I'm gonna be honest about this game from both points of view. Its a good game but I'd wait to UFC Undisputed 2 to buy.
The Good:
1. Game with many fighters and UFC personalities,
2. of action and unespected events in gameplay.
3. It also has solid graphics,
4. somewhat deep grapple system.
5. Knocking people out is satysfying.
6. Sets a good base for future ufc games
The Bad:
1. Can be difficult if you are a beginner, (combos are difficult to pull out if you don't time it EXACTLY right.)
2. The menu tiers are clunky.
3. Combat is not as balanced as it could be.
4. Career mode can be boring because all you do to train is spar and other training and events are simulated.
5. The career mode forces you to retire after after playing only (6 or so hours for me)
6. The tutoral is a necessity if you want to be good jumping into career mode,
7. Animations instead of real-time physics (makes me want FNR4)
Examples: You will often get into a match in career mode, while beating your opponent to a pulp the entire match, and get knocked out from nowhere. When training you will often find your self frustrated because the tasks given aren't taught to you in career mode. in career mode you will frequently get irrelevant and useless emails. In sparring you will most oftenly get low skill points earned because the fighter owned you because your were a new fighter.
Overall I liked it but rent it first because there is not enough to keep you playing for a month. Don't get me wrong it is a good fighting game but the mechanics are still stuck in the upper- quartile of last generation's games systems.