EA Sports UFC 5 Patch 1.09 Adds New Fighters, Prime Series II Alter Egos, Gameplay Fixes and More

EA Sports UFC 5 patch 1.09 is available today adding four more fighters and some gameplay fixes. The new fighters include Anthony Hernandez, Roman Dolidze, Benoît Saint Denis and Luana Pinheiro. UFC 302 Fight Week challenges have also arrived along with the new Prime Series II Alter Egos featuring Cody Garbrandt (UFC 207, 2017 BW) and Eddie Alvarez (UFC Fight Night, 2016 LW). Check out the patch notes below. 

Striking

• – Fixed an issue that allowed fighters to partially block the special lead hook block counter. Blocking a hook or overhand on your lead side allows you to fire off a lead hook very quickly in return. Previously, opponents were able to rarely block it. Now, the counter should land cleanly before the opponent can block it.
• – Fixed a rare tracking issue against head movement that distorted the strike trajectory and could lead to unfair hits. Depending on stats, it was possible for there to be small gaps in the evasion window of some slips. Besides causing some strikes to land when they clearly shouldn’t, this issue could also make strikes’s trajectories look jittery. The specific cases we investigated were the minor side-to-side sways, but the fix we applied was general.
• – Fixed an inconsistency with the advancing lead hook to straight combo, when performed with the Celtic Cross. This Celtic Cross in this specific combo was unintendedly 4 frames faster. It will now have the same speed as the other straights.

Grappling

• – Fixed a rare animation issue in exchanges from the over-under clinch.

Misc. Additions and Updates

• – Added Michael Chandler to Welterweight
• – New Vanity Items added
• – Fixed stat tracking on several challenge types
• – Fixed an issue causing rear audio when using Dolby Atmos sound settings
• – Corrected missing Tale of the Tape data for some fighters in Career Mode