What EA UFC 4’s roster should like like

[sdpdude9]

I did this thread a while back but now we are very near the time they would be likely locking down the roster.

UFC 3’s roster left many disappointed and I truly hope they give it more attention this go around. To the devs, this roster would make many people happy and be a very good starting point for a potential universe mode.

I think this roster showcases what the landscape in the UFC looks like right now. For the most part, I tried to pick fighters with at least 3 fights in the UFC and winning or even record. Name value also played a factor. For some of the thinner divisions, I tried to be a little more liberal on who to add so divisions weren’t completely lacking. Of course, Flyweight and Women’s Featherweight have very few fighters on the roster now.

I only used fighters current under contract with the UFC and did not include legends or retired fighters. I also tried to stick with fighters that have fought more recently, however kept some inactive veterans because they are already made and easier to bring across.

Heavyweight Veterans (15)
Aleksei Oleinik
Alexander Volkov
Alistair Overeem
Andrei Arlovski
Ben Rothwell
Cain Velasquez
Curtis Blaydes
Daniel Cormier (LHW)
Derrick Lewis
Fabricio Werdum
Francis Ngannou
Junior Dos Santos
Stipe Miocic
Tai Tuivasa
Todd Duffee

Heavyweight Newcomers (9)
Augusto Sakai
Blagoy Ivanov
Greg Hardy
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Marcin Tybura
Marcos Rogério de Lima
Maurice Greene
Shamil Abdurakhimov
Walt Harris

Light Heavyweight Veterans (15)
Antonio Rogério Nogueira
Corey Anderson
Gian Villante
Glover Teixeira
Gokhan Saki
Ilir Latifi
Jan Blachowicz
Jon Jones
Luke Rockhold (MW)
Mauricio Rua
Misha Cirkunov
Ovince St. Preux
Patrick Cummins
Sam Alvey (MW)
Volkan Oezdemir

Light Heavyweight Newcomers (14)
Aleksander Rakic
Anthony Smith (MW)
Devin Clark
Dominick Reyes
Ed Herman (MW)
Eryk Anders (MW)
Johnny Walker
Justin Ledet
Nikita Krylov
Ion Cutelaba
Khalil Rountree Jr.
Paul Craig
Thiago Santos (MW)
Tyson Pedro

Middleweight Veterans (19)
Anderson Silva (LHW)
Brad Tavares
CB Dollaway (LHW)
Cezar Ferreira
Chris Weidman (LHW)
David Branch
Derek Brunson
Hector Lombard (WW)
Israel Adesanya
Kelvin Gastelum (WW)
Krzysztof Jotko
Omari Ahkmedov (WW)
Robert Whittaker (WW)
Ronaldo Souza
Paulo Costa
Tim Boetsch
Tom Breese
Uriah Hall
Yoel Romero

Middleweight Newcomers (12)
Alessio Di Chirico
Andrew Sanchez
Antonio Carlos Jr.
Darren Stewart
Edmen Shahbazyan
Gerald Meerschaert
Jack Hermansson
Jack Marshman
Jared Cannonier (LHW)
Kevin Holland
Marvin Vettori
Zak Cummings (WW)

Welterweight Veterans (31)
Alan Jouban
Alex Oliveira
Anthony Pettis (LW)
Ben Saunders
Carlos Condit
Chad Laprise (LW)
Colby Covington
Darren Till (MW)
Demian Maia (MW)
Diego Sanchez (LW)
Dong Hyun Kim
Gunnar Nelson
Jake Matthews
Jordan Mein
Jorge Masvidal (LW)
Kamaru Usman
Kevin Lee (LW)
Leon Edwards
Matt Brown
Michael Chiesa (LW)
Mickey Gall
Mike Perry
Neil Magny
Rafael Dos Anjos (LW)
Robbie Lawler
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Stephen Thompson
Tarec Saffiedine
Thiago Alves
Tim Means
Tyron Woodley

