UFC 5 is a fighting game based on the mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). UFC 5 features a revamped damage system which allows the game to render blood and sweat realistically and show different combinations of facial damages during combat. Injuries will impact a fighter’s performance. For instance, a bruised eye may result in impaired vision.^[1] If the player character is severely injured, the match will be temporarily paused or halted completely by a ring doctor. The grapple system in the game is also streamlined, allowing players to initiate submission attempts faster and more seamlessly when compared with UFC 4.^[2]

The game features a career mode, which sees the return of Coach Davis introduced in UFC 4. The goal of the player is to become the “G.O.A.T” (which stands for “greatest of all time”). The game also features an online career mode, in which player’s own custom characters fight against other characters created by other player, and a fight contract mode which generate a match with AI-controlled fighers on a daily basis.

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