EA UFC 5 will welcome more than 30 new fighters in the coming months, including seven Brazilians

Diego lopes secured a place in EA UFC 5. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter @UFCEspanol

MMA and video game lovers can celebrate. This Thursday (4), EA Sports announced a huge update to the list of fighters available in 'EA UFC 5′, the official Ultimate game. Over the next three months, more than 30 athletes will be included in the game, achieving '98 percent parity' with all athletes present in the organization's official rankings, according to the developer.

The first part of the update was already carried out this Thursday and added nine fighters to the game, including Brazilians Diego lopes e Marina Rodriguez, And Brendan allen, protagonist of UFC Las Vegas 90, this Saturday (6).

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The tendency is for the next wave of athletes to be added at the end of this month, including names like Matheus Nicolau, Natalia Silva e Virna jandiroba. Two other updates are scheduled for May and June, with Michael Pereira, Caio Borralho e Norm Dumont.

Fighters available on April 4th:

- Sergey Spivak - heavy weight
- Brendan allen - average weight
- Geoff neal – welterweight
- Diego lopes - feather weight
- Movsar Evloev - feather weight
- Umar Nurmagomedov – bantamweight
- Muhammad Mokayev - flyweight
- Tracy Cortez – women’s flyweight
- Marina Rodriguez – straw weight

Fighters available at the end of April:

- Marcin tybura - heavy weight
- Nassourdine Imavov - average weight
- Michael Page – welterweight
- Drew dober - lightweight
- Steve Erceg - flyweight
- Matheus Nicolau - flyweight
- Manel kape - flyweight
- Natalia Silva – women’s flyweight
- Virna jandiroba – straw weight

Fighters available in May:

- Roman Dolidze - average weight
- anthony hernandez - average weight
- Benoit Saint-Denis - lightweight

Fighters available in June:

- Alexander Romanov - Heavyweight
- Chris Curtis - average weight
- Michael Pereira- average weight
- Caio Borralho - average weight
- Joaquin buckley – welterweight
- Randy Brown – welterweight
- mario bautista – bantamweight
- Jonathan martinez – bantamweight
- Tagir Ulanbekov - flyweight
- Pannie kianzad – women’s bantamweight
- Norm Dumont – women’s bantamweight
- Kayla harrison – women’s bantamweight
- Lupita Godinez – straw weight