EA Sports UFC 2 Preview: Full Roster, Fighter Ratings and Release Date | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

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EA Sports UFC 2 will be available on March 10 for Xbox One owners who also subscribe to EA Access, per EA Sports. For non-subscribers and PlayStation 4 owners, the game will hit retailers on March 15.

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and superstar Ronda Rousey are on the cover, and the two polarizing figures headline the game's massive roster. More than 250 fighters will be available at launch, and that's not even counting the men and women who could be added via downloadable content after release.

Here's the complete list of fighters who will be playable at launch, per EASports.com:

Heavyweight Roster and Ratings
Old Mike Tyson	?
Young Mike Tyson	?
Fabricio Werdum	93
Cain Velasquez	92
Josh Barnett	91
Jon Jones	90
Daniel Cormier	90
Junior Dos Santos	90
Bas Rutten	89
Ben Rothwell	89
Stipe Miocic	89
Mirko Cro Cop	88
Andrei Arlovski	88
Alistair Overeem	88
Travis Browne	87
Mark Hunt	87
Frank Mir	87
Roy Nelson	87
Kazushi Sakuraba	87
Ruslan Magomedov	86
Minotauro Nogueira	86
Antonio Silva	86
Mark Coleman	85
Todd Duffee	85
Gabriel Gonzaga	85
Shawn Jordan	85
Matt Mitrione	85
Alexey Oleynik	85
Stefan Struve	85
Derrick Lewis	84
Jared Rosholt	84
Pat Barry	83
EASports.com

Light Heavyweight Ratings
Old Mike Tyson	?
Mike Tyson	?
Jon Jones	95
Daniel Cormier	94
Anthony Johnson	92
Alexander Gustafsson	91
Chuck Liddell	91
Anderson Silva	90
Chris Weidman	90
Vitor Belfort	90
Rashad Evans	89
Bas Rutten	89
Ovince Saint Preux	89
Glover Teixeira	89
Ryan Bader	89
Patrick Cummins	88
Forrest Griffin	88
Dan Henderson	88
Quinton Jackson	88
Lyoto Machida	88
Jimi Manuwa	88
Gegard Mousasi	88
Mauricio Rua	88
Kazushi Sakuraba	88
Minotauro Nogueira	87
Chael Sonnen	87
Michael Bisping	86
Ilir Latifi	85
Gian Villante	85
Jan Blachowicz	85
Fabio Maldonado	84
Ildemar Alcantara	84
Corey Anderson	84
Rafael Cavalcante	84
EASports.com

Middleweight Ratings
Chris Weidman	92
Yoel Romero	90
Anderson Silva	90
Jacare Souza	90
Georges St-Pierre	90
Kazushi Sakuraba	89
Robbie Lawler	89
Rory MacDonald	89
Lyoto Machida	89
Chael Sonnen	88
Elias Theodorou	88
Vitor Belfort	88
Nick Diaz	88
Kelvin Gastelum	88
Royce Gracie	88
Uriah Hall	88
Dan Henderson	88
Tim Kennedy	88
Demian Maia	88
Gegard Mousasi	88
Robert Whittaker	87
Michael Bisping	87
CB Dollaway	86
Thales Leites	86
Mark Munoz	86
Brad Tavares	85
Sam Alvey	85
Derek Brunson	85
Roan Carneiro	85
Rafael Natal	85
Costas Philippou	85
Ildemar Alcantara	84
Tim Boetsch	84
Nate Marquardt	84
Cezar Ferreira	83
EASports.com

Welterweight Ratings
Robbie Lawler	93
Rory MacDonald	92
Johny Hendricks	92
Carlos Condit	91
Bruce Lee	90
Hector Lombard	90
Demian Maia	90
Matt Brown	90
Benson Henderson	90
Neil Magny	89
Gunnar Nelson	89
BJ Penn	89
Stephen Thomson	89
Tyron Woodley	89
Nick Diaz	89
Kelvin Gastelum	89
Matt Hughes	89
Dong Hyun Kim	89
Tarec Saffiedine	88
Rick Story	88
Mike Pyle	87
Jake Ellenberger	87
Martin Kampmann	86
Hyun Gyu Lim	86
Jordan Mein	86
Ben Saunders	86
Erick Silva	86
Brandon Thatch	86
Nate Diaz	86
Royce Gracie	86
Ryan LaFlare	86
Tim Means	85
Augusto Montano	85
Omari Akhmedov	85
Thiago Alves	85
Kenny Robertson	84
Pascal Krauss	84
CM Punk	82
EASports.com

Lightweight Ratings
Conor McGregor	92
Anthony Pettis	92
Benson Henderson	91
Bruce Lee	91
Khabib Nurmagomedov	91
BJ Penn	91
Frankie Edgar	90
Jose Aldo	90
Eddie Alvarez	90
Donald Cerrone	90
Tony Ferguson	89
Chan Sung Jung	89
Jorge Masvidal	89
Gilbert Melendez	89
Nate Diaz	89
Joe Duffy	88
Michael Johnson	88
Myles Jury	88
Dustin Poirier	88
Edson Barboza	88
Michael Chiesa	88
Bobby Green	87
Al Iaquinta	87
Jim Miller	87
Beneil Dariush	87
TJ Grant	86
Clay Guida	86
Joe Lauzon	86
Gray Maynard	86
Yancy Medeiros	86
Paul Felder	85
Takanori Gomi	85
Diego Sanchez	85
James Vick	85
Rustam Khabilov	84
Chad LaPrise	84
Norman Parke	84
Ross Pearson	84
Olivier Aubin-Mercier	84
Gilbert Burns	84
EASports.com

