Fedor Emelianenko To Headline EA Sport’s MMA Video Game
Fedor Emelianenko, the near-unanimous top-ranked heavyweight in the world, will headline EA Sport’s upcoming MMA video game, it was announced during a Wednesday press conference.
Gegard Mousasi and Renato “Babalu” Sobral were also confirmed to be appearing in the game, which is slated for a 2010 release on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, and Bobby Lashley are among the other fighters confirmed for the game, with Nick Diaz, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal, Jason Miller, and Jake Shields also rumored for the roster.
The UFC’s “UFC Undisputed” video game was released earlier this year to positive reviews and impressive sales. UFC President Dana White saying after UFC 100 earlier this month that he was at “war” with EA over the rival game, and added that fighters who sign on for the game are unlikely to be signed by the UFC.
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This game will most definately lack depth. The only way the game will work is if they take an open weight-class approach
d@mn, you beat me to it.
i think they already have that it’s llike a cheat
There just doesn’t seem to be enough deepth of well known fighters at each weight class outside of the UFC to build a whole video game around it.
Soooooooooooooooo? Fedor would rather be in a vedeo game than be the “UNDISPUTED” heavywieght king of MMA? What a punk asss buster move! I don’t even care if he goes to the UFC! It would mean he has to go on a diet and train hard anyway, and no more Russian buffets! so everyone is Fat and Happy now! sorry if this seems like fighter bashing. its just so sad to see someone with so much tallent NOT want to challange themselves!
IMO
I think the deal with EA was LONG before the whole “Fedor possibly coming to the UFC” havik hit in the last week. On top of that, Fedor has always been open to fighting top competitors if the UFC was willing to co-promote. Really this is still speculation until we hear the news on Friday.
Figs, remember when it was about the fact that the UFC brass wouldn’t allow Fedor to fight in Sambo competitions if he were to sign with the UFC…. And us fans were like damn let man do Sambo, national pride is on the line, he is the best in the world at that too, Come on UFC let the man do his thing…. But now M~1 Global hasn’t said a damn thing about Sambo, and only wants to Co~promote with ZUFFA, hhmmmmmm perhaps just maybe M~1 thinks that they are better than what they are… I want Fedor in the UFC, he should have been there a long time ago but what will it be next, he will only fight if he can wear his WAMMA ring to the cage make Vlad kiss then make him hold it til the end of the fight? <—–doesn’t make sense, well to me either does M~1 Global’s demands
F~Finkledinkle
(happy WAMMA is dead but F~WAMMA too)
Who cares about how ****ty the game may or may not be…What does this mean for fedor fighting in the ufc? You would think that if he was even remotely close to signing with the ufc they would make sure he wasnt goign to sign a contract to be in the EA game. Unless it was too late.
I’m hoping that its similar to the couture situation. Couture signed on to the game during his contract dispute with the ufc. Maybe fedor had this lined up for a while and the ufc will still sign him.
This is news nobody cares about. Waiting for fedor to sign is like being an oilers fan. Too much talk, absolutely no action…
*In reference to the entire confrence call, that I’m sure a story will be up in a bit, just having to vent….
Ok I was going to post this in the forum section but here is as good of a place as any…………………….. First off Jerry Millen <——-what? why? and yes I know that he is tied to M~1 Global but seriously who got this piece of sh!t out of the litter box, Bas said it right…
Video game yaaay ok cool
What is Jerry talking for Babalu and Gergard Mousasi, don’t talk for them, just a dick move
And Finkeldinkle, stating ya UFC made us an offer, we countered… (what? did you just say that M~1 Global countered the UFC, gee I wonder what over, Sambo?) No, they countered to have every Fedor event be a “co-promotion” because M~1Global holds events allover the world… REALLY Ok… and Fedor is the “face” of M~1, well no sh!t he owns the ****ker.. Can we PLEASE e~mail ZUFFA and inform them that we “THE FANS” love the idea of Fedor being in the UFC, yet DO NOT want M~1 Global to have anything to do with the promotion of any UFC event, it is what happend with Affliction MMA paying millions per event to M~1 Global for no real services provided + 300,000 to Fedor personally for fighting, it cost approx 3.5 million per fight of the Co Promotion, hey Finkledinkle the UFC would gladly pay Fedor that, just put some M~1 Global patches on his Affliction shirt and stay the F out of the business end of the UFC
F~Finkledinkle
Nice to see you got a new slogan
Yeah, this whole co-promotion thing is going to be the end of negotiations with Fedor. Neither side is willing to back down, both with good reason, but I have to agree with ya FR. If they want to “co-promote” just slap a M~1 logo on a shirt. There ya go, you just promoted M~1 at a UFC event that’s about as close to a co-promotion that you are going to get.
