"Better come to grips with his persona" - Fans react as surging fighter with painted nails gets added to EA Sports UFC 5

While UFC 5 does not have every fighter on the promotion's roster in the game, EA Sports consistently adds fighters as they rise in popularity. Payton Talbott was among four fighters added to the game on Wednesday - along with Ricky Simon, Vitor Petrino and Karine Silva.

In line with their goal to make the fighters as realistic as possible, the undefeated bantamweight prospect was given nail polish. Spinnin Backfist shared a photo of his character in the game, captioning the post:

"Payton Talbott is now in UFC 5. Even got the painted nails too."

Check out the tweet from Spinnin Backfist below:

Fans shared their reactions to Talbott's addition to UFC 5. @Lex_Jurgen suggested that fans get used to his personality as he is quickly rising:

"This dude is rising fast. UFC fans better come to grips with his persona."

@Chasingfundzz believes every fighter should be in UFC 5:

"Just put every damn fighter in the game 😭🤦🏾‍♂️"

@MexicanNerd10 noted that Talbott was added before several ranked fighters:

"They got Payton Talbott before ranked fighters 💀💀💀"

@JJtheGoatKSIfan would prefer for Sharaputdin Magomedov to be added to the game:

"we prefer shara bullet in ufc 5"

@THATSHITmcCRAY questioned if fans will still target Israel Adesanya for painting his nails:

"Are ya'll still gonna give Izzy 💩 for painting his nails now? lol"

Check out the best fan reactions to Payton Talbott's addition to UFC 5 below:

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Payton Talbott will not be the only addition to UFC 5 in the coming months

Payton Talbott was one of four fighters added to UFC 5 on Wednesday. The undefeated rising bantamweight prospect was joined by fellow bantamweight contender Ricky Simon, light heavyweight contender Vitor Petrino and No.11-ranked women's flyweight Karine Silva.

EA Sports also revealed which fighters will be added to UFC 5 in the month of September, with No. 5-ranked flyweight Tatsuro Taira headlining the group of four fighters. He is joined by rising lightweight contenders Daniel Zellhuber and Manuel Torres, both of whom are set to clash at UFC 306, and No. 11-ranked women's strawweight Tabatha Ricci.

The official EA Sports UFC X account shared a graphic detailing the roster updates, captioning the post:

"4️⃣ NEW fighters tomorrow + a preview of who's next ⤵️ #UFC5 Patch Notes 🔗 http://x.ea.com/81092"

Check out the post from EA Sports UFC below: