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Photos – Fans mock EA Sports UFC 5 new character models after confirmation of new cover athletes

Ahead of a full-scale reveal later this week, Canadian publisher and developer, EA Sports have received flak for their apparent new character models on next generation video game consoles, ahead of the release of UFC 5 later this year. Reports emerged late last month detailing how the publisher had decided on undisputed featherweight champion, Alexander […]

Reports emerged late last month detailing how the publisher had decided on undisputed featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, and former undisptued flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko as the cover athletes for the new release of EA Sports UFC 5 later this year.

And furthermore, ahead of his own Octagon return at UFC 293 this weekend in Sydney, Australia, undisputed middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya – who featured as a cover athlete for EA Sports UFC 4, has returned to the cover, exclusively on the deluxe edition of the video game, however.

EA Sports UFC 5 features Alex Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko as cover stars

Reacting to the confirmation of the news, fans across social media have scoffed at apparent new character models created for EA Sports UFC 5 – particularly questioning the similarities and likeness of featherweight champion, Volkanovski, and his non-digitially created counterpart.

“The Great (shaking hands emoji) The Bullet,” EA Sports UFC posted on their official X account,” Your @UFC5 Standard Edition cover athletes Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko.”

“The main character is here,” EA Sports UFC posted on X. “Stylebender has returned as your #UFC5 Deluxe Edition cover athlete.”

Slated to make his return on the cover of EA Sports UFC 5 later this year, undisputed middleweight champion, Adesanya featured as a cover athlete on the prior instalment of the video game, alongside the recently-retired former two-time welterweight championship challenger, Jorge Masvidal.

Following his loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 281 back in November of last year, on digital versions of the video game, the Brazilian replaced Adesanya on the cover of EA Sports UFC 4 – before the City Kickboxing staple was reinstalled as the cover athlete after his own KO win over Pereira in April of this year.

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Report – Alexander Volkanovski, Valentina Shevchenko slated as cover stars for EA Sports UFC 5 video game

According to reports this Tuesday evening, undisputed featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, and former undisptued flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko are set to feature as cover athletes of the new EA Sports UFC 5 video game, with undisputed middleweight kingpin, Israel Adesanya set to feature as a cover athlete on the deluxe version of the game. As […]

As per an initial report from Insider Gaming, EA Sports UFC 5 – which is now scheduled to be released officially on October 27. on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles later this year, will feature Australian favorite, Volkanovski and former flyweight queen, Shevchenko as cover athletes.

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— Insider Gaming (@InsiderGamingIG) August 29, 2023

Furthermore, per the initial report, gamers who elect to pre-order the video game released by the Canadian-based publisher and developer, will receive bonuses in the form of playable characters in the game, including former boxing world champion, Mike Tyson, as well as the late, Muhammad Ali, and for the first time in a UFC licensed game, former Pride FC champion, Fedor Emelianenko.

Israel Adesanya features as EA Sports UFC 5 cover star on deluxe edition

Speculation rose last week when an official, albeit brief trailer for the release of EA Sports UFC 5 was released, that Joe Lopez trainee, Volkanovski would be featuring as a cover athlete – with the Australian appearing to feature in the aforenoted trailer.

As noted, City Kickboxing staple, Adesanya, who featured as a cover athlete on EA Sports UFC 4 alongside former undisputed welterweight title challenger, Jorge Masvidal, will make his return in this instalment, as part of a deluxe option to purchase the EA Sports UFC 5 video game.

Yet to be booked since he successfully unified the featherweight titles back in July at UFC 290, Volkanovski most recently landed a TKO win over then-interim gold holder, Yair Rodríguez.

As for Shevchenko, the Krgysztan striker is set to headline a Noche UFC event in September, taking on Mexican champion, Alexa Grasso in the pair’s championship rematch.

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Video – Alexander Volkanovski rumoured as EA Sports UFC 5 cover athlete after new teaser trailer

The trailer for the new UFC 5 game has been released and it looks like Alexander Volkanovski could be the cover star. As part of the Gamescon 2023 convention, games publisher EA released a short teaser for the upcoming UFC 5 game. The full reveal is to come at some point next month, but the […]

The trailer for the new UFC 5 game has been released and it looks like Alexander Volkanovski could be the cover star.

As part of the Gamescon 2023 convention, games publisher EA released a short teaser for the upcoming UFC 5 game. The full reveal is to come at some point next month, but the short clip did give clues at who the new front cover athlete will be.

Even though the figure only appeared for a matter of seconds, astute fans quickly worked to figure out who it was. Comparing the tattoos, most concluded it closely matched those of reigning featherweight champion, Volkanovski. If it is, the Australian will join the likes of Jon Jones, Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey, who have all graced the front cover.

The game is set to be released at some point later this year, late October or early November.

Recently released teaser for the upcoming UFC 5 video game

Alexander Volkanovski as the next cover athlete?

The choice would make sense, Volkansokvki has proven himself as arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. The 34-year-old is also well liked by the majority of MMA fans, especially after his performance as a big underdog against Islam Makhachev.

While nothing has been made official, the front-runner for Alexander Volkanovski’s next opponent appears to be Ilia Tupuria. The 26-year-old dominated Josh Emmet last time out, shutting down the American’s game while working his fantastic boxing over the scheduled five rounds.

A rematch with Makhachev is also something that makes sense, the pair battled hard over 25 minutes in an incredible display of MMA. Makhachev was tipped to dominate the contest by many, but in fact was pushed to the very limit by the much smaller Volkanvski

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Breaking – EA Sports confirm upcoming release of UFC 5 video game, full reveal slated for September

Ahead of UFC 290 tonight, Canadian video game developer, EA Sports, having confirmed the upcoming release of the newest iteration of their Ultimate Fighting Championship video game – with a full-scale reveal of EA Sports: UFC 5 slated for September. Confirming the presence of a long-awaited instalment of a new UFC video game, EA Sports […]

Confirming the presence of a long-awaited instalment of a new UFC video game, EA Sports took to their official Twitter account this evening ahead of UFC 290 tonight during International Fight Week – sharing a brief video and graphic for the release of a new UFC 5 game.

EA Sports confirm upcoming release of UFC 5 video game

“Coming soon #UFC5,” EA Sports UFC tweeted. “Full reveal September 2023. Sign up for more news.”

Today’s announcement of EA Sports UFC 5 will see the developer release their fifth iteration of the multi-platform video game, with their first title, EA Sports UFC releasing back in 2014 on PS4, XBOX ONE, as well as on IOS, and Android. Current heavyweight champion, Jon Jones would feature on the box’s cover, alongside Swedish fan-favorite and former foe, Alexander Gustafsson.

In March of 2016, EA Sports UFC 2 landed – with former undisputed bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey featuring as a cover athlete, alongside former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion, Conor McGregor – with the Dubliner earning his place on the cover with his 2015 knockout win over Jose Aldo.

In February 2018, the developer released EA Sports UFC 3 – with the aforenoted, McGregor featuring as the sole cover star, sporting both his undisputed featherweight and lightweight champions.

And in their latest release; EA Sports UFC 4 back in August 2020, current middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya featured as a cover athlete alongside veteran former welterweight title challenger, Jorge Masvidal.

At the time of publication, features or an official release date for EA Sports UFC 5 has yet to be determined, with the developer confirming plans for a full reveal in September of this year.