“Josh Gross asks why Fedor can’t do the same deal GSP, Anderson Silva, and every other big fighter signs? Evasive answer. Why is co-promotion so important? Answer: M-1 is very big, we develop MMA all over the world. This is all talking points about M-1 at this point. It sounds like UFC came forward with a big offer, and now M-1 offered something back very different involving co-promotion. Amusingly, they say M-1’s goal is to make MMA really popular all over the world”
This confrence call is just PR BULLSH!T imo
F~Finkledinkle
HT:Nick Thomas of BE
Is it not clear that Vlad is keeping this from happening, or is it just me?
Couldn’t have said it better myself. It sucks that Fedor cannot speak for himself and that a complete jackass like Finkledinkle is handling the man’s career. Yes I think Fedor is the man, but this is getting ridiculous. M1 Global has hardly done a thing for MMA internationally compared to the UFC. Why the hell would UFC give them hundreds of thousands of dollars to co-promote the UFC pay per views and Fedor fights? The UFC does not need the help nor would they profit from paying money to M1 global. UFC can have any fighter they want and they do NOT need Fedor to survive.
If I were Dana I would make this as a counter offer. Fedor gets his purse per fight, whether it’s 250k or 400k. Whatever. His win bonus, if he wins, can go to “M1 Global”. But sorry, why would they pay Fedor and then M1 on top of that? If they don’t want that. Whatever. Go fight nobodies in Strikeforce. At least that way he will get north American exposure and hopefully one day realize what an opportunity his management team blew.
The only thing I would add here is that we’re not talking hundreds of thousands of dollars here, but paper in the millions.
As Fedor owns half of M-1 Global, any deal with the UFC wherein they evenly co-promote an event means that Fedor, on top of his base salary and other performance and gate bonuses, would get 25% of the take.
No fighter on the planet is worth that, especially one that has spent the last 4 years fu<king off fighting sideshow acts, aging MW's, and UFC castoffs…
It’s just a matter of time before Dana White gets sued for going to far. Creating a monopoly on MMA. His politics already polarize fighters. You can count a Feford vs UFC fight out now because Dana is too busy trying to push his own agenda while sacraficing the good of the sport.
i would be more than happy to see the ufc as the only major promotion, the little guys need to be there of course,Feck affliction, Feck strikeforce, Feck em all!
WAS THIS FEDORS BIG NEWS? He is just as bad as Dana white saying there is a new line of action figures coming out! Geez!!!
this reminds me of Tito Ortiz (FEDOR) and Chuck Liddell (Brock, Carwin or just the UFC)…………..
“I’ll fight” “I’m not scared” “I just have some other stuff to do first”
IMO
(its so hard to keep myself from “bashing”) (but I won’t do it)
I’m not attacking Fedor, just well his business associates…. but I do get what you’re say windmiller… This is becoming ridiculous
well does Fedor own part of M-1? or does M-1 own part of Fedor?
Fedor “owns” 50 percent of M~1 Global, and Finkledinkle “owns” 20 some odd percent, I’m rather certain that it was all Fedor’s money that created M~1 Global, yet Finkledinkle tho he technically works for the great Fedor “runs” all business aspects of M~1 Global as well as negotiations similar to a CFO/COO type of thing….
This also means ANOTHER barrier in the UFC contract because DW said he wouldn’t allow any fighter in UFC unless exclusive video game right for THQ.
Fedor isn’t coming
dont care anymore
we will see him do commercials for energizer/M1 batteries before we see him in a UFC PPV
Gay! This was s waste of time. Friday will be Dana bashing Fedor and m1 all over again, were right back where we left off in 2007. I hope when Fedor comes, that Brock smashes him, just for being so difficult
i find this funny for EA. they were approached by the UFC to do a UFC video game. they said no, and then we had the sudden success of Undisputed 2009. now EA wants to throw their hat in the ring, punk-a$$ move. not to mention all the UFC fighters are under exclusive contract meaning they wont be on EA’s game, except randy. Ive read numerous reports of this so im not talking out of my a$$.
