Post by glassjaw on Jul 13, 2009 22:01:26 GMT -5
"In what started out as an internet rumour, UFC president, Dana White, confirmed after Saturday's UFC 100 that anyone appearing in EA's MMA title would not fight in the UFC.
MMAjunkie are reporting that White stated that he was at "war" with EA Sports and insisted that they didn't throw the first punch.
"EA Sports told us, 'You're not a real sport,'" White said. "'We wouldn't touch this thing. We want nothing to do with this.'"
"We put our asses on the line, THQ and the UFC, to make a video-game deal in the worst economy in the world," White said. "We go out there and do this thing, and it's successful, and now ******* EA Sports wants to do a video game. Really? That's not what you told us a year-and-a-half ago."
"You told us you'd never be in business with us. They wouldn't even take a meeting because mixed martial arts disgusted them. This wasn't a real sport. Boy, they got over that real quick, didn't they?"
Source: www.operationsports.com/newspost.php?id=333968
Also mentioned on many other video game sites.
I think in this case Dana is 100% right.
MMAjunkie are reporting that White stated that he was at "war" with EA Sports and insisted that they didn't throw the first punch.
"EA Sports told us, 'You're not a real sport,'" White said. "'We wouldn't touch this thing. We want nothing to do with this.'"
"We put our asses on the line, THQ and the UFC, to make a video-game deal in the worst economy in the world," White said. "We go out there and do this thing, and it's successful, and now ******* EA Sports wants to do a video game. Really? That's not what you told us a year-and-a-half ago."
"You told us you'd never be in business with us. They wouldn't even take a meeting because mixed martial arts disgusted them. This wasn't a real sport. Boy, they got over that real quick, didn't they?"
Source: www.operationsports.com/newspost.php?id=333968
Also mentioned on many other video game sites.
I think in this case Dana is 100% right.