The ground game is an oft-ignored and under-appreciated aspect of the UFC series, and this holds true with most opponents online in UFC 6. Getting to grips with transitions while grappling will greatly improve your ability to win fights against unwary or inexperienced players.
This UFC 6 guide is all about transitions and how to effectively deny them and even turn them around on your opponents.
Denying Transitions
Performing a transition denial is simple enough, as there is a highly visible button prompt for the quick time event right on screen. Simply hold the right trigger while grappling, and then push the right stick around in the indicated direction to initiate the denial of your opponent’s transition.
Recognizing which transition you are denying is where the real difficulty lies, and for this you will need to lean on the practice mode and the Frame Timing meter. The former will allow you to observe the animations for visual hints, while the latter will give you a sense of the speed of the move and the window you have to counter it.
Effects Of Transition Denials
The greatest effect of denying a transition is the depletion of your opponent’s stamina in large chunks. Doing this consistently will lengthen the window of opportunity for you to continue denying transitions, as well as permit you to eventually turn the tables entirely into a transition of your own.
The ideal time to pull off a transition of your own is immediately after denying a transition, when both the grapple meter is in your favor, as well as the largest chunk of your opponent’s stamina meter has been depleted.
Transition Tactics
Your best bet with reversing a submission is to allow your opponent to attempt to make the move into a transition first, while you wait patiently to deny it with a mere push of the right stick while holding the right trigger in readiness.
Continue remaining passive, as your opponent blindly attempts to transition with no regard for their stamina meter. Eventually it will be depleted enough for you to leverage your practically full stamina bar into a successful transition of your own.
Remember that you can simply hold the right trigger all the while, thus reducing the required button input during the denial window to just the right stick.
Transition Cancellation
It is possible to cancel your own transition by holding the right trigger during the attempt. This can be useful to feint a denial initiated by your opponent or otherwise throw them off.
Time Dilation
Time Dilation can feel like a cheat in the vein of Matrix-style bullet time, but can be a boon for early transition denials when the window of opportunity to push the stick can still prove to be too slim for your reflexes. While unavailable in online matches, you can and should use it offline until you get a good sense of the timing required.
That is everything there is to know about transitions while grappling, and denying them effectively in UFC 6.