Welterweight Newcomers (23)
Alex Garcia
Alex Morono
Anthony Rocco Martin
Belal Muhammad
Ben Askren
Bryan Barberena
Cláudio Silva
Court McGee
Curtis Millender
Danny Roberts
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Geoff Neal
James Krause
Li Jingliang
Michel Prazeres
Niko Price
Nordine Taleb
Randy Brown
Sean Strickland
Sergio Moraes
Siyar Bahadurzada
Vicente Luque
Warlley Alves

Lightweight Veterans (27)
Al Iaquinta
Alexander Hernandez
Beneil Dariush
BJ Penn (FW, WW)
Charles Oliveira (FW)
Clay Guida (FW)
Conor McGregor (FW, WW)
Dan Hooker (FW)
Donald Cerrone (WW)
Dustin Poirier
Edson Barboza
Gilbert Burns
Gray Maynard (FW)
James Vick
Joe Duffy
Joe Lauzon
Jim Miller
Justin Gaethje
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Leonardo Santos
Marc Diakiese
Nate Diaz (WW)
Nik Lentz
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Paul Felder
Rustam Khabilov
Tony Ferguson
Yancy Medeiros

Lightweight Newcomers (20)
Alan Patrick
Carlos Diego Ferreira
Davi Ramos
David Teymur
Drakkar Klose
Drew Dober
Francisco Trinaldo
Gregor Gillespie
Islam Makhachev
Joaquim Silva
John Makdessi
Lando Vannata
Luis Peña
Magomed Mustafaev
Mairbek Taisumov
Marco Polo Reyes
Ryan Hall (FW)
Scott Holtzman
Stevie Ray
Vinc Pichel

Featherweight Veterans (21)
Alex Caceres (BW)
Alexander Volkanovski
Arnold Allen
Brian Ortega
Chan Sung Jung
Cub Swanson
Darren Elkins
Doo Ho Choi
Frankie Edgar (LW)
Gilbert Melendez (LW)
Jeremy Stephens (LW)
Jose Aldo (LW)
Josh Emmett
Makwan Amirkhani
Max Holloway (LW)
Michael Johnson (LW)
Mirsad Bektic
Renato Moicano
Ricardo Lamas
Yair Rodriguez
Zabit Magomedsharipov

Featherweight Newcomers (12)
Andre Fili
Calvin Kattar
Chas Skelly
Dan Ige
Enrique Barzola
Gabriel Benitez
Julio Arce
Kron Gracie
Rick Glenn
Shane Burgos
Sheymon Moraes
Zubaira Tukhugov

Bantamweight Veterans (22)
Aljamain Sterling
Cody Garbrandt
Dominick Cruz (FW)
Eddie Wineland
Frankie Saenz
Henry Cejudo (FLW)
Iuri Alcantara
Jimmie Rivera
John Dodson (FLW)
Johnny Eduardo
Louis Smolka
Marlon Moraes
Mitch Gagnon
Raphael Assuncao (FW)
Renan Barao (FW)
Ray Borg (FLW)
Sean O’Malley
Sergio Pettis (FLW)
Teruto Ishihara
Thomas Almeida
TJ Dillashaw (FLW)
Urijah Faber (FW)

Bantamweight Newcomers (22)
Alejandro Perez
Alex Perez
Brett Johns
Brian Kelleher
Cody Stamann
Cory Sandhagen
Douglas Silva de Andrade
Jose Quinonez
Luke Sanders
Kyung Ho Kang
Marlon Vera
Manny Bermudez
Nathaniel Wood
Pedro Munhoz
Petr Yan
Rani Yahya
Raoni Barcelos
Ricardo Ramos
Ricky Simon
Rob Font
Said Nurmagomedov
Yadong Song

Flyweight Veterans (4)
Brandon Moreno
Joseph Benavidez (BW)
Jussier Formiga
Tim Elliott (BW)

