''Supremacy MMA'' is a

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

–style

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developed by

Kung Fu Factory Kung Fu Factory is an American video game developer located in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The company was formerly known as Just Games Interactive, which developed '' Mortal Kombat: Unchained'' and '' Mortal Kombat: Armageddon ...

and published by

505 Games 505 Games S.p.A. is an Italian video game publisher based in Milan. It was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Milan-based Digital Bros. History 505 Games was founded in 2006 in Milan as a subsidiary of Digital Bros. The company found its earl ...

. The game was released on September 20, 2011 in North America, September 23 in Europe, and September 29 in Australia for the

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and

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. It was also ported to the

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on March 27, 2012 in North America, and May 11 in Europe, under the title ''Supremacy MMA: Unrestricted'', with several exclusive venues, 2 exclusive fighters and both of the Pre-order DLC fighters.

Gameplay

The game takes players through an underground amateur mixed martial arts circuit as their character attempts to achieve fame within the game. GameZone contrasted this competition style to that of other MMA titles such as

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which it said, "take a professional, technical approach to mixed martial arts". As a fight progresses, competitors faces can become swollen and bruised after being punched repeatedly, and blood from the fighters begins to coat the ground.

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reviewer Greg Miller stated that he gasped when witnessing one of the knockout animations.

Roster

Felice Herrig fighting at Muay Thai Mayhem XIV

''Supremacy MMA'' is the first

video game to allow players to fight using female fighters. The two female fighters in the game are based on the real life MMA fighters Felice Herrig and Michele Guitierrez. The full roster includes the following fighters and their respective real world inspirations: *St. John Ackland ( Devon Schwan) –

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*Dante Algearey ( Jason Yorrick) –

Kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...

*Pre-order DLC/PS VITA: Shane del Rosario (

Shane del Rosario Shane Kalani del Rosario (September 23, 1983 – December 9, 2013) was an American professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Heavyweight division, Strikeforce, M-1 Global, ShoXC, and ...

) –

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*Michele Guitierrez (Michele Gutierrez) – Kickboxing *Yuki Hashimoto (Steve Kim) –

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*Tomo Hashimoto (

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) –

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*Felice Herrig (

Felice Herrig Felice Nicole Herrig (born September 18, 1984) is an American retired kickboxing, kickboxer, Muay Thai, Muay Thai fighter, and Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the strawweight div ...

) –

Muay Thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...

*Ilya Klimenko (

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) –

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*Jerome Le Banner (

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) –

*Unlockable: Pierre Matiss (

Joe Schilling Joseph Francis Schilling (born January 13, 1984) is an American professional Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who most recently competed for Bellator Kickboxing in the Middleweight division, and in the Middleweight division for Bella ...

) –

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*Unlockable: Mariano Mendoza ( Mariano Mendoza) –

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

*Jens Pulver (

Jens Pulver Jens Johnnie Pulver (born December 6, 1974) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer. Pulver was the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion in addition to serving as the head coach on ''The Ultimate ...

) – Boxing *Pre-order DLC/PS VITA: Bao Quach (

Bao Quach Bao Quach (born September 4, 1979) is an American featherweight professional mixed martial artist who has fought for Bellator, Affliction, M-1 Global, EliteXC, Strikeforce, World Extreme Cagefighting, King of the Cage, and Shooto promotions. Ba ...

) – Karate *Demian Reis (

Giva Santana Givanildo Santana do Nascimento (born November 20th, 1971) is a retired Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, who last fought in Bellator's Middleweight division. Santana also competed in the promotions ShoXC and M-1 Global. He is a decor ...

) –

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

*Jack Saxon (Brent Cooper) – MMA *Malaipet Sitarvut (

Malaipet Malaipet (''born as Mongkhon Wiwasuk'' on December 21, 1981) is a Thai professional Muay Thai fighter, kickboxer and former mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He is a former Rajadamnern Stadium Champion who currently resides in Fresno, Cal ...

) – Muay Thai *PS VITA Exclusive: Jason Yee ( Jason Yee) – Jeet Kune Do *PS VITA Exclusive: Novell Bell ( Novell Bell) – San Shao/Kung Fu

Development

''Supremacy MMA'' was announced on June 11, 2010, and the publishers stated it would be shown that year at

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. The game was originally slated for a June 2011 release, but was not released until September 2011.

Reception

The game received generally negative reviews upon release with review aggregator

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rating the Xbox 360 version with a score of 47 out of 100 and the PlayStation 3 version a score of 48 out of 100. Greg Miller of

criticized the game stating that it suffered from animations which appear stiff, poor quality voice acting, and latency issues during online play, although he noted that even worse than these problems was the game's poor controls. While performing his review of the game, Greg Miller created a preview video showing the choppy animations, unresponsive controls, and echoing sound effects present during online matches, concluding the video stating, "I don't like this game very much."

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appreciated the similarity between the fighters' depictions and their real life counterparts, but criticized the fighting system, musical soundtrack, and gratuitous violence particularly during the Mortal Kombat–style finishing moves, which often result in broken limbs or necks and do not follow the style of typical MMA fighting.

References

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