EA Sports UFC 2 serves as the sequel to the previous game, and was released for PlayStation 4 & Xbox One in March 15th, 2016 in America, and March 17th, 2016 in Europe.
The game features a massive 325 character roster (counting alternate versions) as well as 12 arenas. With Mike Goldberg & Joe Rogan calling the action, Mario Yamasaki & Yves Lavinge returning as referees alongside newly added referees Dan Miragliotta & Herb Dean, and Bruce Buffer returning as a ring announcer.
The arenas are as follows:
Air Canada Centre; Bell Centre; Honda Center; Madison Square Garden; MGM Grand; The O2 Arena; Prudential Center; Rio Arena; Saitama Super Arena; Staples Center; Toyota Center; United Center.
As for the roster, all 9 weight classes return, alongside a newly added weight class: The Women's Strawweight Division. As of now, thanks to patches and fighter updates, 279 unique fighters are playable with 46 alternate versions of existing fighters. An additional 22 male and/or female fighters can also be created to expand the roster count to 347 fighters. Like the previous game, additional fighters can be unlocked by completing certain tasks. Bruce Lee can be unlocked by either completing Career Mode (which will also unlock Bas Rutten, Kazushi Sakuraba and Modern & Classic versions of Mike Tyson as well) or having to save data from the previous game. You can also unlock Lee, Rutten, Sakuraba & Tyson as DLC by purchasing them in the Store. To unlock Joe Rogan, at the start screen, press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Circle/B, Cross/A, Options/Menu (Start), and if done correctly, you'll hear a Joe Rogan soundbyte, which means he's now a playable character.
The roster consists of the following:
Women's Strawweight: (Combined Weight: Women's Bantamweight [Event Mode only])
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Aisling "Ais the Bash" Daly (NEW)
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Alexandra "Stitch" Albu (NEW)
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Alex "Astro Girl" Chambers (NEW)
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"Rowdy" Bec Rawlings (NEW)
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Carla "Cookie Monster" Esparza (NEW)
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Cláudia "Claudinha" Gadelha (NEW)
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Felice "Lil Bulldog" Herrig (NEW)
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"Hurricane" Heather Jo Clark (NEW)
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Jessica "Jag" Aguilar [1st Update] (NEW)
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Jessica Penne (NEW)
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Joanna Jędrzejczyk (NEW) (Champion)
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Joanne "JoJo" Calderwood (NEW)
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Juliana "Ju Thai" Lima (NEW)
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Kailin Curran (NEW)
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Karolina Kowalkiewicz [4th Update] (NEW)
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Maryna "Iron Lady" Moroz (NEW)
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"The Karate Hottie" Michelle Waterson (NEW)
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"12 Gauge" Paige VanZant (NEW)
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Randa "Quiet Storm" Markos (NEW)
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"Thug" Rose Namajunas (NEW)
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Seo Hee Ham (NEW)
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Tecia "The Tiny Tornado" Torres (NEW)
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Valérie "Trouble" Létourneau (NEW)
Women's Bantamweight: (Combined Weight: Women's Bantamweight [Event Mode only])
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Alexis "Ally-Gator" Davis
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Amanda "The Lioness" Nunes (NEW)
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Ashlee Evans-Smith (NEW)
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Bethe "Pitbull" Correia (NEW)
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"Alpha" Cat Zingano
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Cris "Cyborg" [3rd Update] (NEW)
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Elizabeth Phillips (NEW)
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Germaine "The Iron Lady" de Randamie (NEW)
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Holly "The Preacher's Daughter" Holm
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Jéssica "Bate Estaca" Andrade (NEW)
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Jessica "Evil" Eye (NEW)
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Julianna "The Venezuelan Vixen" Peña (NEW)
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Lauren Murphy (NEW)
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Leslie "The Peacemaker" Smith (NEW)
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Liz "Girlrilla" Carmouche
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Marion "The Belizean Bruiser" Reneau (NEW)
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Miesha "Cupcake" Tate (Champion)
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Raquel "Rocky" Pennington (NEW)
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"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey
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Sarah Kaufman
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Sara McMann
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Valentina "Bullet" Shevchenko [3rd Update] (NEW)
Flyweight: (Combined Weight: Lightweight [Event Mode only])
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Ali "Puncher" Bagautinov (NEW)
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Chico "The King" Camus (NEW)
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Chris "The Real Deal" Beal (NEW)
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Chris "Kamikaze" Cariaso (NEW)
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Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson (Champion)
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Dustin Ortiz (NEW)
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Henry "The Messenger" Cejudo (NEW)
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Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall
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John "The Magician" Dodson
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John Moraga (NEW)
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Joseph "Jobi-Wan Kenobi" Benavidez
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Jussier Formiga (NEW)
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Justin "Tank" Scoggins (NEW)
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Kyoji Horiguchi (NEW)
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Louis "Da Last Samurai" Smolka [2nd Update] (NEW)
