Win the championship as a heavyweight fighter two times.
Big John Mccarthy
Intentionally lose over fifty matches. Note: This cannot be done with a created fighter.
A quick and easy way to unlock Big John McCarthy, is to enter arcade mode and throw in the towel at beginning of match. Repeat this until he is unlocked.
Bonus Moves
Win champion mode, tournament mode, legend mode, and progress through arcade mode to unlock an additional move for that fighter.
Boxing Style
Successfully complete Kung-Fu story mode.
Boxing style
Successfully complete Kung-Fu story mode.
Dan 'the Beast' Severn
Unlock all the viewable unlockable fighters.
Frank Shamrock
Win the championship as a light heavyweight fighter.
Guy Mezger
Win the championship as a light heavyweight fighter two times.
Jens Pulver
Win the championship as a lightweight fighter.
Jeremy Horn
Win the championship as a light heavyweight fighter three times.
Karate Style
Successfully complete Sumo story mode.
Karate style
Successfully complete Sumo story mode.
Kung-Fu style
Successfully complete the Pit Fighter story mode.
Kung-fu Style
Successfully complete the Pit Fighter story mode.
Legend Mode
Win championship mode with any fighter to unlock his legend mode.
Luta Libre style
Successfully complete Pro Wrestling story mode.
Mark Coleman
Win the championship as a heavyweight fighter three times.
Maurice Smith
Win the championship as a heavyweight fighter.
MMA (Kempo) style
Successfully complete Nin Jitsu story mode.
Muai Tai style
Successfully complete Kickboxing story mode.
Murilo Bustamante
Win the championship as a middleweight fighter.
Nin Jitsu style
Successfully complete win Wrestling story mode.
Pete Williams
Win the championship as a heavyweight fighter five times.
Sambo style
Successfully complete win Submission story mode.
Submission Style
Successfully complete BJJ story mode.
Submission style
Successfully complete Brazilian Ju Jitsu story mode
The Mask
Win over 40 times in arcade mode.
Tsyoshi Kohsaka
Win the championship as a heavyweight fighter four times.
Unlock all characters
You must time these actions perfectly for this to work. Choose Arcade mode at the main screen and proceed to highlight any unlocked character you have.Then hold L2 and press R2 once every 2 seconds for 10 seconds (5 times). Let go of L2 and tap "up" direction pad 2 times then wait 5 seconds and tao "down" direction pad 2 times. Now exit back to main menu, then simply go back to Arcade mode and you will have all the characters in the game unlocked.