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UFC Undisputed 2010 is set to release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation on May 25, 2010.  Here's part two of what new features you can expect to see in this year's version.  In case you missed part one, you can check it out here .

Ultimate Fights Mode - the Classic Fights Mode of UFC 2009 has evolved into a fuller, richer experience which allows players to relive classic fights in UFC history.  The mode can be played as a single player experience where you fight an AI in attempt to unlock bonus content associated with each fight.  The mode can also be played with two-players, with special presentation and commentary elements.   The PS3 version will feature 20 Ultimate Fights, while the Xbox 360 version will only contain 15.  Here the additional 5 fights available only for PS3:

Ultimate 2009 Category
UFN 18 – Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann

Ultimate Knockouts Category
UFC 102 – Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia

Ultimate Classics Category
UFC 60 – Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie
UFC 66 – Keith Jardine vs. Forrest Griffin

Ultimate Submissions Category
UFC 68 – Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFredries

More robust Career Mode - enhancing last year's mode, a number of features have been added to create a much more immersive and representative experience of what UFC fighters go through.  As examples, they've introduced weigh-ins, fighter interviews where you can decide what kind of responses to say about your opponents and your sponsors, and there is a rivalry system that allows you to start feuds with other UFC fighters.  Additionally, an intuitive "Game Is Watching You" system will track your every action and use this information to dictate in-game commentary, opponent intelligence and overall career progression.  What this means is that you can't use the same game-plan over and over again because your opponents will learn and counter (e.g. if you win five fights with knockout kicks your opponents will start countering and take you down to the mat).

Title and Title Defense Modes - like an arcade ladder mode, Title Mode has you fight through one of UFC's five official weight classes to earn a championship belt.  Once you have the title you move to Title Defense Mode, which has you defend your belt over a series of fights, with one loss and you're done.  To further add realism, since real UFC fighters have a fight approximately every three months, and often don't have time to recover fully between them, the same applies here -- your fighter's injuries may not fully heal between fights, depending on the severity.  So if you cut open your right eye, expect that side of your face to be soft during the next fight.  Take a few hard hits to that side of your face and you can quickly re-injure the wound.

Tournament Mode - allows you to set-up and customize 4, 8 or 16-player individual and team tournaments in whatever division you choose.  There are two tournament styles: arcade, which allows repeated fighter appearances; and simulation play, where fighter representation is limited to one appearance.

New fighters - 85 fighters appeared in last year's edition, that number has increased to over 100 of the best UFC fighters for 2010. PS3 has scored three exclusive fighters not found in the Xbox 360 version.  Here is an exhaustive list of all the new and returning fighters:

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
New Fighters:
Mustapha Al-Turk
Pat Barry
Shane Carwin
Junior Dos Santos
Todd Duffee
Kimbo Slice
Stefan Struve

Returning Fighters:
Andrei Arlovski
Mirko Cro Cop
Gabriel Gonzaga
Antoni Hardonk
Heath Herring
Cheick Kongo
Brock Lesnar
Justin McCully
Frank Mir
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Eddie Sanchez
Cain Velasquez
Fabricio Werdum

PS3 Exclusive Fighters:
Dan Severn

Fighters Available with Pre-Orders:
Marcus Jones
James McSweeney
Roy Nelson
Brendan Schaub

HEAVYWEIGHT & LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISIONS
Returning Fighters:
Mark Coleman
Brandon Vera

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
New Fighters:
Jason Brilz
Luiz Cane
Steve Cantwell
Matt Hamill
Jon Jones
Krzysztof Soszynski

Returning Fighters:
Ryan Bader
Stephan Bonnar
Rashad Evans
Forrest Griffin
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
Keith Jardine
Chuck Liddell
Lyoto Machida
Tito Ortiz
Mauricio Rua
Thiago Silva

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT & MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISIONS
New Fighters:
Vitor Belfort

Returning Fighters:
Michael Bisping
Rich Franklin
Wilson Gouveia
Dan Henderson
Anderson Silva

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION
New Fighters:
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Alan Belcher
Patrick Cote
Dennis Kang
Dan Miller
Nate Quarry
Chael Sonnen

Returning Fighters:
Ricardo Almeida
Kendall Grove
Chris Leben
Demian Maia
Nate Marquardt
Drew McFedries
Yushin Okami

MIDDLEWEIGHT & WELTERWEIGHT DIVISIONS
Returning Fighters:
Martin Kampmann
Mike Swick

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION
New Fighters
Carlos Condit
Dan Hardy
Dustin Hazelett
Dong Hyun Kim
Paulo Thiago
Frank Trigg
James Wilks

Returning Fighters
Thiago Alves
Marcus Davis
Jon Fitch
Matt Hughes
Anthony Johnson
Josh Koscheck
Chris Lytle
Karo Parisyan
Amir Sadollah
Georges St-Pierre

PS3 Exclusive Fighters
Royce Gracie

WELTERWEIGHT & LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISIONS
Returning Fighters
BJ Penn
Diego Sanchez
Matt Serra
Sean Sherk

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
New Fighters:
Terry Etim
Clay Guida
Cole Miller
Ross Pearson
Kurt Pellegrino
Dennis Siver
Caol Uno

Returning Fighters:
Nate Diaz
Frankie Edgar
Efrain Escudero
Spencer Fisher
Kenny Florian
Hermes Franca
Tyson Griffin
Joe Lauzon
Gray Maynard
Joe Stevenson

PS3 Exclusive Fighters
Jens Pulver

UFC Undisputed 2010 is scheduled for release on May 25, 2010, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and later in the year for PlayStation Portable.