What we heard: It isn't just the fighters in the octagon that employ merciless tactics to defeat their opponents, it would seem. Last November, a number of news outlets reported that welterweight contender Jon Fitch and his fellow American Kickboxing Academy members were cut from the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Reportedly at cause for the move was a licensing disagreement between Fitch and the UFC on THQ's UFC Unleashed 2009, in which the fighter refused to sign away his name and likeness rights in a lifetime contract for the game.
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Up and comming fighters hoping to get into the UFC have the opportunity to be in a video game and help promote themselves get banned for life from the UFC???
Seriously, banning contracted fighters is one thing. Blacklisting noncontracted fighters is just... well ...going too far.
If this is true, would they ban Randy Couture too? From what I understand he has a contract with EA sports. I dont think UFC would really be serious about this.
What if Fedor turns out to be in the game, then decides to go talk directly to Dana wanting to get in the UFC immediately? You think Dana would say no to that?
first it's banning a bunch of sponsors and now pulling something like this.
This is BS. You really think Dana would "ban" the likes of Jake Shields, Vitor Belfort, Fedor, Yamamoto, etc etc etc if the opportunity arose DESPITE them probably signing on for this game? No, if anything it's a scare tactic and won't hold ANY water in the grand scheme of things.
I could see DANA doing this because he already thinks he has all the best (TUF fighters) fighters in the world. This just might be the way Couture gets away from the UFC.
I will say that Golden Boy has a pretty good reputation as an inside source. So if he posted it, there's probably something to it.
That's some brutal business, but I can kind of understand the UFC's perspective in that these guys who are signed up to EA's MMA game, will probably never be able to make it into a UFC game.
The issue I have is its just not a logical thing to do and they would never stick to it. Im not trying to start anything but its complete BS, ain't going to happen.
I dont believe the UFC has any intention of attempting this.
Last edited 7/3/09 1:10PM by slapshot Edit note/reason: n/a
I moved this to UFC forum because at this point this is just rumor and nothing more. Please make sure before posting in the news section that it has a reliable source.
