Thanks to the UFC owners purchasing former rivals like Strikeforce FC, World Fighting Alliance, World Extreme Cagefighting Championships, and Pride FC there are more fighting games under the UFC banner good and bad that need to be observed by fans. However, despite its rising popularity and other MMA organizations like Bellator positioning themselves legit rivals there still aren’t many MMA videogames for fans to choose from.
Updated by Michael Llewellyn on January 09, 2021: The sport of MMA has grown from a niche combat sport to a mainstream entertainment medium that in many ways has overtaken boxing and even the WWE. RELATED: EA's UFC 4: The 10 Best Strikers In The Game Use your scouting network to search the globe for future superstars, negotiate with them to sign contracts, then match them up against other fighters on your shows. It is not surprising then that there is an equally terrible number of UFC and MMA videogames as there are good ones. 1-8 players can take control of MMA organisations around the world or choose to simply watch the game world evolve over time. Not only do developers have to make sure the stand-up works but the ground game featuring transitions, submissions, and grappling needs to be as close to the excitement of a big fight as possible.
When it comes to adapting the sport for videogames it is a lot more difficult for developers than it may seem despite there being an endless number of fighting games on the market.
It combines boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, and more into one fine-tuned combat sport. Mixed martial arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championships, in particular, is one of the fastest rising sports in the world.