The air practically pulses with anticipation and the mood in the arena has reached a fever pitch. This crowd is ready to see a fight, and who are you to deny them? You step into the Octagon, face your opponent, shake hands and it’s on. Besides the mean mug staring back at you, everything else fades to black. Your greatest asset is your focus, and it lets you interpret the slightest muscle twitch as a premonition for the swing or kick that’s about to come. The circling dance you’ve been in abruptly ends with two swift jabs and an uppercut that you avoid but just barely. You use his momentum to add even more force to the elbow you swing around and slam into his jaw. The shock of it reverberates up your shoulder and neck. He’s still on his feet, but you know you’ve got what it takes. The crowd will be happy. It’s going to be a good fight.Fans of MMA fighting know that no other sport in the world matches the intensity that can be found in this arena and EA SPORTS UFC harnesses that intensity and brings it to your next-generation console. Authentic fighting physics are delivered by the Precision Movement locomotion system, which provides more believable strikes and takedowns, as well as the full-body deformation system that lets you truly see the power of every strike with displacement of the fighter’s flesh in real time. Contend with the fatigue that creeps up on every fighter as each physically demanding round progresses with Real-Time exertion, and experience the devastation of a well-placed shot with the nonlinear damage system. EA SPORTS UFC raises the bar for character likeness with a high-definition 3D head and body scan of every licensed fighter, as well as an elevated level of facial expression and emotion. Test your skills against smarter, more capable opponents with the simulation of human intelligence in the MMAi system and utilize your surroundings to pull off jaw-dropping moves, such as a roundhouse kick off the side of the Octagon. From the floor to the mat, you’ll need every bit of focus and strength, because EA SPORTS UFC takes the action, emotion and intensity that can only be found inside the Octagon and combines it with the amazing abilities of this next-generation console for an adrenaline-pumping, heart-pounding, guts-or-glory kind of experience that you won’t soon forget. Are you ready to feel the fight?