Featherweight Ratings
Jose Aldo	93
Frankie Edgar	93
Chad Mendes	92
BJ Penn	91
Dominick Cruz	91
Bruce Lee	91
Cub Swanson	90
Doo Ho Choi	90
TJ Dillashaw	90
Max Holloway	90
Chan Sung Jung	90
Ricardo Lamas	90
Dustin Poirier	89
Urijah Faber	89
Charles Oliveira	88
Yair Rodriguez	87
Jeremy Stephens	87
Dennis Bermudez	87
Diego Brandao	87
Darren Elkins	87
Nik Lentz	87
Dennis Siver	86
Makwan Amirkhani	86
Mirsad Bektic	86
Hacran Dias	86
Clay Guida	86
Brian Ortega	85
Clay Collard	85
Daniel Hooker	85
Tatsuya Kawajiri	85
EASports.com

Bantamweight Ratings
TJ Dillashaw	92
Bruce Lee	92
Renan Barao	92
Urijah Faber	91
Demetrious Johnson	91
John Dodson	90
Aljamain Sterling	90
Thomas Almeida	90
Michael McDonald	89
Takeya Mizugaki	89
Cody Garbrandt	88
Raphael Assuncao	88
Bryan Caraway	88
Mitch Gagnon	87
Johnny Eduardo	86
Manvel Gamburyan	86
Scott Jorgensen	86
John Lineker	86
Frankie Saenz	86
Joe Soto	86
Chris Holdsworth	85
Brad Pickett	85
Francisco Rivera	85
Eddie Wineland	85
Iuri Alcantara	85
Alex Caceres	85
Erik Perez	84
EASports.com

Flyweight Ratings
John Dodson	93
Joseph Benavidez	92
Henry Cejudo	91
John Moraga	90
Kyoji Horiguchi	90
Ian McCall	89
Dustin Ortiz	89
Ray Borg	89
Zach Makovsky	88
Ali Bagautinov	87
Jussier Formiga	87
Paddy Holohan	87
Sergio Pettis	86
Wilson Reis	85
Justin Scoggins	85
Chris Beal	85
Chris Cariaso	84
Chico Camus	83
EASports.com

Women's Bantamweight
Ronda Rousey	92
Miesha Tate	90
Julianna Pena	89
Cat Zingano	89
Sara McMann	88
Sarah Kaufman	87
Amanda Nunes	87
Jessica Andrade	87
Germaine de Randamie	87
Lauren Murphy	86
Raquel Pennington	86
Marion Reneau	86
Liz Carmouche	86
Bethe Correia	86
Leslie Smith	85
Alexis Davis	85
Jessica Eye	85
Elizabeth Phillips	84
Ashlee Evans-Smith	84
EASports.com

Women's Strawweight Ratings
Claudia Gadelha	91
Valerie Letourneau	90
Rose Namajunas	90
Carla Esparza	90
Tecia Torres	89
Paige VanZant	89
Michelle Waterson	89
Joanne Calderwood	89
Randa Markos	88
Jessica Penne	88
Bec Rawlings	88
Felice Herrig	88
Maryna Moroz	87
Alex Chambers	87
Aisling Daly	87
Juliana Lima	86
Alexandra Albu	86
Kailin Curran	86
Seo Hee Ham	86
Heather Jo Clark	85
EASports.com

Top-Rated Fighters

The Notorious One Is Dangerous in Stand-Up

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The #EASPORTSUFC2 Stand Up Ratings are here: #FighterRatings

McGregor is the top-rated stand-up fighter in EA Sports UFC 2, per the tweet above from EA Sports. Who can argue with that distinction? He has recorded 17 of his 19 wins by KO, and the most recent finish was a 13-second demolition of all-time great and longtime featherweight champion Jose Aldo.

We do have to wonder whether Holly Holm should be ahead of Luke Rockhold on the list. The UFC middleweight champion is a great fighter in just about every facet, but Holm's boxing prowess, as shown in her destruction of Rousey, is impressive.

Perhaps Holm needs to finish Miesha Tate in the UFC 196 co-main event to get a bump in her ratings.

Stay Out of Cormier's Clinch

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Clinch ratings have been revealed!

Olympic medalist and current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is a monster grappler, and his dominance doesn't have to take place on the mat. Cormier might be the most prolific slammer in the UFC, and these maneuvers start in the clinch.

That's the reason Cormier is tops in clinch rating. Just behind him is powerful but oft-injured Russian lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov.

If healthy, he'd be the guy McGregor may not want to see coming.

Pound-for-Pound Best

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The Top 10 Pound-for-Pound fighters in #EASPORTSUFC2. #FighterRatings #UFC

Despite his recent absence, the folks at EA Sports rightly acknowledge that Jon "Bones" Jones is still the best fighter in the world. He and UFC flyweight champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson are the top-rated fighters in the game.

Johnson is often overlooked, but his combination of speed, wrestling, submission acumen and cardio is nearly unmatched in the sport.

Is anybody else ready to fight?

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