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Patrick "Paddy" "The Hooligan" Holohan (NEW)
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Ray "The Tazmexican Devil" Borg (NEW)
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Sergio "The Phenom" Pettis (NEW)
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Wilson Reis (NEW)
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Zach "Fun Size" Makovsky (NEW)
Bantamweight: (Combined Weight: Lightweight [Event Mode Only])
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Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres (NEW)
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Aljamain "Funk Master" Sterling (NEW)
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Brad "One Punch" Pickett
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Bruce "The Dragon" Lee '73 [DLC\Unlockable]
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Bryan "Kid Lightning" Caraway (NEW)
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Chris "Holds it Down" Holdsworth (NEW)
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Cody "No Love" Garbrandt (NEW)
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Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson (BW)
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Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz (Champion)
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Eddie Wineland
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Erik "Goyito" Pérez
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Francisco "Cisco" Rivera Jr. (NEW)
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Frankie Saenz (NEW)
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Iuri "Marajó" Alcântara (NEW)
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Jimmie "El Terror" Rivera (NEW)
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Joe "One Bad Mofo" Soto (NEW)
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John "The Magician" Dodson (BW)
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John "Hands of Stone" Lineker (NEW)
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Johnny Eduardo (NEW)
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Manvel "The Anvil" Gamburyan (NEW)
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Michael "Mayday" McDonald
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Mitch Gagnon (NEW)
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Raphael Assunção (NEW)
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Renan "The Baron" Barão
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Scott "Young Guns" Jorgenson
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Takeya Mizugaki
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Thomas "Thominhas" Almeida (NEW)
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T.J. Dillashaw
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"The California Kid" Urijah Faber
Featherweight: (Combined Weight: Lightweight [Event Mode only])
- Anthony "Showtime" Pettis
- "The Prodigy" BJ Penn
- Brian "T-City" Ortega (NEW)
- Bruce "The Dragon" Lee '73 (FeW) [DLC\Unlockable]
- Chad "Money" Mendes
- "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung
- Charles "do Bronx" Oliveira (NEW)
- "Cassius" Clay Collard (NEW)
- Clay "The Carpenter" Guida
- "The Notorious" Conor McGregor (Champion)
- Cub Swanson
- Daniel "The Hangman" Hooker (NEW)
- Darren "The Damage" Elkins (NEW)
- Dennis "The Menace" Bermudez (NEW)
- Dennis Siver
- Diego Pereira "DB" Brandão (NEW)
- Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz (FeW)
- "The Korean Superboy" Dooho Choi (NEW)
- Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier
- Frankie "The Answer" Edgar
- Hacran "Barnabe" Dias (NEW)
- Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens (NEW)
- José Aldo "Junior"
- Makwan "Mr. Finland" Amirkhani (NEW)
- Max "Blessed" Holloway (NEW)
- Mirsad Bektić (NEW)
- Myles "Fury" Jury
- Nik "The Carny" Lentz (NEW)
- Renan "The Baron" Barão (FeW)
- Ricardo "The Bully" Lamas
- Tatsuya "The Crusher" Kawajiri (NEW)
- Thiago Tavares [4th Update] (NEW)
- T.J. Dillashaw (FeW)
- "The California Kid" Urijah Faber (FeW)
- Yair "El Pantera" Rodriguez (NEW)
Lightweight: (Combined Weights: Lightweight, Welterweight [Event Mode only])
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Abel "Killa" Trujillo (NEW)
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"Raging" Al Iaquinta (NEW)
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Anthony "Showtime" Pettis (LW)
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Beneil "Benny" Dariush (NEW)
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Benson "Smooth" Henderson
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"The Prodigy" BJ Penn (LW)
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Bobby "King" Green (NEW)
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Bruce "The Dragon" Lee '73 (LW) [DLC\Unlockable]
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Chad "The Disciple" Laprise (NEW)
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"The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung (LW)
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Clay "The Carpenter" Guida (LW)
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"The Notorious" Conor McGregor (LW)
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Diego "The Dream" Sanchez
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Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone
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Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier (LW)
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Eddie Alvarez
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Edson "Junior" Barboza (NEW)
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Evan Dunham (NEW)
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Frankie "The Answer" Edgar (LW)
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Gilbert "Durinho" Burns (NEW)
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Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez
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Gray "The Bully" Maynard
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Jake "The Celtic Kid" Matthews (NEW)
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James "The Texecutioner" Vick (NEW)
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Jim Miller
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"Irish" Joe Duffy (NEW)
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Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon
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Jose Aldo "Junior" (LW)
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Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov
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Leonardo Santos (NEW)
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Michael "Maverick" Chiesa
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Michael "The Menace" Johnson (NEW)
