What difficulty is everyone playing on in general? Maybe it's because barely played 2010, but I am getting my ass routinely handed to me even on Advanced by the AI.

I play on advanced and win about 80% of the time, but I had recently gone back to UFC 2010 and wrapped up some stuff on that so I was familiar with the controls.

I play on advance. I think its fair for the most part..i've had some great stand up fights on that difficulty. For me, it starts to get a bit cheap on expert. The AI starts to spam reversals too much and can dodge your punches with ease... I cant even imagine how bad it would be on ultimate... I wish there was a decent balance because on advance, im able to exploit them when I take them down.

I am putting the finishing touches on my WW fighter. Justin "The Destroyer" Kane. Aka FlatLine. He is pretty much done, minus some fine tuning.

Originally Posted by Matt Young I suck with realistic stamina, so I'll probably lose the WW belt in short order unless others are having the problems I am. Nate, did you send me a camp invite? I'm guessing not since the option is grayed out. Just curious; no rush.

Yeah, with sim stamina, you really have to pick your shots and be certain that you can finish a fight when you go for the KO. I also feel like it forces you to use the other aspects of MMA a little more (clinching, closed guard, cagework, etc). I've had some great fights with the AI because of it though where I just couldn't put them away, and then I'd be in danger and have to slow down and rally back. It just feels much more realistic.

And yeah, sorry, I haven't been on my Xbox since the Madden draft last night. It took my wife and I about 12 hours to collectively get 6 hours of sleep because the baby was wide awake last night. And today, we've spent the entire day trying to prevent her from sleeping to try to get her back on a somewhat normal routine. She's asleep now. Really hoping it will actually work.

EDIT - Just sent your camp invite now.

Originally Posted by moojuice What difficulty is everyone playing on in general? Maybe it's because barely played 2010, but I am getting my ass routinely handed to me even on Advanced by the AI.

Haha, yeah, I haven't gone above Advanced either. It's weird, even with equalized stats, there were some fighters that just destroyed me. I've used both my CAF and real fighters and gotten a wide range of results. I used Kenny Florian against Sean Sherk, and just got absolutely demolished every time. Then, I fought as Overeem vs Lesnar several times, and we were just trading KO's. Recently, I used my boxing based CAF against GSP, and though I could rock him and have him in trouble several times, he would recover, and then end up submitting me because I would gas. After 5-6 matches, I was finally able to finish him.

I will say, certain fighters still spam subs quite a bit. I did the Dan Henderson vs Big Nog Best of Pride fight, and Big Nog kept going for triangle chokes over and over again. It was obnoxious, but at least I could see how to escape them...which I still feel is an improvement on the old submission system. I just like that when I lose now, I can see the reasons for it, especially with flash KO's turned off too.

For the LHWs I plan on using my CAF

Name: Kevin "The Hitman" Cepeda
Height: 6'3
Reach: 76''

Originally Posted by nycmetsfan For the LHWs I plan on using my CAF Name: Kevin "The Hitman" Cepeda Height: (6'3) To be confirmed? Reach: (72'') To be confirmed?

The height you can actually pick yourself. It's under "physical appearance > body > height/physique". The reach you have no control over.

I'm hit or miss on advances. Beginner I'm pretty solid. In the demo, I was shite under advanced. But it may of been because I hadn't played in some time.

I may begin a career on advanced though, just to get some much needed experience in. I played one ranked match today, and won. It was a rough bout, as the guy kept trying to ground and pound. Luckily, I planned for that and had my move set ready. Reversal, elbows to the face . . . game over. Just prior as he kept going for the takedown, he got kicked in the face. 3 times. Each time, he'd stand up and charge again. After 3 times, he said it and waited for me to swing. Ha.

I'm psyched now for the league, big time!

Damn...Borat vs Forrest Griffin was a war, lol. I escaped like 5 sub attempts, and then he knocked me out with :05 left in the fight. I love how this game gives you the feeling of just surviving. I know we're going to have some ridiculous fights in here. Hope a few people are able to record some of them.

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What are your guys' thoughts on having mics on during matches? I like it as long as the trash talk doesn't get out of hand or the conversation is distracting.

Hm, at least it seems like everyone is on Advanced, and not saying Expert is the way to go yet. Makes me a bit less nervous about when this gets started lol

I'm starting to warm up to the submission system a bit. I still find it distracting but I understand it better and have gotten more comfortable with it.

So when is the league going to start? Also, are we going to be able to create a second character for a different weight class? Hopefully we get more heavy weights, since as of now, its just two of us.

As it says in the OP, we can register a second fighter after completing 2 fights with the first.

Ahh ok...thanks...missed it.

Originally Posted by urmomlikesme What are your guys' thoughts on having mics on during matches? I like it as long as the trash talk doesn't get out of hand or the conversation is distracting.

I, most likely won't be using one. This is for multiple reasons. In the past, I didn't use one because the fights take such a short amount of time. AT MOST you're going to be playing somebody for 15-20 minutes. It just seemed awkward to be like "Oh, hey...hi. *1st Rd KO* Yeah, ok...talk to you later." Also, now I've got a 2 month old daughter, so depending on where/when she's sleeping, I might not be able to use my headset anyway. I would be open to maybe setting up some "Camp Nights" where we all spar, do mini-tournaments, etc. and could get a party chat going then. That would be fun.

Originally Posted by shotgunshine So when is the league going to start?

I'll be getting the card set up the next couple days. Should be posted by Friday at the very latest.

Played it for a few days through Redbox since I took a sabbatical through UFC 2010. Played CAF Career Mode on Advanced. I'm pretty happy with the changes, especially since losing doesn't stunt your fighter's growth nearly as much as the first installment. I'm 25-8 and got demoted back to WFA once, but still hold an 89 rating.

Stats for my fighter are now up

Can i get an invite to the "CAG" fight camp? My first CAF just completed his career mode and retired at 31old years -_- (ended up going 42-6) and i need to level him up somehow

On a side note, are there any logos you guys are making / waiting for? I went to content sharing and was rather surprised to download the 10 Planet, Wu-Tang Clan, and Steelers Logos

All right, guys, the first card is up! Even though we don't have names for some fighters, I tried to make it as official as possible. Hopefully, this will motivate some people to get things moving and we can build from here. A couple important things to note:

1. ALL fights should be set up with equalized stats and simulation stamina

2. Title fights should be set up by the defending champion and set for a length of 5 rounds (if fight is for a vacant belt, either can set up the fight...but it should still be 5 rounds)

Let's try to get this all wrapped up by next Wednesday, 2/29, so we can move on to a hopefully more fleshed out card next week. Good luck to everyone!

Good stuff. Glad about the simulation stamina...thats pretty much the only one I use.

kburns10 I sent you a friend request. Let me know whens a good time for you. I'm off today so maybe we can get this finished quickly.

Oh, one other thing I wanted to add in case people didn't see it in the OP.

The results of your fights should be posted in this thread by both the winner and the loser (to maintain accuracy) in the following format:

Winner | Loser | Outcome (ie. KO, TKO, submission, unanimous decision, split decision) | Time/Round