88
Submission Defense: 92

Overall: 93 - 94

Shane Carwin CAF

Due to overwhelming demand, we've moved this CAF to http://mmagamedepot.weebly.com/shane-carwin.html.

Bas Rutten CAF

Basic Information

General Information

First name: Bas
Last Name: Rutten
Hometown: Amsterdam, Netherlans
Fighting out of: Los Angeles, California
Age: 38 (younger Bas)

Height/Weight

6'1" @ 205lbs

Skin/Physique

Due to overwhelming demand, we've moved this CAF to http://mmagamedepot.weebly.com/bas-rutten.html.

UFC Undisputed CAF list coming soon!

Stay tuned, I'll have a compilation of UFC Undisputed CAFs (Create a Fighters) coming soon. Play as Fedor, Randy, Shamrock, or anyone else who the UFC Undisputed community has created.

UFC Undisputed released!

I finally got my hands on a copy of UFC Undisputed, and I gotta say it meets or exceed all of my expectations. I don't have much time to discuss it in fact, because I'm going back in to play some more. Anyone have any quick questions?

UFC Undisputed Welterweight Tournament

The guys over at Gamespot had a Welterweight tournament on their full copy of UFC Undisputed. Fighters included Matt Hughes, Georges St Pierre, Mike Swick, Diego Sanchez, Matt Serra and Karo Parisyan.

Check it out here: Tournament Footage

UFC Undisputed demo even better than expectations?

Wow. After playing the UFC Undisputed demo over the weekend, after countless rematches between Chuck Liddell and Shogun Rua, I'm dumbfounded. The game is even better than I expected.

With Chuck, my focus MUST be on the standup. Yes, I can take Shogun down and do some mediocre ground and pound, but if I stay down there too long and I inevitably get reversed into defensive guard (or worse). Does this reversal come about too easily? Not really, considering that I shouldn't be down there in the first place. That's not Chuck's game.

Shogun can strike or submit, and it's shown in-game. While submissions are tough against Chuck...well, aren't they always? As Shogun, I'm never too worried about Chuck's ground game unless he has me mounted. But not being worried about Chuck's offensive ground doesn't mean that my defensive ground will result in automatic submissions. That doesn't work in real life, and it doesn't work here. Submissions are very hard to get.

After playing consistently, I'm able to win fairly regularly on the 2nd highest skill level (Advanced). Yet I'll still get blasted to Mars by a Chuck high kick that I don't block, or a slick Shogun transition to mount that ends up in my TKO loss via GnP. The game is exhausting to play, requiring a vigilant attitude towards avoiding takedowns, passing guard, escaping, clinching, and remembering to keep your hands up. And gameplans are a must. Go out and button mash and you're not going to last long.

I can't wait for May 19 :)

Comments?

UFC Undisputed demo released April 23!

THQ has announced that the UFC Undisputed demo will be released for download on Thursday, April 23! The demo will be available on both XBOX and PS3, and will feature Chuck Liddell and Shogun Rua. Don't forget to download the demo and post your comments here at UFC Game News!

UFC Undisputed release date moved up!

UFC Undisputed has had it's release date moved up. The MMA game we've all been waiting for arrives May 19th!

UFC Undisputed Full Roster revealed!

The full roster for UFC Undisputed has been revealed! Order your copy today!

Heavyweights
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Brock Lesnar
Frank Mir
Randy Couture
Brandon Vera (LH)
Gabriel Gonzaga
Cain Velasquez
Cheick Kongo
Eddie Sanchez
Heath Herring
Andrei Arlovski
Mirko Crocop
Fabricio Werdum
Tim Sylvia
Mark Coleman
Antoni Hardonk
Justin McCully

Light Heavyweights
Chuck Lidell
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
Forrest Griffin
Tito Ortiz
Keith Jardine
Wanderlei Silva
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Lyoto Machida
Rashad Evans
Stephan Bonnar
James Irvin
Wilson Gouveia (MW)
Houston Alexander
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Thiago Silva
Tim Boetsch
Ryan Bader (DLC)