EA tries to do this with every sports franchise, they end up putting out a cruddy product by not having anyone challenge them. look at the madden series, not good at all imo, it was better when 2k sports had their football game as well as ESPN’s attempt imo. so according to this statement above, “UFC President Dana White saying after UFC 100 earlier this month that he was at “war” with EA over the rival game, and added that fighters who sign on for the game are unlikely to be signed by the UFC” so i infer that fedor is unlikely to sign with the UFC.
I hope dana comes out friday and says that it was Fedor’s/M-1’s last chance to sign with the UFC and that they blew it. i would be so happy to hear that.
i hope they get everything they missed last game randy couture, clay guida glad they’re add those other ones and they should have some big legends like ken shamrock and royce gracie
But lets be honest…. Most have known for some time now that Fedor was going to be a part of this EA game, and I believe that this can be worked around, and I also think that the UFC would be willing to “look the other way” if you , hey Randy Couture is suppose to be in the EA game and he is employed by ZUFFA, sooo this isn’t the straw to break the camel’s back its the CO Promotion bs that Finkledinkle is throwing out there..
if Fedor wants to compete in MMA, who is he gunna fight????
He could always fight the other HW’s in the world, Overeem, Werdum, Rogers, Monson, Gracie… Which would mean that he would have to sign some sort of contract with StrikeForce, cuz Monson isn’t allowed to leave the country as of today and those other HW’s are in the StrikeForce org….
True! i am upset and closed minded! i was really looking foward to his UFC deput
Just read on another sourceful site that M1 is refusing to do any deal unless it’s co-promoted. I’m a big Fedor fan, but this last week has done nothing but irritate me.
It’s not about fighting fight when are where anymore (Sambo). It’s about M1 trying to be relevent in a sport that has already been established. I really want to see them come to terms, but the co-promotion makes no sense. If a Japenese baseball player was the best pitcher in the world, would the MLP co-promote a season with a Japenese organization.
Frustrated over nonsense. Things like this make me realize it’s no longer about the sport, just the money. Lets see how it plays out.
Wow.
Just when I think that this whole Fedor/M-1 Global thing can’t get any more ridiculous, they plunge to new depths of embarrassment.
Are we really supposed to care that Fedor is going to be in some video game that will in all likelihood suck out loud in comparison to UFC Undisputed?
THIS was their “big announcement?
A video game?
Its actually appropriate somehow, because Fedor’s cartoon management is making a joke at the expense of the sport and its fans with their behavior, and their hamstringing of Fedor fighting in the UFC.
The breakdown goes like this:
1) M-1 Global still wants the MMA community to buy into the fact that Fedor is the best HW, and even more unbelievably, the best MMA fighter on the planet, 4 years after anything remotely close to an actual competative MMA bout.
2) M-1 Global still wants the MMA community to buy into the fact that Fedor “wants” to fight in the UFC, to prove point #1, in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
3) M-1 Global still wants the MMA community to buy into the fact that Zufa is somehow negotiating unfairly, or in poor faith, or offering an undervalued contract, agian in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
This is asking an AWFUL lot from the MMA community, many of whom no longer buy into the whole “Cult of Fedor” nonsense, and absolutely extend no credibility to Fedor’s management in general, and Vadim Finklestein in particular.
Exactly what is Fedor bringing to the table?
He’s little more than an urban legend to newer MMA fans, and to the 21-30 crowd Fedor is a legendary PRIDE superstar and Japanese style shoot-fighter, who hasn’t stepped foot one into a cage and/or fought in the big show, and for THAT Zuffa is supposed to hand out a multi-million dollar contract that makes all sorts of exceptions for Fedor to do SAMBO [which I am fine with], be in some dumb-a$$ video game thats NOT Undisputed [which I could care less about because I'm not 14 years old], and sign over to him 25% of promotional revenues [which takes the old phrase “insane in the membrane” to a new meaning?
I arrive at that percentage because Fedor owns half of M-1 Global, and they’re asking to co-promote on most likely a 50/50 basis.
Look, enough is enough.
At this point Zuffa should pay for Fedor and his 30+ posse of jock-sniffers to get on a plane and get the fu<k back to Russia where they belong, and stay there. Fedor can fight polar bears in Japan or Zuluhino on the International Space Station or Gomi in Siberia or whatever he wants, but please, please let this UFC jaw-jacking come to an end.
