EA is feeding us well with MMA content. Today, a 20-minute UFC 5 Deep Dive Gameplay video dropped over on the official EA UFC YouTube channel, and it’s chock-full of information.

Before we break down what exactly we learned from the deep dive, here it is in all its glory:

Most of the features in this video have been covered by us before, but we did get a little more detail on the game’s damage system. Here’s the nitty gritty:

• Vision Penalties – After a fighter takes a hit to the face where bleeding might cause visual impairment, they player suffers increased damage on the affected side. This lifts after 30 seconds without further damage to that side, or at the end of the round.
• Breathing Penalties – When a fighter is injured in the nose or mouth, the player’s stamina recovery decreases. Likewise, this also lifts after a 30 second period if the fighter takes no further hits to the affected area.
• Stun Icons – Fighters can accumulate stun icons on their status bar after receiving health events to different parts of the body like their head, torso, or legs.
• Health Icons – Similarly, athletes can suffer damage from submission moves. Deep chokes cause max stamina reduction, deep arm submissions cause max health reduction, and leg locks cause permanent leg health loss.

It’s great to see EA bring in members of the UFC gaming community to host this video. Hopefully it means that they’re listening to player feedback to make this game as tight as possible.

To see our preview and what we thought about the game, click here. If you’re more interested in the pre-order bonuses and version details, we’ve got that too.

UFC 5 releases on October 27 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.