Looks like Fedor Emelianenko will, in fact, be in the upcoming EA MMA video game. Fedor, as he’s known to MMA fans, currently fights in M-1 Global, which is an MMA organization based in Russia. (YouTube helps here.)
This could have consequences further down the road. Pretty much every MMA fan in the world wants to see Fedor fight in the UFC; most of those fans, I would guess, would want him to fight Brock Lesnar, who just gave Frank Mir a thorough talking-to. The only problem is that Dana White, who’s sort of the Vince McMahon of UFC (he’s actually the president of the company, but he also performs a public “look at me!” role like Vince McMahon does/used to), has gone on record, time and again, as sayingthat anyone who appears in the upcoming EA MMA game will never fight in the UFC. (Yes, Randy Coture is the exception to this rule.)
Why is Mr. White resorting to such measures?
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 [UFC Undisputed, the best selling game of the quarter] and now they want to come out with a video game? (Expletive) you.
(Also, Dave Meltzer, the guy whose story that quote comes from, could be the greatest journalist alive today.)
So, in summary, Fedor’s appearance in the EA game complicates matters. Now, because Lesnar vs. Fedor has money written all over it, especially if neither of the two lose any upcoming fights, you’d have to think that Dana White would re-consider his stance.
Fedor isn’t getting any younger, and I’d like to see him and Lesnar go at it before the sun runs out hydrogen.
Fedor = God.
yes finally…ufc Undisputed sucked…EA is way better..hope they make an actual realistic game..Unlike THQ did…and if fedor is in it…it will be the best..
undisputed seems like it was made by retards. It doesn’t seem like Thq hade ever scene a ufc fight before. i am so glad EA is making a game that clearly will be much better than undisputed. thats what pussy boy Danna White is really mad about.
I understand why Danna is mad, but its clear now that EA wants to do a game. i think you should suck it up and let EA do the next ufc game. even though thq’s game sold well, it wasn’t very good. EA can make a better game, and sell more copies. MMA is going to do better than Undisputed. mostly because EA is making it
EA’s game is running fight night round 4 graphical engine. with the camera face maping system. u can create every ufc fighter u wan. just need a good front picture
Dana White= Vince Mcman, could not of said it better myself, the guy is a joke, he want to have control over everything and everybody, then throws himself on the floor kicking and screaming like a 4 year old every time he doesn’t get his way. F- you Dana White!
You guys are all just dumbasses that want to suck fedors dick and have no idea what a real fighter looks like gsp or anderson silva are both hands down better pound for pound fighters than fedor could ever dream of being the roster for ea’s mma game is so weak and full of has beens
yes, i agree with david, fedor= punk pansy
yes, i agree with david, fedor= punk pansy ufc undisputed was an awesome game, i didn’t see EA coming out with any mma games until ufc undisputed blasted off, i rather wait for undisputed 2010 than get some half ass’d rushed “i wanna make a better mma game since that one did so well” copy.
I’d probably still play it tho :)