Flyweight Newcomers (4)
Alexandre Pantoja
Deiveson Figueredo
Kai Kara France
Ryan Benoit

Women’s Featherweight Veterans (2)
Cat Zingano (BW)
Cris Cyborg

Women’s Featherweight Newcomers (2)
Felicia Spencer
Megan Anderson

Women’s Bantamweight Veterans (9)
Amanda Nunes (FW)
Bethe Correia
Germaine de Randamie (FW)
Holly Holm (FW)
Julianna Pena
Ketlen Viera
Marion Reneau
Raquel Pennington
Sara McMann

Women’s Bantamweight Newcomers (7)
Aspen Ladd
Bea Malecki
Irene Aldana
Lina Lansberg
Macy Chiasson
Sijara Eubanks (FLW)
Yana Kunitskaya

Women’s Flyweight Veterans (8)
Alexis Davis (BW)
Ashlee Evans-Smith (BW)
Jessica Eye (BW)
Joanne Calderwood (SW)
Liz Carmouche (BW)
Maryna Moroz (SW)
Paige VanZant (SW)
Valentina Shevchenko (BW)

Women’s Flyweight Newcomers (9)
Andrea Lee
Antonina Shevchenko
Jessica Rose-Clark
JJ Aldrich
Katlyn Chookagian
Maycee Barber
Montana de la Rosa
Nicco Montano (BW)
Roxanne Modaferri

Women’s Strawweight Veterans (17)
Aleksandra Albu
Alexa Grasso
Angela Hill
Carla Esparza
Claudia Gadelha
Cortney Casey
Cynthia Calvillo
Felice Herrig
Joanna Jedezejczyk (FLW)
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Penne
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Mackenzie Dern (FLW)
Michelle Waterson
Randa Markos
Rose Namajunas
Tecia Torres

Women’s Strawweight Newcomers (5)
Livia Renata Souza
Nina Ansaroff
Tatiana Suarez
Weili Zhang
Xiaonan Yan

Legends/Guest Fighters (21)

Alexander Gustafsson (LHW)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (HW)
Bruce Lee (LW, FW, BW)
Chael Sonnen (MW, LHW)
Chuck Liddell (LHW)
Dan Henderson (MW, LHW)
Dan Severn (HW)
Forrest Griffin (LHW)
Georges St-Pierre (WW, MW)
Mark Coleman (HW)
Matt Hughes (WW)
Matt Serra (WW)
Michael Bisping (MW)
Mirko Cro Cop (HW)
Nick Diaz (WW, MW)
Quinton Jackson (LHW)
Rashad Evans (MW, LHW)
Ronda Rousey (WBW)
Royce Gracie (WW, MW)
Tito Ortiz (LHW)
Wanderlei Silva (MW, LHW)

Total Fighters: 350
Total New Fighters: 139

[aholbert32]

This is awesome and very helpful. FYI, Angela Hill is already in the game.

[sdpdude9]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

This is awesome and very helpful. FYI, Angela Hill is already in the game.

Edited. Been a while since I’ve played 3, transitioned from Xbox to PS4 and didn’t pick it back up, so couldn’t remember.

[xsntckx]

Also

HW:
Pavlovich
Sosnovskiy
Wieczorek
Maurice Greene
Aliakbari

LHW:
Jim Crute
Michal Oleksiejczuk
Ryan Spann
Gadzhimurad Antigulov
Darko Stosic
Magomed Ankalayev

MW:
Ian Heinisch
Karl Roberson
Deron Winn
Edmen Shahbazyan

WW:
Michel Pereira (!!!!)
Alexey Kunchenko
Ismail Naurdiev
Dwight Grant
Laureano Staropoli
Max Griffin
Dhiego Lima
Emil Meek
Takashi Sato
Lyman Good