M-1 Global is wasting all of our time, and playing us all for suckers over and over again. I know this is going ot be hard for his supporters to hear, but if FEDOR WANTED TO FIGHT IN THE UFC, HE WOULD HAVE SIGNED TO DO SO BY NOW.
PERIOD.
I can't post it any plainer than that…
1) Fedor is rated the top HW acrossed almost all leading MMA publications and sports organizations… (and even chosen as the best P4P in quite a few [in some the Only HW in the top ten P4P)
2) Fedor does want to fight in the UFC (unless he is a liar) although on his somewhat silly terms.
3) UFC is offering a contract that is very controlling, that is fine if a fighter has no other options, care only about getting the most money/best promotion, or is trying establish oneself. Fedor is not necessarily bound by any of these and would prefer his freedom and a good fight to a contract that would force him to go out a loser (if he ever wants to MMA in russia again), renew at the same pay rate (no new negotiation after a set time is crazy in any industry), and they are not contracting with fedor-per-say but the Org he is signed with M1 which is not the same as working solely with a fighter. Point is: I had a job that once paid well but offered no benefits and treated employees poorly… I stuck with it for the money and b/c I knew there was a line of poor saps who would take my job if I complained about the poor treatment… They treated me unfairly but they were the best I could get. MMA has no Unions to my knowledge, just because the UFC offers the best MMA contracts out there DOES NOT MEAN IT IS FAIR TO THE FIGHTER or a good contract or offering what interests Fedor (which appears to be promoting Russia, his Gym, and an organization that he might dream will make him like a Dana or Zuffa once he retires). I don’t think he needs cash and that is about all the UFC offers right now b/c I don’t think he cares if any of us consider him the best (his entire counrty does and so does the major sporting journalists in ours…) He may want to fight the UFC guys for the challenge but I think he wants the chance to somehow leave the UFC a winner and not get shafted like Randy who was at the top just a year or two ago and now is not on any (that I limitedly know of) top 5 lists or big headlines compared to brock and others.
Funny how one can become a has been so quick and “former” UFC champs can be “washed up” when they are the same age or younger than the current champs…
Not trying to cut into your post but just offering the other side of the coin to be considered.
have you seen the contract that was just offered to Fedor? 6 fights 30 million, wear as much M~1 stuff as he wants, gets to compete in Sambo, automatic title shot, PPV sales cut… Sounds rather good right
Fedor, Finkledinkle and M~1 Global turned it down, how very interesting… NO?
come on John
John – we’ve had our posting differences in the past, but Fedor and/or his manager turning down Zuffa’s latest contract offer pretty much invalidates every well-laid out argument posted by Fedor supporters that I’ve read here, not just yours.
And fr702a agrees with me, as most do.
Thirty million dollars, instant title shot, plus a cut of PPV monies, plus he’s clear to do SAMBO, plus Affliction shirt money, and on and on.
If Fedor wants to take his ball and go back to Bolgorad, thats his right, however, Fedor’s management really needs to stop this sideshow and make a statement that Fedor prefers to stick with M-1 Global, which he owns half of, and try to cut a deal with someone else, somewhere else.
Ps
I Think when Silva vs Fedor went down, Silva had a crazy good record or 24 – 4 !! (mir is 12-4 and Randy is like 16-9 any they are brocks “quality” competition) and was just coming off a Loss to Nog (who people are also calling washed up in some circles) for the UFC interm Champ belt. Before the Nog fight Dana was calling Silva a monster with is 6′8 stature and huge 260 something weight.
Fedor does not fight many a year (like Brock looks to do) so it is hard to say if he can still handle but he did take out some of the best in their prime multiple times (cro cop, nog, etc) so atleast give him that until he is beaten (which could come in one fight within the UFC) and give him a bit of the MMA respect he has earned until proven otherwise. He is not shying form fights [he was going to face barnett] it is just hard to get a good fight outside the UFC and there “exculsivity” clauses.
You are both right! That is a very good contract. Fedor even said so himself. But I’ll wage that was the 1st contract of its kind the UFC has offered. I was speaking to their contracts “in general” which are MMA leading contracts, the best MMA has to offer, but in general not as fair as they could be being wieghted more to control in exchange for hard cash. Obviously if one is not looking for cash they are not good contracts to the opposing party.
