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EA Sports UFC 2 Beta Available, Post Your Impressions Here

03:09 PM - January 28, 2016 by Steve_OS

For those of you lucky enough to download the EA Sports UFC 2 beta, get in a few fights and post your impressions!

FYI, for those that are asking, registration is closed for the beta.

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# 181 Factzzz @ 01/29/16 10:01 PM

After doing all the tutorials, in my first fight against the computer, i pulled off a standing guillotine from muay thai clinch with Gunnar Nelson. Thing of beauty.

After that, jumped right into online, 5-0, 3 decisions, 1 knockout, 1 sub. I still don't feel too good, no where near as good as UFC 1 yet obviously. I still feel like a noob, but it's easy to see this game is really good IMO.

I'm having some trouble on the ground though, i can hardly block a transition. It feels like i'm doing it on time and going in the right direction, but it's not blocking it. Especially when i transition into mount and the person already loaded up their transition to get back to half guard, and i see it from time, and i input my block to the correct side and it does nothing. Anytime i get mount, the person almost always regains half guard instantly.

Anyone have any tips on blocking transitions on the ground?

# 182 aholbert32 @ 01/29/16 10:04 PM

Looks like I was flat out wrong.

Practice mode does have the AI installed and I'm liking it so far.

Turn on "Skilled Free Sparring" and Health and Stamina "On"

I fought Lawler, GSP and Maia. All 3 fought significantly differently. Lawler threw mostly punches with a few leg kicks and no TD attempts. GSP mixed it up: Kick based strikes, TD attempts and Clinches. Maia with basic punches and used the clinch to take me down.

There were even differences on the ground. GSP was determined to get me into the Crucifix (Bug: He purposely got out of the Crucifix a few times and went to North South)and wore me down before attempting a sub. Maia was more aggressive with his subs and attempted them once he was in side control.

# 183 aholbert32 @ 01/29/16 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pdandy


	Glad I'm wrong about the most important point

Well pdandy I think you may have be right about Hughes. The ground moves are all packaged together. I'm trying to figure out which ground move rubber guard is in. They may not be able to remove that one ground move but I'm trying to see if there are other options.

# 184 jb12780 @ 01/29/16 10:16 PM

I just had a KO and it looked like the ref stepped in and waived it off. Could have sworn I didn't see that yesterday.

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# 185 Pappy Knuckles @ 01/29/16 11:09 PM

Gotta hit the practice mode and get my ground game right. Had a nice one with Aholbert earlier, but he controlled me on the ground a bit more than I'd like.

# 186 jb12780 @ 01/29/16 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles


	Gotta hit the practice mode and get my ground game right. Had a nice one with Aholbert earlier, but he controlled me on the ground a bit more than I'd like.

I feel that's common theme with you.

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# 187 Pappy Knuckles @ 01/29/16 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jb12780


	I feel that's common theme with you. Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk

Hey man, I won the fight. I'm not a ground guy lol. You know what it feels like to wake up from a nap after getting knocked out, though.

# 188 jb12780 @ 01/29/16 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles


	Hey man, I won the fight. I'm not a ground guy lol. You know what it tastes like to wake up from a nap after getting knocked out, though.

Fair enough. Woodley looked like he slept 8 hours on a memory foam mattress.

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# 189 oakevin @ 01/29/16 11:54 PM

After playing for a couple of hours one thing that seems really off.....the "finish the fight" moments are really slow/awkward/weird for standing and ground finishes.

# 190 aholbert32 @ 01/29/16 11:58 PM

Great fights Pappy. My ground control is decent but my subs D absolutely sucks.

# 191 Pappy Knuckles @ 01/30/16 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Great fights Pappy. My ground control is decent but my subs D absolutely sucks.

No doubt, man. Getting that sub with 3 seconds left felt good lol. Means felt super sluggish when using him on the feet, though. I thought he'd be a bit better there.

# 192 SwedishTouch76 @ 01/30/16 01:18 AM

Tim Means body type is all wrong. Hes extremely lanky in real life. I tried using him. Feels so slow. I just starting playing tonite. But the game doesn't feel near as bad as some streams made it look. U can keep a realistic pace if you want. I definitely see an improvement in AI behaviour. Lombard was frickin ridiculous to fight on the harder setting.

# 193 pdandy @ 01/30/16 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by pdandy


	Matt Hughes has it. I suppose anyone with high Wrestling mastery has potential to execute this move. However, it's not a basic takedown. I hit this move by accident. There could be a lot of things needing to go right in order for this happen.

I stand corrected. Matt Hughes has the move in the takedown section, not as part of wrestling package section.
From my testing, at the very least, the opponent needs to have very low stamina when you initiate the move. It is also a power takedown which is easier to counter. I believe the penalty for this one is a sprawl bottom.