LW:
David Teymur
Alexander Yakovlev (WW)
Nasrat Haqparast
Hadzovic/Giagos
Roosevelt Roberts
Frank Camacho
Devonte Smith
Matt Frevola
Jared Gordon
Erik Koch

FW:
Sodiq Yusuff
Julio Arce
Michael Trizano
Bryce Mitchell
Shane Young

BW:
Pingyuan Liu

[sdpdude9]

Quote: Originally Posted by xsntckx

Also HW: Pavlovich Sosnovskiy Wieczorek Maurice Greene Aliakbari LHW: Jim Crute Michal Oleksiejczuk Ryan Spann Gadzhimurad Antigulov Darko Stosic Magomed Ankalayev MW: Ian Heinisch Karl Roberson Deron Winn Edmen Shahbazyan WW: Michel Pereira (!!!!) Alexey Kunchenko Ismail Naurdiev Dwight Grant Laureano Staropoli Max Griffin Dhiego Lima Emil Meek Takashi Sato Lyman Good LW: David Teymur Alexander Yakovlev (WW) Nasrat Haqparast Hadzovic/Giagos Roosevelt Roberts Frank Camacho Devonte Smith Matt Frevola Jared Gordon Erik Koch FW: Sodiq Yusuff Julio Arce Michael Trizano Bryce Mitchell Shane Young BW: Pingyuan Liu

Believe me, I would love to see all these fighters make it. The more, the merrier. However I tried to keep this list realistic. I don’t see most of these making it, they either don’t have many fights, little name recognition, or in some cases have losing records and could be gone within a fight or two.

[TheRizzzle]

