[0:00] Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main
[0:04] event of the evening.
[0:07] There is a lot that UFC 6 throws at you.
[0:10] Punches kicks elbows knees clinches
[0:12] submissions, transitions, the list goes
[0:14] on and on. And if you don't know about
[0:17] each of these things, you're probably
[0:19] going to lose to them.
[0:22] So, in the interest of making you a more
[0:24] complete mixed martial artist, here are
[0:26] nine tips that you need to know in UFC
[0:28] 6.
[0:37] While previous UFC games have had small
[0:39] differences in each fighter stats along
[0:41] with their own unique mixture of
[0:43] techniques, stats, and perks, you could
[0:45] generally adapt one of a few game plans
[0:47] and apply it to nearly every character.
[0:49] In UFC 6 though, an effort was made to
[0:52] make every fighter feel much more
[0:54] unique. And as such, it has become much
[0:56] more important to really learn how your
[0:58] fighter can best play the game. So when
[1:01] you decide on what fighter you want to
[1:02] use, take some time to dig into their
[1:04] perks and move list and especially learn
[1:07] what their flow state perk is. Flow
[1:09] states are potentially fightanging
[1:11] power-ups that differ from fighter to
[1:12] fighter. The unbreakable perk, for
[1:14] example, lets fighters who activate flow
[1:16] state to take less damage for 12
[1:18] seconds, encouraging them to be a little
[1:20] more reckless with their strikes. In
[1:23] order to get your flow state as often as
[1:24] possible, you'll also want to know your
[1:26] flow boosts, which will give you an
[1:28] extra bonus to your flow meter if you
[1:30] perform specific actions. Each fighter
[1:33] has five perks and five flow boosts. So,
[1:35] craft your game plan around them to make
[1:37] sure that you're squeezing out every
[1:39] advantage that your fighter gets. When
[1:41] you're looking through your move list,
[1:43] make a mental note of what moves have
[1:44] four and five stars and consider those
[1:46] your go-to special techniques that
[1:48] you'll want to prioritize over others.
[1:51] You could also look through and remember
[1:52] some of the more unique and situational
[1:54] techniques that each character has like
[1:56] spinning kicks, flying submissions, etc.
[2:01] >> Submission, it's starting to get tight.
[2:04] >> At lower levels of play, it can be
[2:06] tempting to just absolutely blitz an
[2:08] opponent, overwhelming them with offense
[2:10] to the point where their defense just
[2:12] gets overloaded. And you may even find a
[2:14] bit of success early on if you play like
[2:16] this. But don't let that fool you into
[2:18] thinking that this is a viable strategy
[2:20] against anyone that knows this game on
[2:22] anything beyond a casual level. Because
[2:24] once the opponent weathers the storm,
[2:26] you'll be in a terrible position as the
[2:29] fight goes on due to you blowing a bunch
[2:31] of your stamina early on in the match.
[2:33] Not to mention the fact that if you're
[2:34] being predictable with your spam, you're
[2:36] also more likely to get counter hit,
[2:38] which will be really bad for you. This
[2:40] goes for the ground game, too. Don't
[2:42] just spam the obvious direction to
[2:44] escape when you get taken down. Instead
[2:46] of just immediately going for the get up
[2:48] option, wait for a beat. Try to block
[2:50] their transition if they go for it to
[2:52] reduce their stamina. And if all they're
[2:54] doing is just waiting, land some punches
[2:56] from below to increase your grapple
[2:57] advantage before going for the
[2:59] transition. Above all else, being
[3:02] predictable will get you knocked out and
[3:04] submitted in UFC 6. So, even if it means
[3:07] making a choice that isn't the most
[3:08] optimal in a situation, make sure that
[3:10] you're not being easy to read.