Note there may be one more requirement on the opponent side. When testing, the opponent didn't attempt to block the takedown at all.

# 194 kingsofthevalley @ 01/30/16 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by SwedishTouch76


	Tim Means body type is all wrong. Hes extremely lanky in real life. I tried using him. Feels so slow. I just starting playing tonite. But the game doesn't feel near as bad as some streams made it look. U can keep a realistic pace if you want. I definitely see an improvement in AI behaviour. Lombard was frickin ridiculous to fight on the harder setting.

How are you fighting A.I. opponents OTHER than the ghost Created Fighters in Ultimate Team? You can actually do one on one matches with A.I. controlled real world roster fighters? In the mean time I'll check, as its probably something simple that I'm overlooking.

# 195 EL_GABE @ 01/30/16 01:54 AM

LOL the best fight i had all game and all i did was use the GSP game plan

so all this dude did was spam superman punch all fight long so i said f it took his as....s down (this was a champ fight in ultimate team mode) and ground and pund him every round he tried to spam that punch on me

so in the words of brock lesnar i took the horseshoe out his ... and beat him over the head with it
sign
"the champ is here"

lol sorry im just so pumped up in a close fight win (split dec.) that actually awarded me the takedown and ground strikes bout time

at this moment he still sending me msgs =l even after i stoped

# 196 rafaelpaolo84 @ 01/30/16 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by pdandy


	I stand corrected. Matt Hughes has the move in the takedown section, not as part of wrestling package section. From my testing, at the very least, the opponent needs to have very low stamina when you initiate the move. It is also a power takedown which is easier to counter. I believe the penalty for this one is a sprawl bottom. Note there may be one more requirement on the opponent side. When testing, the opponent didn't attempt to block the takedown at all.

I believe it's timing-based/contextual. I was able to do this now 3 times with Matt in the last 10 mins just spamming the power singles/doubles and experimenting with the results in practice mode. Twice when the AI missed with a high kick and I timed my power takedown just right (foot at the peak of the kick), I did the power single to full mount. Then once when the AI missed with a hook and again I timed it right, I did the double to full mount. Now I'm not sure if those were just regular high kicks and hooks that the AI missed with, or maybe they were modified strikes and when countered properly we get the takedowns to mount? Would be easier to experiment with if I had a 2nd controller, but I don't.

Maybe GPD or aholbert can chime in. Also to note, the AI didn't have any damage and was at near full stamina still at this point. (although having low stamina would of course make it harder for him to defend/deny the takedown)

# 197 aholbert32 @ 01/30/16 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by rafaelpaolo84


	I believe it's timing-based/contextual. I was able to do this now 3 times with Matt in the last 10 mins just spamming the power singles/doubles and experimenting with the results in practice mode. Twice when the AI missed with a high kick and I timed my power takedown just right (foot at the peak of the kick), I did the power single to full mount. Then once when the AI missed with a hook and again I timed it right, I did the double to full mount. Now I'm not sure if those were just regular high kicks and hooks that the AI missed with, or maybe they were modified strikes and when countered properly we get the takedowns to mount? Would be easier to experiment with if I had a 2nd controller, but I don't. Maybe GPD or aholbert can chime in. Also to note, the AI didn't have any damage and was at near full stamina still at this point. (although having low stamina would of course make it harder for him to defend/deny the takedown)

Stamina plays a role but its more timing and context. With that said, you shouldnt be able to initiate this move at the higher levels.

# 198 brent3419 @ 01/30/16 01:00 PM

im really enjoying the beta but it has some issues had a fight where a dude was spamming the thai clinch in UT but i barely won by changing to kicking and ko'd him after some well placed kicks

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# 199 aholbert32 @ 01/30/16 01:23 PM

I love online gaming.

So I was fighting this guy with Rick Story and he was using Neil Magny. He was using Magny's length pretty well so I decided to take it to the ground. I'm just hanging in half guard and side control and just lay and praying on the guy. I have top control for 3 minutes of each round.

He isnt on his mic but with about 10 seconds left in the third, he gets frustrated and says "Yo you a bitch *****". LOL. I just laughed. This is the third time in 2 days I've been called a bitch for controlling people on the ground.

# 200 The JareBear @ 01/30/16 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by brent3419


	im really enjoying the beta but it has some issues had a fight where a dude was spamming the thai clinch in UT but i barely won by changing to kicking and ko'd him after some well placed kicks Sent from my SM-G360P using Tapatalk

I wouldn't mind if the clinch defense was given maybe a fraction of second longer to be executed. I admit that maybe I just suck but it seems a little easy to get people in the clinch in my very humble opinion

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