Quote: Originally Posted by sdpdude9

I did this thread a while back but now we are very near the time they would be likely locking down the roster. UFC 3’s roster left many disappointed and I truly hope they give it more attention this go around. To the devs, this roster would make many people happy and be a very good starting point for a potential universe mode. I think this roster showcases what the landscape in the UFC looks like right now. For the most part, I tried to pick fighters with at least 3 fights in the UFC and winning or even record. Name value also played a factor. For some of the thinner divisions, I tried to be a little more liberal on who to add so divisions weren’t completely lacking. Of course, Flyweight and Women’s Featherweight have very few fighters on the roster now. I only used fighters current under contract with the UFC and did not include legends or retired fighters. I also tried to stick with fighters that have fought more recently, however kept some inactive veterans because they are already made and easier to bring across. Heavyweight Veterans (15) Aleksei Oleinik Alexander Volkov Alistair Overeem Andrei Arlovski Ben Rothwell Cain Velasquez Curtis Blaydes Daniel Cormier (LHW) Derrick Lewis Fabricio Werdum Francis Ngannou Junior Dos Santos Stipe Miocic Tai Tuivasa Todd Duffee Heavyweight Newcomers (9) Arjan Bhullar Augusta Sakai Blagoy Ivanov Greg Hardy Jairzinho Rozenstruik Marcin Tybura Marcos Rogério de Lima Shamil Abdurakhimov Walt Harris Light Heavyweight Veterans (15) Antonio Rogério Nogueira Corey Anderson Gian Villante Glover Teixeira Gokhan Saki Ilir Latifi Jan Blachowicz Jon Jones Luke Rockhold (MW) Mauricio Rua Misha Cirkunov Ovince St. Preux Patrick Cummins Sam Alvey (MW) Volkan Oezdemir Light Heavyweight Newcomers (14) Aleksander Rakic Anthony Smith (MW) Devin Clark Dominick Reyes Ed Herman (MW) Eryk Anders (MW) Johnny Walker Justin Ledet Nikita Krylov Ion Cutelaba Khalil Rountree Jr. Paul Craig Thiago Santos (MW) Tyson Pedro Middleweight Veterans (19) Anderson Silva (LHW) Brad Tavares CB Dollaway (LHW) Cezar Ferreira Chris Weidman (LHW) David Branch Derek Brunson Hector Lombard (WW) Israel Adesanya Kelvin Gastelum (WW) Krzysztof Jotko Omari Ahkmedov (WW) Robert Whittaker (WW) Ronaldo Souza Paulo Costa Tim Boetsch Tom Breese Uriah Hall Yoel Romero Middleweight Newcomers (10) Alessio Di Chirico Andrew Sanchez Antonio Carlos Jr. Darren Stewart Gerald Meerschaert Jack Hermansson Jack Marshman Jared Cannonier (LHW) Kevin Holland Zak Cummings (WW) Welterweight Veterans (31) Alan Jouban Alex Oliveira Anthony Pettis (LW) Ben Saunders Carlos Condit Chad Laprise (LW) Colby Covington Darren Till (MW) Demian Maia (MW) Diego Sanchez (LW) Dong Hyun Kim Gunnar Nelson Jake Matthews Jordan Mein Jorge Masvidal (LW) Kamaru Usman Kevin Lee (LW) Leon Edwards Matt Brown Michael Chiesa (LW) Mickey Gall Mike Perry Neil Magny Rafael Dos Anjos (LW) Robbie Lawler Santiago Ponzinibbio Stephen Thompson Tarec Saffiedine Thiago Alves Tim Means Tyron Woodley Welterweight Newcomers (23) Alex Garcia Alex Morono Anthony Rocco Martin Belal Muhammad Ben Askren Bryan Barberena Cláudio Silva Court McGee Curtis Millender Danny Roberts Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Geoff Neal James Krause Li Jingliang Michel Prazeres Niko Price Nordine Taleb Randy Brown Sean Strickland Sergio Moraes Siyar Bahadurzada Vicente Luque Warlley Alves Lightweight Veterans (27) Al Iaquinta Alexander Hernandez Beneil Dariush BJ Penn (FW, WW) Charles Oliveira (FW) Clay Guida (FW) Conor McGregor (FW, WW) Dan Hooker (FW) Donald Cerrone (WW) Dustin Poirier Edson Barboza Gilbert Burns Gray Maynard (FW) James Vick Joe Duffy Joe Lauzon Jim Miller Justin Gaethje Khabib Nurmagomedov Leonardo Santos Marc Diakiese Nate Diaz (WW) Nik Lentz Olivier Aubin-Mercier Paul Felder Rustam Khabilov Tony Ferguson Yancy Medeiros Lightweight Newcomers (20) Alan Patrick Carlos Diego Ferreira Davi Ramos David Teymur Drakkar Klose Drew Dober Francisco Trinaldo Gregor Gillespie Islam Makhachev Joaquim Silva John Makdessi Lando Vannata Luis Peña Magomed Mustafaev Mairbek Taisumov Marco Polo Reyes Ryan Hall (FW) Scott Holtzman Stevie Ray Vinc Pichel Featherweight Veterans (22) Alex Caceres (BW) Alexander Volkanovski Arnold Allen Brian Ortega Chan Sung Jung Cub Swanson Darren Elkins Doo Ho Choi Frankie Edgar (LW) Gilbert Melendez (LW) Jeremy Stephens (LW) Jose Aldo (LW) Josh Emmett Makwan Amirkhani Max Holloway (LW) Michael Johnson (LW) Mirsad Bektic Myles Jury Renato Moicano Ricardo Lamas Yair Rodriguez Zabit Magomedsharipov Featherweight Newcomers (12) Andre Fili Calvin Kattar Chas Skelly Dan Ige Enrique Barzola Gabriel Benitez Julio Arce Kron Gracie Rick Glenn Shane Burgos Sheymon Moraes Zubaira Tukhugov Bantamweight Veterans (22) Aljamain Sterling Cody Garbrandt Dominick Cruz (FW) Eddie Wineland Frankie Saenz Henry Cejudo (FLW) Iuri Alcantara Jimmie Rivera John Dodson (FLW) John Lineker (FLW) Johnny Eduardo Marlon Moraes Mitch Gagnon Raphael Assuncao (FW) Renan Barao (FW) Ray Borg (FLW) Sean O’Malley Sergio Pettis (FLW) Teruto Ishihara Thomas Almeida TJ Dillashaw (FLW) Urijah Faber (FW) Bantamweight Newcomers (22) Alejandro Perez Alex Perez Brett Johns Brian Kelleher Cody Stamann Cory Sandhagen Douglas Silva de Andrade Jose Quinonez Like Sanders Kyung Ho Kang Marlon Vera Manny Bermudez Nathaniel Wood Pedro Munhoz Petr Yan Rani Yahya Raoni Barcelos Ricardo Ramos Ricky Simon Rob Font Said Nurmagomedov Yadong Song Flyweight Veterans (3) Joseph Benavidez (BW) Jussier Formiga Tim Elliott (BW) Flyweight Newcomers (4) Alexandre Pantoja Deiveson Figueredo Kai Kara France Ryan Benoit Women’s Featherweight Veterans (2) Cat Zingano (BW) Cris Cyborg Women’s Featherweight Newcomers (2) Felicia Spencer Megan Anderson Women’s Bantamweight Veterans (9) Amanda Nunes (FW) Bethe Correia Germaine de Randamie (FW) Holly Holm (FW) Julianna Pena Ketlen Viera Marion Reneau Raquel Pennington Sara McMann Women’s Bantamweight Newcomers (7) Aspen Ladd Bea Malecki Irene Aldana Lina Lansberg Macy Chiasson Sijara Eubanks (FLW) Yana Kunitskaya Women’s Flyweight Veterans (8) Alexis Davis (BW) Ashlee Evans-Smith (BW) Jessica Eye (BW) Joanne Calderwood (SW) Liz Carmouche (BW) Maryna Moroz (SW) Paige VanZant (SW) Valentina Shevchenko (BW) Women’s Flyweight Newcomers (9) Andrea Lee Antonina Shevchenko Jessica Rose-Clark JJ Aldrich Katlyn Chookagian Maycee Barber Montana de la Rosa Nicco Montano (BW) Roxanne Modaferri Women’s Strawweight Veterans (17) Aleksandra Albu Alexa Grasso Angela Hill Carla Esparza Claudia Gadelha Cortney Casey Cynthia Calvillo Felice Herrig Joanna Jedezejczyk (FLW) Jessica Andrade Jessica Penne Karolina Kowalkiewicz Mackenzie Dern (FLW) Michelle Waterson Randa Markos Rose Namajunas Tecia Torres Women’s Strawweight Newcomers (5) Livia Renata Souza Nina Ansaroff Tatiana Suarez Weili Zhang Xiaonan Yan Total Fighters: 327 Total New Fighters: 137

Here is the compromise I'm hoping to see when inevitably 50-100 of these fighters are no longer on the roster when UFC 4 comes out.

If Cris Cyborg goes to Bellator...ok I get it. You don't want to promote her/Bellator through your video game.

But if Lina Lansberg does the same thing can you just leave it alone? Her presence and fighters like her aren't moving the needle either way, so can we just have a big roster please? Like, the biggest possible?

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[manliest_Man]

This is what the fightetr selection screen should look like, but I doubt they'd ever go for it... I've been asking for a proper fighter selection screen like this one for ages, but instead we will most likely get to keep the same broken fighter select screen, that gets slower and buggier with every release...

[sdpdude9]

Quote: Originally Posted by manliest_Man

This is what the fightetr selection screen should look like, but I doubt they'd ever go for it... I've been asking for a proper fighter selection screen like this one for ages, but instead we will most likely get to keep the same broken fighter select screen, that gets slower and buggier with every release...

I’m with you. The selection screen is tedious, takes forever to find the fighter you want. If we get a roster of this size, we can’t be scrolling through 50 fighters.