UFC 5 Feb 8 patch notes: Stamina & grappling changes, new fighters added

Here’s a look at the patch notes for UFC 5 Patch 3, which will be released on February 8.

On February 7, EA Sports confirmed that changes to UFC 5 are coming during the month of February.

UFC 5 Patch 3 will go live on February 8 and will see several new fighters added, as well as changes set to be made to striking and grappling.

Here’s a look at what’s come to come.

A look at the changes

The upcoming patch will add three new fighters that were previously confirmed to be coming to UFC 5 in February. Women’s flyweight Maycee Barber and flyweight Bryce Mitchell will be added to the roster, as will middleweight Joe Pyfer.

Aside from the new additions to the roster, the latest update will increase the short-term stamina cost of any blocked, missed, or evaded strikes while in the stand-up. Long-term stamina has also been tweaked, but the ratio is set to remain the same.

UFC 5’s career mode has also been tweaked, as Online Career Mode received an update. Now, knockouts and KO’s will yield more XP.

UFC 5 patch notes for February 8

Here’s a look at the notes for the UFC 5 February 8 patch:

STRIKING

• Increased the short-term stamina cost of blocked, missed, and evaded strikes in the stand-up.
  • The long-term stamina cost is also increased, even though its ratio stays the same. The math for the increase is a bit nuanced, but here is a “before and after” example of a strike that would cost 10 stamina on a clean hit.
    • Hit: 10 to 10 (unchanged)
    • Blocked: 11.5 to 11.75
    • Missed: 17.5 to 18
    • Evaded: 26.5 to 27.75
• Fixed an issue with ground and pound strike-tracking.
• Reduced the damage of Full Guard Postured Up strikes to the head by 20%.
• Reduced the frequency of leg kick checks by the AI.
• Reduced the frequency of ground and pound elbows by the AI.

GRAPPLING

• Improved the AI’s use of the Struggle in Submissions on higher difficulty levels.
• Increased the differences in submission tactics between different fighting styles. For instance, fighters focusing on ground and pound will more likely use submission attacker transitions to get to ground and pound positions.
• Fixed a camera issue on late denials against pulling guard.

MISC. ADDITIONS AND UPDATES

• New vanity rewards
• Updated Online Career mode to award move XP from more gameplay events (e.g., Knockdowns, stuns, KOs, etc.)
• Fixed Bobby Green’s stance.
• Fixed a variety of visual glitches in the Store tab
• Fixed various text inaccuracies across several modes
• Fixed a rare crash in practice mode.
• Fixed a rare crash in gameplay.
• Fixed a rare crash when attempting to restart a fight.

As noted previously, the patch will go live on February 8 at 10 AM PT. Additionally, new Fight Week and Alter Egos will be added on February 13.