UFC’s Dana White Says EA “Sucks,” Discusses New Undisputed
Hot on the heels of the UFC: Undisputed 2010 box art reveal, we have some more interesting tidbits from the UFC front. In an excellent interview with GamerLive.Tv, at the UFC: Undisputed 2010 box art reveal, UFC owner Dana White, stated that EA “sucks.”
This was apparently due to the fact that after some discussion between EA Sports and the UFC, EA claimed that UFC wasn’t a real sport and thus passed on the idea of creating a game around it. In the interview, White also acknowledges that the older UFC games were pretty terrible, and that the newest installment in the franchise will look so good, you’ll think you were watching an actual UFC fight. (Undisputed 2009 looked pretty darn good to start…)
Despite the frankness of White’s words, you’ve got to hand it to him for taking it to the big boys, because if anyone can do it, it’s a trained killing machine. White has been playing ball with EA pretty aggressively over the past year, that’s for sure, and we can only expect things to amp up even more as EA readies their own MMA title. One thing is for sure: this competition is healthy and will only result in a better experience for us gamers. Some sports fans would argue that during EA’s battle with 2K sports over NFL licensing rights, we saw some of the greatest football games ever made. Let’s hope we experience that again with the UFC, minus the whole “EA acquiring exclusive rights” thing.
We’ve gone ahead and provided the full interview below for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
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7 Responses to “UFC’s Dana White Says EA “Sucks,” Discusses New Undisputed”
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February 8th, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Nice, lets hope they give a better more diverse and interesting career mode and less of the massive amount of lag that was in ‘09 version!
~funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id)~
February 8th, 2010 at 8:11 PM
“Despite the frankness of White’s words, you’ve got to hand it to him for taking it to the big boys, because if anyone can do it, it’s a trained killing machine.”
Uhhhh…not. even. close.
White has amateur boxing experience; he is NOT an MMA fighter.
February 8th, 2010 at 9:25 PM
In other news, White lost it and had a hissy fit when he found out that F1 is a tougher sport than MMA.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:37 PM
^^^^^ K-1 or Formula 1 Racing?
Because if it’s the latter, you’re retarded.
February 9th, 2010 at 7:59 AM
@Nosferatu King
F1 drivers need to be incredibly fit, have to able to handle extreme g-forces, and lose up to 10kg in weight per race, all the while holding their concentration for up to 3 hours at a time- or they die in a ball of flames (not get knocked to the floor after a few minutes with a referee to protect them!), i therefore claim it is you who is retarded, for thinking that 2 sweaty overweight men fighting for up to 10 minutes is tougher!
February 9th, 2010 at 10:59 AM
..his was apparently due to the fact that after some discussion between EA Sports and the UFC, EA claimed that UFC wasn’t a real sport and thus passed on the idea of creating a game around it…
Thats because the UFC isnt a real sport. Mixed martial arts is the sport. If you keep up with it you know this is just Dana being Dana. Loud, opinionated and offensive. Its served him pretty well over the years.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:58 PM
I wanna see Lesner and Bobby Kottick get into a cage together.