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Nate Diaz
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"Stormin'" Norman Parke (NEW)
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Olivier "The Quebec Kid" Aubin-Mercier (NEW)
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Paul "The Irish Dragon" Felder (NEW)
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Rafael dos Anjos (Champion)
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Rashid "Goretz Highlander" Magomedov (NEW)
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Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson
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Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov (NEW)
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"Super" Sage Northcutt [1st Update] (NEW)
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"The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi (NEW)
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TJ Grant
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Tony "El Cucuy" Ferguson (NEW)
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Yancy "The Kid" Medeiros (NEW)
Welterweight: (Combined Weight: Welterweight [Event Mode only])
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Albert "Einstein" Tumenov [3rd Update] (NEW)
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Augusto "Dodger" Montaño (NEW)
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Ben "Killa B" Saunders (NEW)
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Benson "Smooth" Henderson (WW)
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"The Prodigy" BJ Penn (WW)
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Brandon "Rukus" Thatch (NEW)
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Bruce "The Dragon" Lee '73 (WW) [DLC\Unlockable]
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"The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit
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CM Punk (NEW)
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"The Notorious" Conor McGregor (WW)
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Demian Maia
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Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone (WW)
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"The Stun Gun" Dong Hyun Kim (NEW)
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Erick Silva (NEW)
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Georges "Rush" St-Pierre
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Gunnar "Gunni" Nelson
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Hector "Showeather Lightning" Lombard
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Hyun Gyu "The Ace" Lim (NEW)
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Jake "The Juggernaut" Ellenberger
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Joe Rogan [Cheat Code/1st Update] (NEW)
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Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks
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Jordan "Young Gun" Mein (NEW)
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Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal (NEW)
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Kelvin Gastelum (NEW)
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Kenny Robertson (NEW)
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Lorenz "The Monsoon" Larkin (NEW)
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Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann
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Matt "The Immortal" Brown
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Matt Hughes '06
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Mike "Quicksand" Pyle
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Nate Diaz (WW)
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Neil Magny (NEW)
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Nick Diaz
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Omari "Wolverine The Cat" Akhmedov (NEW)
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Pascal "Panzer" Krauss
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Patrick "The Predator" Côté [2nd Update] (NEW)
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Rick "The Horror" Story (NEW)
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"Ruthless" Robbie Lawler (Champion)
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Rory "Red King" MacDonald
- Royce Gracie '06
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Ryan LaFlare (NEW)
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Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson (NEW)
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Tarec "Sponge" Saffiedine
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Thiago "Pitbull" Alves (NEW)
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Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means (NEW)
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Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley
Middleweight: (Combined Weights: Welterweight, Middleweight [Event Mode only])
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Anderson "The Spider" Silva
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Brad Tavares (NEW)
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C.B. "The Doberman" Dollaway (NEW)
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Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira (NEW)
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Chael "The American Gangster" Sonnen '12
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Chris "The All American" Weidman
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Constantinos "Costas" Philippou
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Dan "Hendo" Henderson
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Demian Maia (MW)
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Derek Brunson (NEW)
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Elias "The Spartan" Theodorou (NEW)
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Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi
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Georges "Rush" St-Pierre (MW)
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Ildemar "Marajó" Alcântara (NEW)
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Josh "Anqa" Samman (NEW)
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"The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba '00 [DLC/Unlockable] (NEW)
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Kelvin Gastelum (MW)
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Luke Rockhold (Champion)
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Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida
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Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Muñoz
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Michael "The Count" Bisping
