Combinations of kicks and punches result in grapples. Very simple, very easy, very Tekken . All of your fighter's moves are accessible in-game, allowing you to always quickly call up a particular move for any given situation, then execute it as soon as the game is flowing again. There's no problem at all with using either the D-Pad or the analog stick. My arcade stick has, unfortunately, been abducted by a scurvy dog who will someday pay for his crimes, so for now I have no way of commenting upon the usefulness of an arcade stick with UFC .
Most matches end up on the floor, with two guys beating the crap out of each other.
In case you want to work on some killer combos, you can skip over to the training mode, which has been stolen feature for feature from the better Capcom titles. This isn't a bad thing. If you're going to steal, steal from the best. Your health bar shares the same line as your stamina. As you get tired, you come closer to being KO'd.