Middleweights
Anderson Silva (LH)
Rich Franklin (LH)
Dan Henderson (LH)
Michael Bisping (LH)
Kendall Grove
Chris Leben
Jason MacDonald
Nate Marquardt
Drew McFedries
Ricardo Almeida
Evan Tanner
Yushin Okami
Demian Maia
Martin Kampmann (WW)
Amir Sadollah (WW)
Thales Leites

Welterweights
Georges St-Pierre
Matt Hughes
Matt Sera (LW)
Jon Fitch
Karo Parisyan
Josh Koscheck
Diego Sanchez
Mike Swick (MW)
Marcus Davis
Thiago Alves
Chris Lytle
Ben Saunders
Josh Burkman
Kyle Bradley
Matt Arroyo
Anthony Johnson

Lightweights
BJ Penn (WW)
Sean Sherk (WW)
Kenny Florian
Roger Huerta
Joe Stevenson
Mac Danzig
Nathan Diaz
Spencer Fisher
Tyson Griffin
Gray Maynard
Thiago Tavares
Joe Lauzon
Rich Clementi
Mark Bocek
Hermes Franca
Frank Edgar
Efrain Escudero (DLC)

UFC release getting close, new gameplay videos released!

More videos released by the UFC and THQ, showing various striking animations:

IGN: UFC 2009 Undisputed Trailer, Videos and Movies

Superman Punch
IGN Video: UFC 2009 Undisputed Xbox 360 Trailer - Superman Punch

Muay Thai
IGN Video: UFC 2009 Undisputed Xbox 360 Trailer - Muay Thai

Flying Knee
IGN Video: UFC 2009 Undisputed Xbox 360 Trailer - Flying Knee

Stand Up
IGN Video: UFC 2009 Undisputed Xbox 360 Trailer - Stand Up

Standing Game Tutorial
IGN Video: UFC 2009 Undisputed Xbox 360 Video - Standing Game Tutorial

At first glance it looks a bit like a wrestling game, perhaps another title from that other THQ franchise, WWE. Then when you first start to play, there are certain similarities to boxing games like Fight Night and Prizefighter: your ability to aim punches and kicks at different height levels, and the importance of your most powerful attacks. Both of these comparisons hold some weight, but the longer you spend with Undisputed the more it feels like something new altogether - a fighting game where the upper hand can shift at a moment's notice.

In gameplay terms, these different victory conditions mean you might be taking a pummelling from your rival, but then suddenly deliver a kick to his head that sends him staggering back. Or perhaps you'll have an opponent pinned beneath you, but then he'll swiftly grab your fist and force you into a painful arm lock. A fight might be a long and drawn-out slug-fest, or it might end in seconds. It's all down to your skills, your tactics - and above all else, your ability to react.

And here are more details on Undisputed's grappling and controller setup:

In its simplest form, grappling might simply involve a standing clinch: one fighter grabs the other and hammers him from close-up, using the face buttons. Then you have takedowns, initiated via a combination of the left trigger and the right analogue stick: one fighter rushes an opponent and attempts to knock them to the floor in a risky manoeuvre that can easily backfire, if mistimed...There are many different positions you can wind up in, but in each there's an attacker and a defender. If you've got the upper hand, the idea is to use the right stick to quickly perform a transition - a move that shifts your opponent into a better position, so that you can bend back bits of him the wrong way (or do something else equally cheerful).

Transitions come in two flavours - minor and major - but both are performed through repeated actions on the right stick: either a quarter circle movement, or something more like a third-of-a-circle movement. The precise nature of where the movement starts and ends goes hand-in-hand with where your fighter starts on the screen, and where they'll move to: if you're kneeling over an opponent's chest, a quarter-circle from down to left will result in you shifting to one side and bending your opponent's arm. Your opponent may then try to break out of this move or reverse it with a different command, or they may panic and start mashing the pad (hey, it seems to work sometimes).

THQ and Zuffa appear to be ramping up the previews and press releases for UFC Undisputed, as the release date quickly nears. Keep checking back here at UFC Game News for all the latest updates!