UFC: Throwdown

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UFC: Throwdown

Developer(s)	Genki / Capcom Production Studio 3
Publisher(s)	Crave Entertainment
Platform(s)	GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release date	PlayStation 2 ^NA 2002-06-03 ^JP 2002-08-01 ^PAL 2002-09-06 GameCube ^NA 2002-07-29 ^JP 2002-09-05 ^PAL 2002-09-20
Genre(s)	Fighting game
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ELSPA: 15+ ESRB: Teen

UFC: Throwdown (known in Japan as UFC: Tapout 2 on the PlayStation 2 and UFC 2 Tapout Final Spec. on the GameCube) is a video game of the fighting game genre released in 2002 by Genki / Capcom Production Studio 3. The game is based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The game features well-known UFC fighter, Tito Ortiz on the cover. There are five different game modes; "Career", "UFC Mode", "Arcade", "Tournament" and "Exhibition".

Career mode involves the player creating a fighter, giving him a fighting style, completing a number of "skill challenges" to build up his attributes, then winning five sparring matches before you can enter an eight-man tournament. After the tournament is over, the player picks a new fighting style to learn, and completes the same process until it has been done five times.

In UFC Mode, the player picks a heavyweight or light-heavyweight fighter and must win four fights before having a title match. On winning, the player receives a silver belt, which can later become a gold belt if UFC Mode is completed again with the same fighter. There is also an open-weight division, where the player can face fighters from their selected fighter's weight class as well as ones who aren't.

In arcade mode the player selects a fighter and must win ten consecutive fights. Up to eight people can compete in the Tournament mode. Finally, exhibition consists of single 1 vs. 1 fights.