But I had not seen the lastest offer and I beleive you and I stand corrected on that point; as stated above – it is a VERY good contract. I do, how-ever, stand by my other points and in my opinion still feel the avg UFC contract could be better for the fighters if the fighters had more leverage like a promotion as big as the UFC chasing them or a Union (both of which most other sports have in other teams attempting to aquire players And in player unions).
Good points both fr702 and jcohl.
Wow Fedor is shooting himself in the foot big time here. He is going to have no one to fight. I hope strikeforce declines the co-promotion with m~1 as well so that fedor has no relevent HW to fight. I like Fedor and I don’t think he really has anything to prove but god damn. You either want to fight the best competion or you don’t belong in the big leagues. I think alot of people are just really bitter towards Fedor too, because he is such an interesting fighter to watch and he does have a mistique about him.
I can’t say I can blame Dana on this one either. He is usually over the line imo about some of the stuff he decides. Such as the whole “war” with EA, or the likeness rights savageness. On the other hand if i had built an MMA empire with all the best fighters I wouldn’t want some peice of **it promoters riding my god damn coat-tails and taking my hard money and I don’t understand what finkledinkle doesn’t understand about that.
God this is troubling me. Just fight and make your god damn 3-4 million in pay-per-view buys and win bonus, and invest that back in your **itty promotion if it means that much to you.
F~finkledinkle, and F~M~1
At some point, Fedor needs to take control over his own career. To continue on this path, Fedor will continue to fight UFC has-been’s or wanna-be’s. It is hard to believe the public will continue to want to purchase pay-per-views of his fights if no real competition with drawing power can be arranged.
I have a hard time believing the money Fedor is looking for is not out there under the banner of the UFC. I am beginning to wonder if he is getting concerned about the level of talent in the UFC – and the level of talent which will be developed in the UFC over the next three years. As we have seen, it is very difficult to stay on top for long.
Not that I take any issue with the “fu<k M-1 Global" sentiments, but I would have to say that they are doing a pretty thorough job of fu<king themselves, and in the process fu<king their meal-ticket Fedor and his supporters, with this nonsensical "co-promotion" noise…
This is some Brett Favre $hit!!!!!!
Just shut the hell up and make a decision already!!!
Either your in or your out!!!!
A-Men to that but he better be in it dam-n it.
haha i agree
Does anyone know if that Finkledinkle bloke has some Kryptonite in his pocket and that is how he controls Fedor?
I just can’t understand how a fighter is lead so much by other people. Most fighters are arrogant and mouth off about everything and will demand what they want. And yet in this case Fedor always seems gormless, like he couldn’t care less and he wouldn’t mind if he just want back home and sat in his old armchair with a pint of vodka in his hand.
I just don’t think he wants to do this type of fighting anymore, just the Sambo. Lazy.
I think dana should allow a four fight or fight till fedor loses co-promote. Because it will make him look like a rose (the guy that care about the fight fans so much he puts them infront of biz etc yatta yatta). And who does M-1 have besides fedor (who is getting the attention for free now anyhow) No One.
Soooo The UFC gets huge sales from fedor and looks like the good guy AND they get the guy that beats fedor (maybe brock in 1st fight etc) so that M-1 leaves with a beaten fedor and no other fighters. Their quest for free promotion may ruin them that way. I think it would be worse for the UFC in the long run if M-1 joins with strikeforce and Fedor keeps the streak going building to the ‘legend’ and ‘what if’ mystic.
So I’ll go against the current trend and say that co-promotion for a limited # of fights or fight until fedor is “de-throned” (loses)might hurt M-1 and help the UFC (and there next heir apparrent). Finally, if the Fedor somehow manages to roll over the UFC in continuos wins then that would be worth the co-promotion to see and could you imagine the sales in the unlikely event the UFC had (even in co-promotion) the greatest fighter of all time? But he’ll likely lose so the UFC would be able to dispel the fedor myth and have the “Guy who beat Fedor” when the cut with M-1 who would then be left with NOTHING…
Any thoughts?
I think M-1 global wants to co-promote because if Fedor loses they are dead in the water. If I were the UFC I would move on. Their is plenty of talent with the sports popularity and they do not need Fedor. Another thing I see is Fedor does not want to come to the UFC. Everytime they make an offer to him he needs something else or their is some obstacle on why the contract does not work. Negotiations in my experience have to be win-win for both parties.
i hope its as good as ufc undisputed, i remade all those fights in one day.