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Besides the EA bashing there is a big gripe I have with this quote and I know it's old, but I just found out something interesting from Chael Sonnen, Jon Fitch and Dan Hardy before UFC 115; these guys don't even get paid to be in UFC Undisputed!!! Ok, so let me get this right. Dana goes on a rant about paying fighters when he doesn't even pay them and in fact EA does? That's almost so funny that it makes me want to cry. The conversation went as follows:
Dan Hardy (reading a question): Do you guys get paid for being in the UFC video game?
Chael Sonnen: I would like to know to. Did you guys get paid, because I didn't get a penny!
Fitch: I didnt get anything.
Hardy: Zero
Chael: Who's the other company, EA Sports? They did pay their athletes, and that's ok. I would be in the video game for free as opposed to not being in the video game at all so...
Fitch: The idea is that the amount of attention we get from being in the video game will pay us back in the long run. I mean how many opportunities do you get to be in a video game?
Well Fitch, I guess it really all just comes down to who you're signed with and what the stipulations of your contract are. And who actually knows, maybe these three just didn't get the memo from their managers about royalty checks. To me it's just too awkward that none of these three high profile UFC fighters knew about any compensation from being in the video game, when in fact Dana says he's paying them 'forever'.
EA president Peter Moore also refuted the claims of being an MMA hater by stating the following in July of last year:
I love mixed martial arts, and we've been working on a game concept since I came to EA two years ago. I have great respect for the organizations and individuals that have invested in the sport's growth over the past decade - so this is one that is near and dear to me and I'm excited to see such good progress to date.
Following EA's demo yesterday of EA MMA at E3 2010, Dana jumped on twitter to remind everyone of his feelings towards the video game giant:
"EA sports is a joke and told me when I talked to them that mma is NOT a real sport and they would NEVER make an mma video game."
With UFC Undisputed 2010 not living up to expectations in terms of sales and the tremendous amount of hype that EA MMA seems to be picking up at the moment, now probably isn't the best time to dig up a dormant grudge. EA MMA will undoubtedly sell well as it's an EA Sports game and the brand recognition it has within the gaming community is simply irrefutable. Not to mention that the game is looking like it's turning out to be great with resemblance to the multimillion dollar series Fight Night. I was hoping that Dana might be able to work out his issues with EA but then again, Dana will be Dana. Asking Dana to shut his mouth is like asking an infant to not crap in his diapers, it's just not going to happen. A partnership involving UFC working with EA to add their roster of fighters would without a doubt make for one great video game, but for now it appears that Dana has burnt the bridge.
Besides the EA bashing there is a big gripe I have with this quote and I know it's old, but I just found out something interesting from Chael Sonnen, Jon Fitch and Dan Hardy before UFC 115; these guys don't even get paid to be in UFC Undisputed!!! Ok, so let me get this right. Dana goes on a rant about paying fighters when he doesn't even pay them and in fact EA does? That's almost so funny that it makes me want to cry. The conversation went as follows:
Dan Hardy (reading a question): Do you guys get paid for being in the UFC video game?
Chael Sonnen: I would like to know to. Did you guys get paid, because I didn't get a penny!
Fitch: I didnt get anything.
Hardy: Zero
Chael: Who's the other company, EA Sports? They did pay their athletes, and that's ok. I would be in the video game for free as opposed to not being in the video game at all so...
Fitch: The idea is that the amount of attention we get from being in the video game will pay us back in the long run. I mean how many opportunities do you get to be in a video game?
Well Fitch, I guess it really all just comes down to who you're signed with and what the stipulations of your contract are. And who actually knows, maybe these three just didn't get the memo from their managers about royalty checks. To me it's just too awkward that none of these three high profile UFC fighters knew about any compensation from being in the video game, when in fact Dana says he's paying them 'forever'.
EA president Peter Moore also refuted the claims of being an MMA hater by stating the following in July of last year:
I love mixed martial arts, and we've been working on a game concept since I came to EA two years ago. I have great respect for the organizations and individuals that have invested in the sport's growth over the past decade - so this is one that is near and dear to me and I'm excited to see such good progress to date.
Following EA's demo yesterday of EA MMA at E3 2010, Dana jumped on twitter to remind everyone of his feelings towards the video game giant:
"EA sports is a joke and told me when I talked to them that mma is NOT a real sport and they would NEVER make an mma video game."
With UFC Undisputed 2010 not living up to expectations in terms of sales and the tremendous amount of hype that EA MMA seems to be picking up at the moment, now probably isn't the best time to dig up a dormant grudge. EA MMA will undoubtedly sell well as it's an EA Sports game and the brand recognition it has within the gaming community is simply irrefutable. Not to mention that the game is looking like it's turning out to be great with resemblance to the multimillion dollar series Fight Night. I was hoping that Dana might be able to work out his issues with EA but then again, Dana will be Dana. Asking Dana to shut his mouth is like asking an infant to not crap in his diapers, it's just not going to happen. A partnership involving UFC working with EA to add their roster of fighters would without a doubt make for one great video game, but for now it appears that Dana has burnt the bridge.
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