EA Sports UFC is a mixed martial arts game. The gameplay is mainly the same as many other UFC games, including UFC Undisputed 3 . Although the AI has been changed to accommodate for more changes mid-game to strategies to feel like more realistic fights, the fights mainly play out the same.
The game features a new full-body deformation system. So, when a character kicks another character, the flesh moves according to the impact made by the kick. In other games, The body of the character taking the blow wouldn't react in such a way.
EA Sports UFC has 97 playable characters, including Royce Gracie and Bruce Lee as bonus fighters. Another 22 fighters have been added through title updates and DLC throughout 2014. The game features both male and female wrestlers, with the women's division limited to Women's Bantamweight. All in-game characters have been modelled after 3D scans of the actual players.
The soundtrack for EA Sports UFC features a range of different singers and bands, including Linkin Park, Diddy - Dirty Money, Band of Skulls, Imagine Dragons, Rick Ross, and 3Ball MTY.
EA Sports UFC was released on the Xbox One console on June 17, 2014.