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Nate "The Great" Marquardt (NEW)
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Nick Diaz (MW)
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Rafael "Sapo" Natal (NEW)
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Roan "Jucão" Carneiro (NEW)
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"Ruthless" Robbie Lawler (MW)
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Robert "The Reaper" Whittaker (NEW)
- Ronaldo "Jacaré" Souza
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Rory "Red King" MacDonald (MW)
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Royce Gracie '06 (MW)
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"Smile'N" Sam Alvey (NEW)
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Thales Leites (NEW)
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Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch (NEW)
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Tim Kennedy
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Uriah "Prime Time" Hall (NEW)
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Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort
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Yoel "Soldier of God" Romero
Light Heavyweight: (Combined Weights: Middleweight, Heavyweight [Event Mode only])
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Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson
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Anderson "The Spider" Silva (LHW)
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Anthony "Rumble" Johnson
- "Little Nog" Antônio Rogério "Minotouro" Nogueira
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Bas "El Guapo" Rutten '99 [DLC/Unlockable] (NEW)
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Chael "The American Gangster" Sonnen '12 (LHW)
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Chris "The All American" Weidman (LHW)
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"The Iceman" Chuck Liddell '06
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Corey "Beastin 25/8" Anderson (NEW)
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Dan "Hendo" Henderson (LHW)
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Daniel "DC" Cormier (Champion)
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Fabio "Caipira de Aço" Maldonado (NEW)
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Forrest Griffin '08
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Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi (LHW)
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Gian Villante (NEW)
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Glover Teixeira
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Ildemar "Marajó" Alcântara (LHW)
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Ilir "The Sledgehammer" Latifi (NEW)
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Jan Blachowicz (NEW)
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Jimi "Poster Boy" Manuwa (NEW)
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Jon "Bones" Jones
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"The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba '00 (LHW) [DLC/Unlockable]
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Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida (LHW)
- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
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Michael "The Count" Bisping (LHW)
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"Iron" Mike Tyson '87 [DLC/Unlockable] (NEW)
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"Iron" Mike Tyson [DLC/Unlockable] (NEW)
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Nikita "The Miner" Krylov (NEW)
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Ovince "OSP" Saint Preux (NEW)
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Patrick "Durkin" Cummins (NEW)
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
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Rafael "Feijão" Cavalcante (NEW)
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"Suga" Rashad Evans
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Ryan "Darth" Bader
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Sean "The Real OC" oConnell (NEW)
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Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (LHW)
Heavyweight: (Combined Weight: Heavyweight [Event Mode only])
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Alexey "The Boa Constrictor" Oleynik (NEW)
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Alistair "The Reem" Overeem
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Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski
- Antônio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
- Antônio "Bigfoot" Silva
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Bas "El Guapo" Rutten '99 (HW) [DLC/Unlockable]
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"Big" Ben Rothwell (NEW)
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Cain Velasquez
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Daniel "DC" Cormier (HW)
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Derrick "The Black Beast" Lewis (NEW)
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Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum (Champion)
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Frank Mir
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Gabriel "Napão" Gonzaga (NEW)
- Jared "The Big Show" Rosholt (NEW)
- Jon "Bones" Jones (HW)
- Josh "The Warmaster" Barnett (NEW)
- Junior "Cigano" dos Santos
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"The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba '00 (HW) [DLC/Unlockable]
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Mark "The Hammer" Coleman '09
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Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt
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Matt Mitrione (NEW)
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"Iron" Mike Tyson '87 (HW) [DLC/Unlockable]
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"Iron" Mike Tyson (HW) [DLC/Unlockable]
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Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović '10 (NEW)
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Pat "HD" Barry
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Roy "Big Country" Nelson
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Ruslan "Leopard" Magomedov (NEW)
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Shawn "The Savage" Jordan (NEW)
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Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve (NEW)
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Stipe Miocic
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Todd Duffee (NEW)
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Travis "Hapa" Browne