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EA Sports MMA One and Done?

07:36 AM - October 25, 2010 by Steve_OS

According to CVG, EA Sports MMA hasn't sold many copies and with THQ and Zuffa, LLC extending their exclusive UFC videogame license through 2018, it might be one and done, for EA Sports MMA.

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	"EA is likely to back out of the mixed martial arts genre after its debut offering, EA Sports MMA, made a poor start at retail. That's according to Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz, who thinks UFC Undisputed maker THQ may have scored a knockout blow in the MMA battle between the publishers. "EA's recently released 'MMA' appears to be more or less DOA at retail, while UFC recently announced an extension of its license with THQ, likely putting an end to EA's efforts to expand into the mixed martial arts genre," the analyst said in a research note this morning."

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# 61 Lakers 24 7 @ 10/26/10 06:02 PM

Fedor and Overeem could both contend for titles, personally I'd take those two over any HW in the UFC. Nick Diaz could contend for a title at WW and in fact the UFC is interested in bringing him back. Paul Daley we've already seen that he can beat any guy in the UFC aside from Kos, GSP, and now Shields.

Jacare would fall in the top 5 of UFC MW's

Melendez is the #2 LW in the world and I'll put Noons over any UFC fighter without a solid wrestling background.

The list goes on, StrikeForce has a lot of top notch guys who would definitely hold their own in the UFC. But, what's more important is for the fights to be entertaining, and SF delivers more consistently on good fights compared to the UFC.

# 62 jeremym480 @ 10/26/10 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakers 24/7


	Fedor and Overeem could both contend for titles, personally I'd take those two over any HW in the UFC. Nick Diaz could contend for a title at WW and in fact the UFC is interested in bringing him back. Paul Daley we've already seen that he can beat any guy in the UFC aside from Kos, GSP, and now Shields. Jacare would fall in the top 5 of UFC MW's Melendez is the #2 LW in the world and I'll put Noons over any UFC fighter without a solid wrestling background. The list goes on, StrikeForce has a lot of top notch guys who would definitely hold their own in the UFC. But, what's more important is for the fights to be entertaining, and SF delivers more consistently on good fights compared to the UFC.

I agree but, I guarantee that the causal MMA fan doesn't know who half of those guys are. Which hurts sales. IMO, if they transfered UFC's roster to the game they would have probably doubled the amount sold. Just because most "causal fans" only follow the UFC and fighting with guys that they don't know doesn't interest them.

# 63 mgoblue @ 10/26/10 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakers 24/7


	Fedor and Overeem could both contend for titles, personally I'd take those two over any HW in the UFC. Nick Diaz could contend for a title at WW and in fact the UFC is interested in bringing him back. Paul Daley we've already seen that he can beat any guy in the UFC aside from Kos, GSP, and now Shields. Jacare would fall in the top 5 of UFC MW's Melendez is the #2 LW in the world and I'll put Noons over any UFC fighter without a solid wrestling background. The list goes on, StrikeForce has a lot of top notch guys who would definitely hold their own in the UFC. But, what's more important is for the fights to be entertaining, and SF delivers more consistently on good fights compared to the UFC.

Oh, I'm not debating that they'd hold their own, but in general they just don't have the depth in the roster...

I'll disagree with the entertaining fights aspect. Sometimes the UFC will have a "blah" show, but overall they do a pretty good job delivering. Maybe it's because the UFC has so many more shows it's not as big a deal, but there have been some snoozer Strikeforce cards too...

# 64 aholbert32 @ 10/26/10 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakers 24/7


	Fedor and Overeem could both contend for titles, personally I'd take those two over any HW in the UFC. Nick Diaz could contend for a title at WW and in fact the UFC is interested in bringing him back. Paul Daley we've already seen that he can beat any guy in the UFC aside from Kos, GSP, and now Shields. Jacare would fall in the top 5 of UFC MW's Melendez is the #2 LW in the world and I'll put Noons over any UFC fighter without a solid wrestling background. The list goes on, StrikeForce has a lot of top notch guys who would definitely hold their own in the UFC. But, what's more important is for the fights to be entertaining, and SF delivers more consistently on good fights compared to the UFC.

I like Overeem but lets get real his biggest win is against Vitor Belfort. He has benefited from fighting so infrequently that people consider him a top HW because he hasnt lost since 07. A ton of fighters could do that if the toughest fighter they face in the last 4 yrs is Brett Rogers.

Also its easy to have stacked/great cards when you only hold 6-7 major cards a yr. The UFC hosts 20+.

# 65 Gotmadskillzson @ 10/26/10 07:58 PM

UFC don't have 20 cards a year.........More in line with 15 a year. But I remember back in the day, it use to be 3 cards a year.

# 66 DJ @ 10/26/10 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson


	UFC don't have 20 cards a year.........More in line with 15 a year. But I remember back in the day, it use to be 3 cards a year.

Nah, it is over 20 when you factor in the Fight Night's and UFC on Versus. They just had 2 PPVs in 2 weeks, too.

# 67 aholbert32 @ 10/26/10 10:28 PM

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	Nah, it is over 20 when you factor in the Fight Night's and UFC on Versus. They just had 2 PPVs in 2 weeks, too.

Exactly. They have 2 Versus cards, two Ultimate Fighter cards and 3 fight nights a year.

# 68 King10Sooted @ 10/26/10 10:53 PM

This is probably the worst news I have read all week. I really hope they make another MMA game. Everyone needs to write to them and tell them how kick *** their game was.

# 69 DickDalewood @ 10/27/10 11:42 PM

That's too bad, competition is always a good thing.

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