There isn't going to be any ufc fighters kiss that dream good bye. Maybe we ould get luky and EA could lok down the WEC fighters, Zuffa owns them to but hopefully since they aren't in the UFC game maybe ea could get those guys. Urijah Fabar, Mike Brown, Miguel Torres, Donald cerrone, cub swanson, Jens Pulver, Jose Aldo, Manny Ganburiyan, Jamie varner to name a few. Get those guys for the light weight divisons then grab the strike fore and dream guys for the bigger divisons. Like fedor, Mark Hunt, Josh barnett, Jake sheilds, nick diaz, robbie lawler, scott smith, brett rodgers, Andrei arlovski, Tim Sylvia, Bobby lashley, bob sapp, they could put together a very solid lineup still worth buying without the UFC guys

I would try to get licensing from all the major non UFC promotions (StrikeForce, Dream, World Victory Road/Sengoku, Cage Rage). Get the top fighters from each and if not make sure that the CAF mode allows for plenty of custamization to allow us to create our favorite fighters. Please don't drop the ball like the UFC/THQ game did with their pathetic lack of modes available for the roster fighters and their shallow and weak CAF mode. Review other games that are excellant but do not have official endorsement (Fire Pro Wrestling) or have incredible options (King of Colosseum I or II) to see where I'm heading with this.
Good luck

this games going to be exactly like the difference from skate and tony hawk
tony hawk had all the big name pros.
but skate was so nuts no one cared.(and they still had pros anyway)

UFC has the big name pros.
MMA is so nuts no one cares.(except for the retards that dont know MMA and only want the ufc guys in the game.)

WEC
Miguel Angel Torres
Carlos Condit
Jens Pulver


Strikeforce
Alistar Overeem
Robby Lawler
Kevin Randleman


BEtter yet just get the Affliction, WEC, Strikeforce, and Dream fighters all in one game that would be dope.

Hello All,

I am a manager for MMA fighters. Some of the fighters you listed are with me. I would like to give you a list of my fighters and if you think they should be in the game please let us know!

1. Tank Abbott
2. Kimo
3. Jeff Monson
4. Ken Shamrock
5. Marcos Rua
6. Ricco Rog
7. Bob Sapp

If you think these fighters should be in the game. Please send us an email and let us know. We would like to get our fighters you would want to see in the game!

You can email brandt@newerafighting.com

You can also email UFC Legend KIMO! He would like to see emails from you about being in the game as well. You may email him at kimo@newerafighting.com

cem_ea_id.AGGAMEMNON66 wrote:

xbox.Well Loved wrote:

cem_ea_id.AGGAMEMNON66 wrote:

xbox.Well Loved wrote:Requesting UFC fighters is wale wishing. Dana made them sign a contract where they had to hand over their souls along with their balls.

Haha.. true, but that only means you gotta' get Dana onboard instead of each individual fighter. And that seems like an easier task to me. If THQ did not lock down an exclusive deal with the UFC, then I'd like to see what EA can produce using WEC and UFC fighters. Sorry to all the fans of "other" MMA installments, but the best talent lise in those MMA leagues, not elsewhere. And I personally would like to fight against the best. I know there are a few stragglers out there like Fedor and such, but UFC has pretty much all the best locked down. With that being said, pursuing the rights, or at least the right to use "Zuffa" fighters seems like the best path for EA IMO.

UFC signed an exclusive contract with THQ till 2011. Maybe after that they could have Zuffa fighters, I hate exclusive contracts it slows down progress due to a lack of competition take MADDEN for example.

Well, I guess that settles it then lol.. I don't know then to be honest. I know Affliction has some decent names, but do they have enough to warrant the interest of the casuall fan?? I don't think so. Maybe EA will be able to figure something else out, or buy out THQ's contract, tho in this economy I wouldn't count on that.

Not all the way true....some fighters image rights are locked into a contract yes. However, a lot of fighters who are in the UFC are not. UFC is trying to secure the fighters image rights so they cant take up on offers such as this game. I know this for a fact as the UFC contacted us just recently to try to lock up our fighters in a deal.

cem_ea_id.SRCJJ wrote:

cem_ea_id.shihonage wrote:Yeah, it's pretty much a guarantee that there will be no UFC fighters in this game. UFC does not equal MMA.

Yep..

