The cover athletes for the next UFC video game have been revealed. Alexander Volkanovski, Valentina Shevchenko, and Israel Adesanya will grace the cover of the highly anticipated EA Sports UFC 5 game. Get all the details about the new game and the upcoming UFC 293 event in Sydney.
| Cover Athletes Revealed | UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko have been announced as the cover athletes for the next EA Sports UFC 5 video game. Israel Adesanya, the two-time UFC middleweight champion, will be featured on the deluxe edition box. This marks the first time Volkanovski has received the cover honor, while Shevchenko becomes the first woman since Ronda Rousey in 2015 to appear on a UFC video game cover. In other news, Adesanya is set to defend his middleweight belt against Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293 in Sydney. |
The highly anticipated cover athletes for the upcoming EA Sports UFC 5 video game have been unveiled. This time, it’s UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko who will grace the cover of the main game. Meanwhile, two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will be featured on the box of the deluxe edition. Notably, Adesanya previously appeared on the cover of EA Sports UFC 4 alongside Jorge Masvidal. Volkanovski, ESPN’s top pound-for-pound fighter, is finally receiving the cover honor, while Shevchenko becomes the first woman since Ronda Rousey in 2015 to be featured on a UFC video game cover. In other news, Adesanya is set to defend his UFC middleweight belt against Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293 this Saturday in Sydney.
