The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a brutal affair. In any given fight during an event, two supermen enter a ring (or more accurately, a cage, affectionately called ‘The Octagon’) and proceed to punch, kick, pummel, squeeze, twist, slam and throttle one another into submission, using an assortment of mixed martial arts (MMA) techniques to overcome their opponent.

Only one fighter can be deemed the winner (through a tally of points, a knock-out or submission), and by the end of a given fight, the floor of the coveted Octagon may very well be stained with the blood of the competitors, as their mashed faces display streaming open wounds belonging to victor and loser alike.

UFC Undisputed 2010, the videogame from THQ and Yukes, recreates this activity in the virtual realm down to the last blood splat, and includes a host of different gameplay modes in which to test and improve your skills, but like the last entry to the series, you’ll spend a relatively small amount of time in The Octagon as you make your way through a swathe of menus and load screens to get to the fights.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of UFC Undisputed 2010.