Would like to see Lashley & Sapp included. Lashley has great potential and Sapp is still a pretty well known name. Plus I'd love to create Mike Tyson and have the Tyson/Sapp K-1 fight that should have happened in 2003.

Tyson Vs Sapp K1 match is still not out of question. We are working on it still...

cem_ea_id.ilysmfd wrote:i'd like to see some of the classic older fighters and k-1 fighters:

royce gracie
don frye
the shamrocks
kimo
bob sapp
ernesto hoost
jerome lebanner
michael mcdonald
etc.
also leave some slots for created fighters, so we can create fighters not in the game.

add some female fighters too like gina carano, christine "cyborg" santos, shayna basler, sarah kaufman and a few others for them to fight against. unless that creates some kind of ratings issue for beating women or whatever, wwe games don't seem to have a problem with it though.

Kimo and Sapp can happen. We just need to see the contract first.

I think if EA is smart and they are...they would release some top fighters then later on sell other fighters as downloads.

I know as a customer this is dumb for me to ask. But if they did do it, they would be able to add fighters as they leave their UFC contracts or whatever. It would also help to add a lot more fighters as they wont be able to add all the fighters we want right now.

cem_ea_id.newerafighting wrote:

cem_ea_id.AGGAMEMNON66 wrote:

xbox.Well Loved wrote:

cem_ea_id.AGGAMEMNON66 wrote:

xbox.Well Loved wrote:Requesting UFC fighters is wale wishing. Dana made them sign a contract where they had to hand over their souls along with their balls.

Haha.. true, but that only means you gotta' get Dana onboard instead of each individual fighter. And that seems like an easier task to me. If THQ did not lock down an exclusive deal with the UFC, then I'd like to see what EA can produce using WEC and UFC fighters. Sorry to all the fans of "other" MMA installments, but the best talent lise in those MMA leagues, not elsewhere. And I personally would like to fight against the best. I know there are a few stragglers out there like Fedor and such, but UFC has pretty much all the best locked down. With that being said, pursuing the rights, or at least the right to use "Zuffa" fighters seems like the best path for EA IMO.

UFC signed an exclusive contract with THQ till 2011. Maybe after that they could have Zuffa fighters, I hate exclusive contracts it slows down progress due to a lack of competition take MADDEN for example.

Well, I guess that settles it then lol.. I don't know then to be honest. I know Affliction has some decent names, but do they have enough to warrant the interest of the casuall fan?? I don't think so. Maybe EA will be able to figure something else out, or buy out THQ's contract, tho in this economy I wouldn't count on that.

Not all the way true....some fighters image rights are locked into a contract yes. However, a lot of fighters who are in the UFC are not. UFC is trying to secure the fighters image rights so they cant take up on offers such as this game. I know this for a fact as the UFC contacted us just recently to try to lock up our fighters in a deal.

Tito.. is that you?? Haha..

Well, thats good news. At the same time it would be good for some of the other promotions to get some exposure too. Personally I'd rather see UFC fighters in an MMA game. And that not just because their the ones I'm most familiar with. I also find that pnd 4 pnd the UFC puts out the best product and provides the sport with the most "top tier" talent. But I look at it this way, as long as a "quality" game is made to represent the sport, I will be happy regardless of the selection of fighters.

This is a cleaned up version of what I posted earlier, by weightclass of my dream roster:

Heavyweight:
Fedor Emelianenko
Randy Couture
Andrei Arlovski
Antonio Silva
Brett Rogers
Roger Gracie
Fabricio Werdum
Allistair Overeem
Ben Rothwell
Mirko Cro Cop
Josh Barnett
Jeff Monson
Tim Sylvia
Sergei Kharitonov
Aleksander Emelianenko
Paul Buentello
Daniel Puder

Light Heavyweight:
Renato Babalu Sobral
Kevin Randleman
Sokodjou
Antonio Rogerio Noguiera
Mamed Khalidov
Gegard Mousasi
Vladimir Matyushenko
Tito Ortiz
Ricardo Arona
Rafael Calvacante
Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro
Mike Whitehead
Bobby Southworth

Middleweight:
Frank Shamrock
Jason Mayhem Miller
Vitor Belfort
Melvin Manhoef
Ronaldo Jacare Souza
Matt Lindland
Cung Le
Robbie Lawler
Scott Smith
Jorge Santiago
Hector Lombard
Benji Radach
Joey Villasenor
Kazuo Misaki
Paulo Filho

