2mcgrath
07-21-2009, 07:59 PM
For over a month, we've been wondering who EA Sports will be able to recruit for its upcoming MMA video game — especially after Dana White's proclamation that any fighter who signs with the competing title will be dead to him. But now that reports are starting to trickle out, let's run it down...
— In a recent interview with MMA Wordwide, UFC/IFL/Strikeforce vet Benji Radach says that he starts work on the game next month, and will be in it along with Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko.
— Emelianenko's involvement was confirmed by a press release distributed by mixfight.ru, which also named Gegard Mousasi as a participant.
— Tim Sylvia told the Hardcore Sports Rage radio show that he's signed up to appear in the game, and that him and Randy Couture are being paid very well for their likenesses.
— In a MMASpot.net interview posted Sunday, Renato "Babalu" Sobral thanked EA Sports MMA among his sponsors.
— According to this ArmyTimes profile, Tim Kennedy will appear in the game.
We'll update this list when more major names trickle out. In the meantime, hit up [Only registered and activated users can see links] if you hear of any other confirmed additions.
Related: Dana White has made it clear that it's more than his natural competitive urge that's driving his competition with the EA MMA game. From Yahoo! Sports:
“I went to EA Sports. Know what EA Sports said? ‘It’s not a sport. This isn’t a sport. We would never get involved in something like this.’ We come out with a video game and now they want to come out with a video game? (Expletive) you. All these people that want to cry and *****, EA Sports didn’t give a (expletive) about you and wouldn’t even touch this thing with a 10-foot pole. We went out and made this whole thing happen. THQ basically put their entire business on the line. If this game didn’t work, they were in big trouble."
EA denied that the above exchange ever took place.
source ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
— In a recent interview with MMA Wordwide, UFC/IFL/Strikeforce vet Benji Radach says that he starts work on the game next month, and will be in it along with Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko.
— Emelianenko's involvement was confirmed by a press release distributed by mixfight.ru, which also named Gegard Mousasi as a participant.
— Tim Sylvia told the Hardcore Sports Rage radio show that he's signed up to appear in the game, and that him and Randy Couture are being paid very well for their likenesses.
— In a MMASpot.net interview posted Sunday, Renato "Babalu" Sobral thanked EA Sports MMA among his sponsors.
— According to this ArmyTimes profile, Tim Kennedy will appear in the game.
We'll update this list when more major names trickle out. In the meantime, hit up [Only registered and activated users can see links] if you hear of any other confirmed additions.
Related: Dana White has made it clear that it's more than his natural competitive urge that's driving his competition with the EA MMA game. From Yahoo! Sports:
“I went to EA Sports. Know what EA Sports said? ‘It’s not a sport. This isn’t a sport. We would never get involved in something like this.’ We come out with a video game and now they want to come out with a video game? (Expletive) you. All these people that want to cry and *****, EA Sports didn’t give a (expletive) about you and wouldn’t even touch this thing with a 10-foot pole. We went out and made this whole thing happen. THQ basically put their entire business on the line. If this game didn’t work, they were in big trouble."
EA denied that the above exchange ever took place.
source ([Only registered and activated users can see links])