Legends Are Coming to EA Sports UFC in December and They Will Be Free

[oakevin]

Rampage it is!

[aholbert32]

Wow. What kind of ****ty contract does Bellator have with Rampage? LOL. This would NEVER happen with the UFC. Well anyway, I'm happy to have him in the game.

[oakevin]

My gut tells me number 4 is Brock but the size of that dome in the last shadow screams Tito!

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by oakevin

My gut tells me number 4 is Brock but the size of that dome in the last shadow screams Tito!

I know I said earlier that it wasnt Brock because of the WWE deal but this Rampage thing has thrown me for a loop.

[Baldylocks81]

I really think the 4th is Brock after all. The shape of his head, crew cut height hair and massive brow. Big arm shot as well.

[New York O]

Video game likeness has nothing to do with a fighting contract.
Remember the drama with Jon Fitch when he didn't want to sign on for the THQ UFC game? He was reluctant to give up his video game likeness for life! Got cut for like 24hrs till he signed on for the game. Thats why we never got Randy Couture in a UFC game. They couldn't pull that with Randy too popular to cut and he came out in EA MMA.
I'm sure UFC has Rampage and Ortiz likeness signed for life! I doubt its Lasnar, he is not a legend LoL! So its probably Ortiz.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by New York O

Video game likeness has nothing to do with a fighting contract. Remember the drama with Jon Fitch when he didn't want to sign on for the THQ UFC game? He was reluctant to give up his video game likeness for life! Got cut for like 24hrs till he signed on for the game. Thats why we never got Randy Couture in a UFC game. They couldn't pull that with Randy too popular to cut and he came out in EA MMA. I'm sure UFC has Rampage and Ortiz likeness signed for life! I doubt its Lasnar, he is not a legend LoL! So its probably Ortiz.

Youre not completely right. Every UFC contract now has a likeness clause that is primarily geared toward protecting the UFC's rights when it comes to promoting and exploiting past fights. For example, Tito Ortiz is now a Bellator fighter. Lets say the UFC wants to put out a DVD with Tito's old fights and use his picture on the cover. They dont want to run into a situation where Tito sues and they arent able to promote the video the way they want it.

The issue is the clause is broad enough to allow the UFC to use likenesses even after the contract has expired. With that said, I dont feel sorry for the fighters. Any attorney with half a brain would object to that clause and ask them to carve out certain rights that expire once the contract has expired.

You also have the Couture situation wrong. Couture signed a likeness deal with EA before THQ and UFC partnered for the Undisputed series. The deal was for the Command and Conquer series but had additional exclusive sports rights also.

So you are wrong when you say "Video game likeness has nothing to do with a fighting contract" because the clause that grants them the right to use a fighter's likeness is in the fighter's contract.

[ERA]

EA has answered my prayers.

Rampage was the ONE fighter I desperately added, and I got it.

THANK YOU EA!!

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