Welterweight:
Nick Diaz
Jake Shields
Hayato Sakurai
Frank Trigg
Phil Baroni
Joe Riggs
Lyman Good
Paul Daley
Jay Hieron
Antonio McKee
Ben "Funky" Askren
Akira Kikuchi
Keita Nakamura
Luis Santos

Lightweight:
Josh Thomson
Gilbert Melendez
Kid Yamamoto (if they don't have 145 or lower)
Joachim Hansen
Eddie Alvarez
Satoru Kitaoka
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Takanori Gomi
Shinya Aoki
JZ Calvancante
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Vitor Ribeiro
Jorge Masvidal
Daisuke Nakamura

Legends:
Bas Rutten
Genki Sudo
Ken Shamrock
Tank Abbott
Royce Gracie
Oleg Taktarov
Rumina Sato
Kazushi Sakuraba
Don Frye
Guy Mezger
Rickson Gracie
Tsuyoshi Khosaka
Masakatsu Funaki
Pat Miletich
Jeremy Horn
Renzo Gracie
Ricco Rodriguez
Yuki Kondo
Carlos Newton
Marco Ruas
Mark Kerr
Igor Vovchanchyn
Mario Sperry

fedor emilianenko
urajh faber
mike brown
evry guy in ufc 2009

cem_ea_id.Playcircus wrote:This is a cleaned up version of what I posted earlier, by weightclass of my dream roster:

Heavyweight:
Fedor Emelianenko
Randy Couture
Andrei Arlovski
Antonio Silva
Brett Rogers
Roger Gracie
Fabricio Werdum
Allistair Overeem
Ben Rothwell
Mirko Cro Cop
Josh Barnett
Jeff Monson
Tim Sylvia
Sergei Kharitonov
Aleksander Emelianenko
Paul Buentello
Daniel Puder

Light Heavyweight:
Renato Babalu Sobral
Kevin Randleman
Sokodjou
Antonio Rogerio Noguiera
Mamed Khalidov
Gegard Mousasi
Vladimir Matyushenko
Tito Ortiz
Ricardo Arona
Rafael Calvacante
Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro
Mike Whitehead
Bobby Southworth

Middleweight:
Frank Shamrock
Jason Mayhem Miller
Vitor Belfort
Melvin Manhoef
Ronaldo Jacare Souza
Matt Lindland
Cung Le
Robbie Lawler
Scott Smith
Jorge Santiago
Hector Lombard
Benji Radach
Joey Villasenor
Kazuo Misaki
Paulo Filho

Welterweight:
Nick Diaz
Jake Shields
Hayato Sakurai
Frank Trigg
Phil Baroni
Joe Riggs
Lyman Good
Paul Daley
Jay Hieron
Antonio McKee
Ben "Funky" Askren
Akira Kikuchi
Keita Nakamura
Luis Santos

Lightweight:
Josh Thomson
Gilbert Melendez
Kid Yamamoto (if they don't have 145 or lower)
Joachim Hansen
Eddie Alvarez
Satoru Kitaoka
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Takanori Gomi
Shinya Aoki
JZ Calvancante
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Vitor Ribeiro
Jorge Masvidal
Daisuke Nakamura

Legends:
Bas Rutten
Genki Sudo
Ken Shamrock
Tank Abbott
Royce Gracie
Oleg Taktarov
Rumina Sato
Kazushi Sakuraba
Don Frye
Guy Mezger
Rickson Gracie
Tsuyoshi Khosaka
Masakatsu Funaki
Pat Miletich
Jeremy Horn
Renzo Gracie
Ricco Rodriguez
Yuki Kondo
Carlos Newton
Marco Ruas
Mark Kerr
Igor Vovchanchyn
Mario Sperry

this list is SICk. I'd be very happy to see these people. i mean BAS f'in RUTTEN!!!

I think EA should hook up with strikefoce and acquire their roster....

Robbie lawler
Nate Diaz
Brett rogers
Renalto Sorbarol
scott smith
Gina Corano for some female action
StrikeForce would be a great place to start....Dream, Affliction,Sengoku...Gegard mousasi!
BAS RUTTEN!!!

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Minowaman!!

Female fighters would be cool too.