They want to create characters that look like themselves and fight with them.
“Created Fighter is a very popular player to fight with in our game, and that’s for a variety of reasons,” said Hayes. Another feature that makes UFC 4 a fan favorite according to Hayes and critics alike is Created Fighter, especially in formats like Career Mode. Hayes said special characters like Mike Tyson, Bruce Lee and Dana White have been popular players for the UFC game franchise in the past. Masvidal has even thrown his name into the ring of growing challengers wanting to face Canelo Alvarez.įury and Joshua’s debut is not the first time EA and UFC have dipped into the boxing well. In recent years, Fury has sparred with middleweight contender Darren Till in MMA and even entertained fights with Francis Ngannou and heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. pulled off versus Conor McGregor in 2017.
The addition of Fury and Joshua further perpetuates the idea of crossover fights, much like Floyd Mayweather Jr. “With my Fight Night lineage, I like guys who can throw their hands pretty well, but it’s not going to be a cakewalk for them versus UFC fighters.” “In our game, Fury and Joshua are great strikers, but they’re going to be in trouble when the fight goes to the ground,” said Hayes. It is an opportunity to speak to their fans as well.”īy infusing the popular UK-based boxers, UFC and EA also tap into a completely different market and demographic, and with a stretch, boxing fans in general, hoping to make the game a commercial success. They certainly have significant fan bases. Both of them were interested in partnering with us, and it was fantastic … Their popularity outside of the UFC speaks to a broader audience. “Heavyweight boxing has definitely seen a resurgence in recent years, and it was just a great opportunity. “When we’ve brought in other fighters and personalities outside of the sport into the game, they’re very, very popular,” said Hayes. With bandwidth and priority being of the essence, the Canadian-based Hayes’ bread and butter, for the time being, is UFC, and he said playable characters like Fury and Joshua are a big hit with their gaming community. But as soon as I find out when the right time is, I’ll be yelling at people.
I don’t think anyone at EA Sports ever said ‘cancel Fight Night.’ It’s really just never the right time. When EA Sports signed a deal with the UFC, EA said, ‘hey, let’s have this fighting sports team start making this UFC game.’ We’ve just been busy making the UFC game, and it’s been challenging finding solutions for getting spun up and done at the same time. and became the youngest heavyweight champion of all-time at 20 years, 4 months when he beat Trevor Berbick in 1986.“Fight Night didn’t really get canceled. Tyson - who has recently worked with fighters like Francis Ngannou and Rashad Evans - started boxing at an early age. stomping on your opponent's feet IS allowed. My feet are my weak spot! You step on my feet, I'm gonna tap out!"įYI, if you're not familiar with MMA rules. "I could of done all that stuff but once someone stepped on my foot, I would of tapped out. "I could of done all that stuff," Tyson says. TMZ Sports talked to 54-year-old "Iron Mike" - a huge UFC fan - about how he would've fared if he dedicated his life to a different combat sport. Yes, one of the most ferocious men the world has ever seen has a weakness. Mike Tyson says if he would've gone into mixed martial arts - instead of boxing as a teenager - he would've been a helluva MMA fighter.