EA UFC 5 Patch 1.021 Adds New Fighter and Alter Egos

by Alex Co April 3, 2025 4:46 am in Title Updates and Patches
UFC 5 Patch 1.021

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A new fighter has been added in the octagon in EA Sports UFC 5 patch 1.021 on April 3. There are also new vanity items added, as well as a small list of gameplay changes to TJ Dillashaw.

The new Alter Egos added will be live on April 8, though the data for it is available now.

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Here’s what’s new per EA:

General

  • New fighters
    • Mauricio Ruffy
    • Additional Alter Egos coming April 8th
  • New assorted vanity rewards added
  • “The new gloves are the old gloves”.  Active fighters will now be wearing the pre-April 2024 Official UFC gloves

Gameplay

  • Fixed an issue that caused TJ Dillashaw’s Signature Forward Lunge and Major Forward Lunge inputs to be swapped.
  • Fixed a rare animation issue that could occur in TJ Dillashaw’s Signature Lunges.

Bugs

  • Fixed some rare camera issues
  • Fixed some rare crash triggers

Once EA releases another set of fighters or gameplay changes, expect it up here on MP1st.

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