[3:13] A big mistake that newcomers to the UFC
[3:15] series make when it comes to the
[3:17] stand-up game is that they'll just hold
[3:19] forward regardless of their distance and
[3:21] start swinging flurries of punches. What
[3:23] they might not know is that holding
[3:24] forward and pressing a button is a
[3:26] different attack than just pressing the
[3:28] button by itself. Holding forward and
[3:30] pressing attack is meant for when you're
[3:32] at a far distance and looking to close
[3:34] that gap while also letting loose a
[3:36] strike. As such, it's much slower than
[3:38] just pressing the button. So, if you're
[3:40] already in the pocket and you're looking
[3:42] to exchange strikes or just let loose a
[3:44] flurry, let go of the left stick and
[3:46] just press the buttons. Your attacks
[3:48] will come out much faster and you're
[3:50] more likely to get the better of the
[3:51] exchange. UFC 6 is not like a
[3:54] traditional fighting game where you need
[3:55] to know combos to be able to do
[3:57] substantial damage, but knowing a
[3:59] handful definitely will help you level
[4:00] up your standup game, especially if
[4:02] you're playing as a fighter with very
[4:04] good standup. UFC's stand-up system is a
[4:06] little more free form than before. So,
[4:08] every character should be able to throw
[4:10] any combination of punches, but if they
[4:12] have the combo in their move set,
[4:14] meaning it's part of their repertoire of
[4:16] techniques, that combo will be faster
[4:18] and will consume less stamina.
[4:20] Definitely lean on your basic jab, jab,
[4:22] hook combinations, but also take a look
[4:24] deeper into the move list and try to
[4:26] commit some of the more advanced combos
[4:28] to memory that alternate between hitting
[4:30] the body and the head so you keep your
[4:32] opponent guessing as to where you're
[4:33] going to hit next.
[4:35] The reason why becoming predictable is
[4:37] so dangerous in UFC 6 is that everything
[4:40] has a hard counter. And if you're
[4:42] playing against someone who knows how to
[4:43] counter your offense, you're going to
[4:45] whiff and eat a lot of shots to the
[4:47] face. So if you're up against someone
[4:49] who is constantly peppering your face
[4:50] with a fast jab, throw some left and
[4:52] right head movement in there and punish
[4:54] with a hook when you slip their punch.
[4:56] Hooks are countered by sways or ducks,
[4:58] so either dodge away or dodge towards
[5:00] them when you feel a hook coming to make
[5:02] them pay. Welltimed uppercuts and knees
[5:05] will call out ducks and will also deal
[5:07] big damage if you manage to catch a
[5:08] fighter shooting for a takedown. Body
[5:10] kicks can be caught with a welltimed
[5:12] bodyguard.
[5:14] Leg kicks can be checked and will end up
[5:16] doing big damage to the attacker's legs.
[5:18] Takedown attempts can be stuffed early
[5:19] to give you an advantageous position,
[5:22] etc. If there's ever anything that
[5:24] you're unsure of the counterplay to,
[5:26] spend some time looking through the
[5:27] game's manual and you'll definitely find
[5:29] some sort of answer. This is again
[5:32] covered by the golden rule of don't be
[5:34] predictable, but it deserves some extra
[5:36] mention because it's really tempting to
[5:38] focus 90% of your offense on the
[5:40] opponent's head. It's the quickest way
[5:41] to end a fight. It'll lead to a
[5:43] satisfying knockout, and it's the part
[5:45] of the body where the damage is most
[5:47] easily visible. That said, if you're
[5:49] only or mostly only going for the head,
[5:53] you're basically cutting the amount of
[5:54] things that your opponent has to be on
[5:55] the lookout for by half, which makes you
[5:58] much easier to defend against. Just like
[6:00] in real fighting, the body is what opens
[6:02] up the head. By attacking the body, you
[6:05] force your opponent to either switch
[6:06] their guard or continue eating shots
[6:08] that will dramatically slow down their
[6:10] own strikes and reduce their max stamina
[6:12] over the course of the fight. If you
[6:14] target the legs, you limit their ability
[6:16] to move. Consider body shots an
[6:18] investment that will pay off handsomely
[6:20] over time.
[6:24] >> This is of course UFC and not Fight
[6:27] Night. And as such, the ground game is a
[6:29] core part of the experience. Even if
[6:31] your fighter isn't very good on the
[6:33] ground, you need to know the basics of
[6:34] how the system works so that you don't
[6:36] just get taken down and submitted for
[6:38] free. You don't need to know every
[6:40] single ground position, but you should
[6:42] know what the really bad ones to be in
[6:43] are. Being mounted in side control, and
[6:46] having someone on your back are by far
[6:48] the worst places to be. When you're
[6:50] mounted, you're opened up to a multitude
[6:52] of submissions. And if the opponent
[6:54] postures up, you're looking to take
[6:56] significant head damage. You do have
[6:58] some defensive options here, though. You
[7:00] can use the right stick to move your
[7:01] head left and right to dodge straight
[7:02] punches, or hold the left bumper and
[7:05] move the right stick to try and post the
[7:07] incoming hook. Successfully doing either
[7:09] of these things will substantially drain
[7:11] the attacker's offense, filling your
[7:12] grapple advantage meter. Once that's
[7:14] full, you can press R2 to reverse the
[7:16] position and move to a more advantageous
[7:19] one. When it comes to defending against
[7:21] submissions, you basically need to
[7:22] decide whether you want to try to escape
[7:24] the submission by moving the stick to
[7:26] the left or right, defend against the
[7:27] opponent's attempt to finish the
[7:29] submission by holding the right trigger
[7:30] and pressing up, or defend their attempt
[7:32] to use the submission as a way to
[7:34] transition into a dominant position by
[7:36] holding the right trigger and pressing
[7:37] down. Every undefended submission finish
[7:40] drains your submission resilience and
[7:42] can often leave you with an injury as
[7:44] you do an automatic desperate escape.
[7:46] Once your submission resilience is
[7:47] depleted, you tap out.
[7:50] Once again, try not to be predictable.
[7:53] If you get put in a submission, you can
[7:55] kind of chill until you see your
[7:56] opponent start to go for something. Just
[7:58] like how you'd check the move list for
[7:59] stand-up fighters to know what your best
[8:01] options are, you should also check out
[8:03] the move list for ground specialists to
[8:04] see what kind of unique options they
[8:06] have on the ground. They might have a
[8:08] really strong position reversal in a
[8:09] specific position or submission chains
[8:11] that are harder to read and enhance the
[8:14] strength of the next submission. Between
[8:17] high attacks, low attacks, linear
[8:19] straits hooks takedowns clinches
[8:21] etc., there's a lot to defend against in
[8:24] UFC 6. So much so that really the best
[8:27] defense is to simply not be there when
[8:29] the attack is thrown. In this way, UFC 6
[8:32] is a lot like a traditional fighting
[8:33] game where you want to move in and out
[8:35] of your opponent's range to try and bait
[8:37] them into throwing out a move that
[8:38] they're not in the proper range for,
[8:40] giving you an opportunity to punish
[8:42] their recovery. On the flip side of
[8:44] that, make sure you know the ranges of
[8:46] your attacks as well. Don't use
[8:48] uppercuts when you're at any distance
[8:49] other than right in front of your
[8:51] opponent. Don't whiff your body or head
[8:53] kicks, and don't just autopilot throwing
[8:55] a bunch of hooks when the opponent has
[8:57] already disengaged. Missing punches is
[9:00] very detrimental to your stamina and
[9:02] will be a quick way to become exhausted
[9:03] as the fight goes on. Finally, make sure
[9:06] that you're making use of the game's
[9:08] training mode. Work on your
[9:09] combinations. Learn what the various
[9:11] transitions look like so that you know
[9:12] which direction to press when you're
[9:14] trying to deny them. Turn on the frame
[9:15] meter and get a sense for how fast your
[9:17] moves are, how wide the punishment
[9:19] windows are, etc. And those are nine
[9:22] tips to help you master the octagon in
[9:24] UFC 6. Thanks for watching and for more
[9:26] UFC 6, keep it here on IGN.