UFC 2 CAREER MODE AND GAMEPLAY
With TUF fights I am now 7-2 in my career. I think this game has made the most strides in actually challenging you as a fighter. Last years game I don't recall losing a single fight and ultimately that's why I only played UFC for about a month. I think this one will last much longer in being re-playable. The AI challenges you a bit more this year. I too thought the knockout system would make it a button masher experience as well. The new stamina system makes button making a little harder this year as it can make you extremely vulnerable with your stamina. Training has been somewhat overhauled. They now throw curveball with members of your training team getting ill so you can't train stand up for a a while however I find this unrealistic in the 2 times its happened. The first excuse said that my gym was closed for renovations and there was no where else to train stand up, and the 2nd time my coach had the flu (for 6 months???) I guess it's good because it forces you not to be one dimensional. Training itself is mostly the same except that if grades you. And if you score really high it saves the result so you can sim your training to that result that you earned. It's based off of an A-F system. It gets you in and out of fights quicker, but for sim players like us it isn't practical.
I'll add more feed back as I go. If you guys have any questions or want me to test something out just let me know.