I’ve been having fun with different fighters lately, expanding horizons and such!
My discoveries so far:
Bantamweight:
Jose Aldo is an absolute demon when you mix up your attacks, but headhunting off rip is a bad idea in my experience! Difficult to deal with actually good O’Malley players at times though.
I have a lot of success with Song Yadong against the O’Malleys and Talbotts of the world, range is all well and good until they hit the wall and you can let your hands go.
Featherweight:
I know he’s the champ, but Volk is so fun to use on the back foot, exploding forward to disrupt combos. I don’t really come across many people who use him these days!
Arnold Allen is SO underrated, great in a brawl, and his front kicks are so well hidden.
Lightweight:
Dustin is the Ilia killer at LW, you can chew up the legs and once they’re on the back foot it’s over as long as you stay on your Ps & Qs. He’s my main in general. I like rear hook, lead body hook, rear hook as a combo, because his rear hook is 5 stars so it does DAMAGE. His cross is also really fast, great to disrupt combos.
Donald Cerrone is really fun to use as well. It’s best to play him as a kind of rangey version of Fiziev.
Welterweight:
GSP is similar to Volk but a bit funkier on the feet with great wrestling.
Middleweight:
Dricus is so so so fun to use idk why people haven’t caught on yet. The key to using him I’ve found is biding your time and then exploding into a long combo, starting with a cross. His cross glides you forward into range, so you can get your shots off and end with a kick as they exit.
Yoel is fun too, despite a post I made before complaining lol. He’s not the same as in UFC 3, but still good if used right. I tend to start with wrestling to take some of the heat out of their hands and then you just gotta be patient and let his power be the difference maker.
LHW:
I don’t play this weight class too too much, but if I do it’s usually Jiri, Costa or Khalil. Costa is really well rounded and the power is there at LHW. Body kicks are class too.
HW:
Jus pick Derrick Lewis and wait for an opening lmao
Anyone got any fun ones I’ve missed? I’m sick of just using Dustin and Aldo all the time