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EA tied to Mixed Martial Arts once again
"We keep a very close eye on where things like Mixed Martial Arts are going. Obviously we've got Fight Night -- we're incredibly excited about Fight Night -- but boxing, for me, sadly feels like it's the past of fighting and Mixed Martial Arts feels like it's the future of ...
EA Sports Mixed Martial Arts Title in the Works?
xbox360.ign.com — March 13, 2009 - During EA Sports' Season Opener yesterday in San Francisco, I got a chance... to talk to Peter Moore, the head of the EA Sports label. I asked Peter which sport he'd like to see EA Sports tackle next and the former Microsoft, SEGA and ... (more) EA Sports Mixed Martial Arts Title in the Works?
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Peter Moore: Boxing is "the Past" [Rumor]
Kotaku — ... something we keep a very close eye on." THQ has the license for an Ultimate Fighting Championship game until 2011, but there are, conceivably, ways to go ahead with an MMA title without UFC branding, just like there are football games out there without NFL licensing. Whatever the case, Moore's comments were pretty direct that mixed martial arts will be part of his division's next big leap. EA Sports Mixed Martial Arts Title in the Works? [IGN via GoNintendo] ...

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Electronic Arts has long been rumored to have eyes for a mixed martial arts title. IGN got to the EA Sports chief at a launch event and asked, obliquely, if that was so. Phrasing the question as "which sport he'd like to see EA Sports tackle next," Moore said that, while they're "incredibly ...