EA Sports MMA: If it's in any martial art, it's in the game [update]

UFC Physics?

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bye bye UFC....

i am not sure how this game will compare, it might be the skate of mma games. activision did some things with tony hawk but when skate came alone it didn't bring anything TO the table, it BROUGHT the table!

ufc is a great game BUT is very limited to what you can do outsied of online which is laggy and full of quitters who hate to lose and a career mode with TONS OF MENUS! by ea coming out 2nd with EA MMA it gives them a chance to tweak what they have and see where thq and yukes went wrong.

only downside the only mainstream name being randy couture who i believe isn't in the thq game because his rights were tied up with ea.

lets just wait and see!!

Not sure how they're going to pull this off without the naming rights to all the fighters. The vast majority of popular MMA fighters are owned by the UFC, and MMA is a very identity-based sport. People want to fight as their favorite fighters, or at least fighters they know. Made-up or obscure (at least to the casual MMA fan) fighters just won't cut it.

yea umm...theres only one problem with this game...who are they gonna have? randy couture (maybe), fedor emilianenko, matt linland, josh barnett, maybe renato babalu sobral and nick diaz,,,,but thats it...they cant sign anyone else cuz everyone in the ufc game signed a 10 year contract with thq prohibiting them to appear in any other game....sure the ufc game isnt perfect...but its pretty damn good....ea can make a good game, but it wont go far without the ufc license...if anything it will make thq work harder for ufc 2010

With no UFC support, this game is an instant failure. There aren't enough relevant fighters outside of UFC/WEC, it's like making a basketball game without any NBA players.

KId Yamamoto is heading to the WEC, Carano's in Talks with Zuffa and Robbie Lawler and jake SHield's are UFC bound when there Strikeforce deals are up.

This game could get expensive for EA with Undisputed the UFc was able to just shove a piece of paper under its fighters nose and say sign it. However with this there are different promotions to deal with plus fighters agents and the fighters themselves who unlike THQ does with Undisputed as the UFC owns there video game likeness they ALL have to be paid.

There are CAF lists online for UFC 2009 for everyone not in the game. Plus they have the UFC guys.

This one ain't gonna sell, sorry. Ask any casual fan what they think of when they think MMA and they'll answer 'the UFC'. Affliction will be lucky to have a 4th ppv after hemorrhaging all their losses (even though the CEO claims they'll have 3 more after this "trilogy").

Strikeforce is a decent competitor because unlike EliteXC they actually make a profit and don't put overrated under-trained fighters (Kimbo Slice) against UFC rejects (Seth Petruzelli) to lose and essentially kill their company overnight. And Strikeforce owns most of the contracts of the EliteXC fighters including Carano.

I can see this EA game making a deal with Strikeforce, but I doubt they'd go after Affliction since Affliction is more like their own thing (having WAMMA belts) versus the UFC having their own stuff and Strikeforce having their own belts as well. Between Affliction and Strikeforce, Strikeforce is more likely to be around another 6 months.

There's only about 5-10 fighters that casual mma fans will know that aren't in UFC... And buying individual people to use as characters can get VERY expensive. With that being said, THQ made a great game, which will only get better, it's only problem is if EA can make those improvements in their launch title.

What I think would be cool is to make it EXCLUSIVELY CAF... Make it super-indepth, not to the point of RPG.... but insanely indepth.. And have some people, like Randy, Fedor, as trainers and unlockables and guys to help base what you want to play as..

Personally, I like Creating fighters to play online with exactly what I want... Why play as UFC characters when I can play as me online...

So everyone here is just going to bitch and complain this game isn't going to make it because they don't have access to the UFC roster?

I don't know about you but I'd rather have fucking awesome gameplay, with FNR4 graphics and lesser known fighters than a shiny fucking GSP throwing superman punches at me all day, and then quitting once I pound his ass out.

EA will just "buy" the rights to UFC, like they did with the NFL for like 10 yrs......its good to be rich.....bitches.....

I'd love to see Feador and Aleksandr Emelianenko in this along with some legends(Shamrock Bros., Bas Rutten, Gracie etc.)

i would have much rather preferred if the UFC went with EA.

Personally I'm not interested in licenses. I believe that EA can provide superior production values to their games, an MMA game of Fight Night's graphical calibre would be sublime.

What I truly want is a game to fill the void left by the excellent Def Jam: Fight for NY, I loved that game to death. I don't care about famous fighters, I'll make my own in my likeness with my own style. If EA can provide that experience better than THQ can then they'll have my money.

this is to xFenixKnightx. as for Jake shields and randy couture. both still have contracts with the UFC.