It’s been a while since EA Sports jumped onto the MMA scene, after the company had originally been clowned by Dana White for not being interested in making a UFC game. Since then, things have changed. EA Sports UFC is considered a successful game. The series is headed to its fourth installment, EA Sports UFC 4, which is set to come out later this month.
Ratings updates are one of the main features in new sports game releases and this one is no exception. EA Sports has released the updated rankings for the top fighters, causing some to raise eyebrows at their choices.
The top fighters in the game
? Top 10 #UFC4 Fighters ?
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Amanda Nunes comes in as the top fighter in the game which isn’t too much of a surprise. She hasn’t lost since 2014 and so far she’s cleaned out everyone that’s coming for either one of her belts. There’s no obvious challenger that has a good shot at knocking her off, which is probably what placed her higher than Jon Jones in the rankings.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is also unsurprisingly at number three with one of the longest win streaks in the UFC. His undefeated record is good enough to make him one of only four five star fighters in the game.
The first surprising decision might be the placement of Valentina Shevchenko. Shevchenko is the last of the five star fighters, but comes in above Henry Cejudo. Cejudo has a longer winning streak than Shevchenko currently does, and won and defended two belts during the stretch of wins. Shevchenko, on the other hand, has just defended her flyweight belt against shallower competition.
Some other dominant fighters such as Stipe Miocic, Georges St-Pierre, and Kamaru Usman are also listed as four and a half star fighters instead of five star fighters. The decisions on ratings will raise some eyebrows for sure, but on the other hand, ratings in these kinds of games always do.
If fans want to see changes, the best they can probably do is make their opinions known on social media and wait to see what EA Sports decides to do.