UFC: Throwdown

UFC: Throwdown is based on the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), mixed martial arts sports. The game places you in the position as a real-world fighter, utilizing various fighting styles, such as Freestyle, Wrestling, Kickboxing, Ju Jitsu, etc.

Released: 3 June 2002
Platforms: GameCube PlayStation 2
Genres: Beat 'em up Fighting Sports
Developers: Genki
Publishers: Crave Entertainment
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB T

About

UFC: Throwdown (full title: Ultimate Fighting Championship: Throwdown), known in Japan as UFC 2: Tapout (UFC2 タップアウト, UFC2 Tappuauto) on the PlayStation 2 and UFC 2 Tapout Final Spec. (UFC2 タップアウトファイナルスペック, UFC2 Tappuauto Fainaru Supekku) on the GameCube, is a video game of the fighting game genre released in 2002 by Opus. The game is based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In Japan, the same name was used for the Xbox version of UFC: Tapout.

Keywords

martial arts
bloody
boxing
hand-to-hand combat
brawler
artificial intelligence
box art - real photos
grapple
finishing move
crude renditions of real people

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The game received "average" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
PlayStation 2	5 June 2002	North America · Japan 1 August 2002 · Europe 6 September 2002
GameCube	30 July 2002	North America · Japan 9 September 2002 · Europe 20 September 2002