EA Sports’ top rated UFC 4 fighters are Jon Jones, Amanda Nunes, Khabib Nurmagomedov, & Valentina Shevchenko

EA Sports has the market on lock when it comes to sports video game simulations. Whether it’s Madden, FIFA, or NBA Live, fans of…

By: Zane Simon | 3 years ago
EA Sports’ top rated UFC 4 fighters are Jon Jones, Amanda Nunes, Khabib Nurmagomedov, & Valentina Shevchenko
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EA Sports has the market on lock when it comes to sports video game simulations. Whether it’s Madden, FIFA, or NBA Live, fans of the world’s most popular athletic contests are usually going to be picking up an EA title if they want to do some gaming as their favorite stars. That even goes for MMA, with the developers set to release their 4th entry in their UFC series this month.

The upcoming mixed martial arts combat title is set for release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 14th. And before the new game drops, the company has been teasing out the fighters available to fans and what their in-game rankings will be. While they’ve gone all the way down through their top 50, here’s a look at the final few fighters that will make up the game’s most elite.

Given EA’s dominant share of the sports gaming world, it’s always interesting to see how they’ve ranked athletes, what skills they’ve given them, and what the thought process might be behind how they rate talent. While the top 10 is largely comprised of the UFC champs, notably missing are Alexander Volkanovski (coming in at #12), bantamweight champ Petr Yan (down at #19), and newly crowned flyweight champ Deiveson Figureiredo (way down at #21). It should be noted, however, that all fighters ranked from #5 down to #43 were given a 4.5 star overall rating.

Here’s a look at the top 50, broken down by the highest ranked fighters in each division. Looks like fans of women’s flyweight and men’s featherweight are going to find themselves pretty limited when it comes to top rated talent:

EA SPORTS UFC 4 Rankings

HEAVYWEIGHT LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT WELTERWEIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT WELTERWEIGHT
#8 – Stipe Miocic #2 – Jon Jones #6 – Israel Adesanya #9 – Georges St-Pierre
#16 – Daniel Cormier #30 – Glover Teixeira #29 – Robert Whittaker #10 – Kamaru Usman
#22 – Francis Ngannou #47 – Dominick Reyes #31 – Yoel Romero #14 – Jorge Masvidal
#34 – Curtis Blaydes #48 – Anthony Johnson #38 – Ronaldo Souza #28 – Tyron Woodley
#35 – Alistair Overeem #49 – Paulo Costa #40 – Colby Covington
#36 – Cain Velasquez #50 – Darren Till #41 – Leon Edwards
#42 – Rafael Dos Anjos
LIGHTWEIGHT FEATHERWEIGHT BANTAMWEIGHT FLYWEIGHT
#3 – Khabib Nurmagomedov #12 – Alex Volkanovski #5 – Henry Cejudo #11 – Demetrious Johnson
#18 – Justin Gaethje #13 – Max Holloway #15 – TJ Dillashaw #21 – Deiveson Figueiredo
#20 – Conor McGregor #19 – Petr Yan #37 – Joseph Benavidez
#24 – Tony Ferguson #26 – Marlon Moraes
#43 – Dustin Poirier #27 – Jose Aldo
#33 – Aljamain Sterling
#46 – Cody Garbrandt
W. BANTAMWEIGHT W. FLYWEIGHT W. STRAWWEIGHT
#1 – Amanda Nunes #4 – Valentina Shevchenko #7 – Weili Zhang
#23 – Cris Cyborg #17 – Rose Namajunas
#39 – Holly Holm #25 – Joanna Jedrzejczyk
#44 – Ronda Rousey #32 – Jessica Andrade
#45 – Tatiana Suarez
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Zane Simon
Zane Simon

Zane Simon is a senior editor, writer, and podcaster for Bloody Elbow. He has worked with the website since 2013, taking on a wide variety of roles. A lifelong combat sports fan, Zane has trained off & on in both boxing and Muay Thai. He currently hosts the long-running MMA Vivisection podcast, which he took over from Nate Wilcox & Dallas Winston in 2015, as well as the 6th Round podcast, started in 2014. Zane is also responsible for developing and maintaining the ‘List of current UFC fighters’ on Bloody Elbow, a resource he originally developed for Wikipedia in 2010.

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