When did ufc 2 come out
Joe Riggs made Joe Doerksen submit after brutal elbows to the face on the main card, while Chuck The Iceman Liddell knocked out Vernon White cold in the first round of their light heavyweight matchup. Yves Edwards opened the show with a flying head kick that knocked Josh Thompson out. Parisyan did just a bit more to secure the victory, but both guys were the winners here.Īll other fights finished before the decision, and all the finishes were incredibly dramatic and exciting. Karo Parisyan and Nick Diaz went to a back-and-forth war and a spectacular three-round display of grappling in the split decision victory. Only one fight came to the judge’s decision – and that was the best fight of the night. While it wasn’t the biggest PPV draw in the promotion’s history, UFC 49 was quite a fantastic event that I’ve rewatched several times. Gracie became the first UFC tournament winner, and the event marked the beginning of a new era in combat sports. Gordeau came to the finals, where he met Royce Gracie, who easily handled him with his unmistakable grappling, submitting Gerard in under two minutes. At only 0:26, the Dutch kickboxer banged Tulli in his face with a high kick so hard you could see several teeth flying in the crowd. The first UFC bout ever was between Gerard Gordeau and a 400-lbs sumo wrestler Teila Tuli.
There were sumo-wrestlers, kickboxers, and other guys fighting in the tournament too, and all the fights had to come to a finish (no judges, no decisions). There were no weight classes, no dress codes, and virtually no rules except eye-gouging and similar moves.Īlthough all these guys were good at only one martial art, they matched up against each other in a tournament that saw Royce Gracie and BJJ come out on top. EA Sports UFC 2 is set to make history with the largest roster of MMA fighters ever when it’s released on March 15 for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.The inaugural UFC event (later called UFC 1) was why MMA started developing in the first place. We’ll be reviewing the game when it comes out, and have given it a fairly extensive preview based on the beta and also covered a little bit of the history of virtual MMA as well. All in all, it’s an incredible roster of talent and hopefully, it gets expanded with more DLC beyond the initial pre-order characters. Finally, we have the flyweight division with Demetrious Johnson, John Dodson, Ian McCall, Paddy Holohan, and Joseph Benavidez. The bantamweight roster has more crossover, but with Renan Barao, Aljamain Sterling, Cody Gabrandt, Bryan Caraway, and Eddie Wineland. Poor Daniel Hooker – it must be a nightmare to go out to dinner. The featherweights include tons of crossover but also include Frankie Edgar, Chad Mendes, Dennis Bermudez, Dominick Cruz, TJ Dillashaw, Urijah Faber, Cub Swanson, and Daniel Hooker. On the lightweight side, you’ve got Rafael Dos Anjos, Conor McGregor, Eddie Alvzrez, Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Clay Guida, BJ Penn, and the originator of Daniel Bryan’s “Yes Movement” Diego Sanchez. The welterweight roster features a lot of crossover, along with Tyron Woodley, Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, Benson Henderson (now with Bellator), Matt Hughes, Mike Pyle, and the former WWE Champion CM Punk. The middleweight roster includes a lot of crossover with the other divisions alongside Georges St-Pierre, Nick Diaz, Rory Macdonald, Nate Marquardt, and Yoel Romero. Rampage is a minor surprise given that he’s back in Bellator – but not a huge shock since he was in EA UFC 1 while in Bellator. The light heavyweight roster features some crossover with the heavyweights alongside fighters like Chuck Liddell, Vitor Belfort, Michael Bisping, Dan Henderson, Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen, Glover Teixeiera, Lyoto Machida, and Rampage Jackson. The only really notable missing name from the first EA Sports UFC game is Brock Lesnar. On the male side, the heavyweight roster includes Mirko Cro Cop, Jon Jones, Josh Barnett, Mark Coleman, Roy Nelson, Todd Duffee, Junior Dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, Kazushi Sakuraba, Bigfoot Silva, and Stefan Struve. Felice will be making her second video game apperance here as she was also in Supremacy MMA. The female strawweight division is all-new, and includes Joannna Jedrzejczyk, Rose Namajunas, Paige VanZant, “The Karate Hottie” Michelle Waterson, Carla Esparza, and Felice Herrig.
Surprisingly, Ronda’s friends in the Four Horsewomen, ex-UFC fighters Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler aren’t in this. Bethe Correia and Julianna Pena are notable additions to the bantamweight roster. The female roster is diverse, with everyone from the first game returning alongside a slew of new fighters. With the launch of EA Sports UFC 2 only weeks away, EA has finally released the roster for the game.