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Rumor: UFC to ban fighters that sign on for EA's MMA

by David Hinkle on Jul 1st 2009 8:00PM

There's been a pretty crazy rumor floating around. originating from the mixedmartialarts.com forums. The rumor states that UFC will blacklist any fighter that chooses to be a part of EA's upcoming game, MMA. That means should any fighter sign up to be represented in EA's game, they won't ever be endorsed by the UFC or asked to join. Crazy, right?

It makes sense, though, considering how well UFC 2009 Undisputed sold. UFC has a bona fide franchise on its hands, and will likely begin prepping for a sequel soon (if not already), and doesn't want that threatened by EA's game. But, hey, can't we all just get along? This isn't football, after all.

We've put in word to UFC corporate about the rumor and will be sure to get back to you as soon as we hear something.

[Via BloodyElbow; Thanks, Ryan!]

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Tags: ea, Electronic-Arts, Microsoft, mixed-martial-arts, mma, rumor, ufc, ufc-2009-undisputed, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (85)

she's there again.....

Who's where again?

Easy as hell spot

brilliant. u should hide her like this every time. makes for good hunting :P

I'm all for memes, but isn't this one a bit forced?

Nope. Thanks for stopping by though.

Yep, it's more forced than spamming, "SPACE LANCE!"

I'm just happy that i haven't seen any lolcats lately.

so about the topic
im glad. ea always runs out other competitors. now it happens to them

Holy shit you people. How completely starved must a sense of humor be to actually enjoy this retarded DSG meme?

Is it's a meme. Get back to /b/

wow typing fail.

*it isn't a

Lol what is up with this screaming lady thing???

Joystiq morons seem to think it's still funny (or that it ever was).

@valgas

You must be talking about something else. I have no idea what you're talking about. What is he talking about?

Hello? Is this Bowflex support? My little brother is stuck in the Bowflex.

Joystiq commenter finds joke not funny.

More at 11.

It's a trolling mechanism. Everybody knows it's shit, but only non Joystiq fanatics make mention of the fact, thereby asking to be trolled by the residents.

Wow, way to be a bunch of dicks just because the Joystiq crew wanted to have some fun with their job. I'm glad I don't have to deal with your kinds of people in the real world.

lyoto's inside leg kick leaves DSG terrified...more news at 11

30+ articles with DSG and it still doesn't get old! lol

Is this what it's like to feel pity?

@MrKlorox.

I don't know, let me check.

-Looks over your post history-

Yes.

ssssshhhhhhh!!!!! she is enjoying the fight

Hey look we are fr-

SHE IS IN THE DAMN CROWD AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

If true, this doesn't seem that surprising at all. I don't remember the specifics, but I do remember some talk that the likeness rights for this game/franchise were pretty damn lengthy. Also, given the whole Cro Cop/UFC/Dream issue and him being in 2009, the idea of Dana White wanting to lock down some exclusivity seems even more plausible to me.

Dana White being Dana White. He kicked Jon Fitch out of the UFC for not signing a 100 year game image rights deal (or whatever the number). Dana will bull his guys out of EA's game and with UFC being the biggest stage for the fighters, they'll have their hands tied to refuse any deals proposed by EA.

Dead Space Girl is the new Waldo.

you know this meme is not new, Engadget did this
last Friday 13 with Jason face. But i have to say this
face is hilarious.

They do that every Friday the 13th.

And let the Joystiq crew have some fun. They never get to do silly stuff like that. For them, video games are SERIOUS BUSINESS.

Joystiq is doing a great job at promoting Dead Space E even if it isn't their intend(I think).

Dana White is a pretty big asshole, so I wouldn't be surprised if this is true.

doesn't make him an asshole imo...why wouldn't he do this?

I doubt he would go through with it but just making the threat would make the fighters not want any part of EA's MMA. Why would he let HIS fighters by in someone else's game that is not involved with the UFC.

Makes perfect sense but I knew there would be stupid comments like yours.

@ Handlas

Did you even read? Dana's not talking about his fighters, as he already has them under contract. The article said, "should any fighter sign up to be represented in EA's game, they WON'T EVER be endorsed by the UFC or asked to join."

That's a pretty big blow to any MMA star right now not signed with the UFC. If they're not with the UFC, they would probably jump at an opportunity to be in a game like this to get their name out, but now Dana is threatening that he'll never sign them if they do . . kinda some BS tactics if you ask me.

uh huh...and like EA's MMA game is gonna put in a no-name fighter anyway. Oh wait, yes they will...because they HAVE to now...lolz

It's a ruthless move but it's smart and if I owned UFC, I would fire Dana White if he DIDN'T do it. That would be like having back control and not going for the guillotine choke.

UFC definitely has the higher ground right now, and shouldn't have to resort to this. When Bob Burnquist left the Tony Hawk series after THPS2 to be in his own game, he wasn't blacklisted from later THPS titles after his game flopped horribly. Neversoft just said "haha, you suck" and welcomed him back in THPS4.

undisputed must have a big competition from mma
thats just mean

I had to use the force to find this one

I just looked at all the joystiq posts from now till eight hours ago, and that girl is in all of them, WTF?

It all started with the Dead Space Extraction box art.

My agreement meter is maxed. I couldn't agree more.

If this face thing doesn't stop soon my presence on this site will.

Way to pick your battles, Zhane.

Pretty stupid reason to leave a site.

Not if you ask me. When something turns you off, you don't continue to do it.

Its like wheres wally >.< make it more difficult joystiq!

I found the concept car post to be rather difficult.

I think I want to marry DSG.

Seriously? That's fuckin' retarded. And it's just cuz they know that MMA will do better because it could have a better development team and more advertising.

I don't blame them. Why should EA rule the world alone?

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