EA Sports UFC 4 – How to Defend Takedowns and Escape the Clinch
The clinch in this game is very overpowered, and players online will happily spam knee after knee while wrapping you up in a clinch.
To avoid succumbing to such a fate, you’ll need to learn how to escape the clinch and defend against takedowns.
Defending against takedowns (L2 + R2 for PS4, LT + RT for Xbox One) is all about timing, meaning that players will probably struggle when playing in their first few competitive matches.
However, it doesn’t take too long to learn this skill in UFC 4, and it will help out your athlete a great deal come fight night.
Escaping the clinch will be critical in all game modes for UFC 4, so, it’s recommended that you master it as soon as possible.
After all, it is fairly simple controls-wise: for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players, you flick the L analogue left, creating for your fighter to allow you to return to striking.