ThereвЂ™s nothing like throwing everything at an opponent, hurting him, and then not having enough energy to finish him off. You canвЂ™t fire off 20-punch combinations without emptying your gas tank and forcing yourself to take a breather, making it important to pick your openings wisely with your strikes. To paraphrase Vince Lombardi, the fatigue system in this game will make cowards of us all. If youвЂ™re 47 years old with dulled reflexes, you can still find a way to beat a fast-twitch enabled teenager by knowing your fighter, knowing the sport, and picking your spots.

This time, I took a more strategic and measured approach to the world of video game fighting, and it worked wonders.ДЄnd thatвЂ™s the beauty of EA Sports UFC 2.

But after a lifetime of button mashing behind me, it took me a while to be weaned off that habit the first time around. So why the switch? Has EA Sports UFC 2, which was released today for the Xbox One and Playstation 4, gotten easier? Hardly. In 2016, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez picked me first after I won my fight to get into the TUF competition, and I rewarded his faith by winning the show. The last time I checked in with the EA Sports gang for their first UFC video game release in 2014, Ultimate Fighter coaches Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz saw fit to leave me on the sidelines until making the last pick.

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