EA SPORTS™ UFC 5
Game Updates

New Roster Fighter and Alter Egos

April 2, 2025

UFC 5’s Patch 1.21 goes live tomorrow, April 3rd at 1 PM ET. This patch includes Mauricio Ruffy and additional alter egos releasing on April 8th.

Patch Launch Date/Time and Launch Downtime
  • April 3rd, 2025, at 1 PM ET / Estimated Launch Downtime: 1 Hour
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