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Legendary UFC Superstar Bruce Lee Will be in EA Sports UFC as...Wait, What?

Are John Saxon and Kareem Abdul-Jabar coming as DLC too? What about Fred Durst?

Apr. 7 2014

Posted by: Alex

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What about Snoop Dogg?

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I'm not any sort of ufc expert, but wasn't Bruce Lee some sort of mixed martial arts pioneer?

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whaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

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Lame, didnt even show him do anything.

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@dsouvannarath: Indeed, though he never competed in "the octagon." Thank god EA is fixing that!

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Wonder what his ground moves are.

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Not sure how i feel about this...

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JIM KELLYYYYYYY!!!!!!

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And what about Chuck Norris?

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Let me play Jackie Chan vs Darth Vader and we might have a deal.

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No. Just....no.

The sight of watching Bruce Lee getting KO'd just doesn't feel right to me.

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Juelz Santana DLC

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Bull Shit MR EA Man!

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@rand0mzer00: thats the trick, he cant be KO'd.

Are they going to add Kareem Abdul-Jabbar so we can relive the tower?

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The UFC clothing line has had shirts with Bruce Lee on them saying stuff like "Bruce Lee and the UFC: The Collaboration" for a while now. http://www.zappos.com/bruce-lee

Seems weird to put him in this game though. Doesn't matter to me though as I don't play these types of games.

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I will only accept this if Bruce Lee is invincible and all of his attacks are instant wins. But that's likely not the case, so fuck you, EA.

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That video needs more nu-metal to truly represent MMA at its most MMAiest.

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Bruce Lee has to be invincible right?

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Not sure I can handle seeing Bruce Lee do the bro half-hug after a fight.

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I'm glad we're all on the same page here in thinking that Bruce should be impervious.

Seriously though, that is an incredible likeness.

@allodude said:

Wonder what his ground moves are.

Biting! "Are we not animals?"

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Watching someone KO Bruce Lee may just mindfuck me.

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Bruce Lee probably doesn't have a ground game so he isn't gonna get ko'd, he's gonna get choked out son, or limbs broken, either or.

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@forkboy said:

That video needs more nu-metal to truly represent MMA at its most MMAiest.

Ain't no way I was gonna allow there to be any nu-metal BS in our trailers.

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Does Bruce Lee get NunChucks?

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I'm almost as excited to see Uncle Creepy and Big Country as Bruce Lee. Also, the collisions on those hits look pretty incredible. The way Aldo's leg slides of that other guy's shoulder is really nice.

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This made my day.

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Meestah Ropah!

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Looks like they got this right. Love how the celebrations are even accurate. BJ Penn slapping himself in the face is awesome looking... But, seems like they're slightly outdated with their roster. The Iceman's been out of the UFC for quite some time now.

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Looks sick!

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I think it'll be a few games before the animation stops looking mechanical and stilted to me. The impact of strikes looks about on par with the Fight Night games from last gen - but the transitions from idle still look really robotic to me...like they could use a few more frames of wind up animation. I'm a bit indifferent about Bruce Lee being in the game, I hope they do him justice.

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Bruce Lee actually makes sense, so a smart move by EA. It's nowhere as bad as fight night.

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This is gross.

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@recspec said:

Bruce Lee actually makes sense, so a smart move by EA. It's nowhere as bad as fight night.

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I don't see the problem here

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@recspec said:

Bruce Lee actually makes sense, so a smart move by EA. It's nowhere as bad as fight night.

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I don't see the problem here

I would pay money to play as the King.

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This is actually really cool if you follow MMA. Bruce Lee is considered a pioneer of MMA by many. Of course there are plenty who don't think he is really but when you look at his teachings you can see the similarities.

I'm just tired of seeing everything but actual fighting from this game. They've barely shown anything which is unfortunate. I guess they're saving it for E3?

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So is Brock Lesnar going to be this game?

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Jason David Frank/Green Ranger DLC, please! EA, make it happen!

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Chuck Norris is included in the season pass as well.

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I'm a huge UFC and Bruce Lee fan and I think it's pretty harmless for the most part. For fans, it'll be the most realistic way to play as Bruce Lee in any video game to date. Playing as him and kicking some ass would be pretty awesome.

However, I don't like the idea of seeing him get knocked out or choked out though. That part feels a little weird. Not like they're dishonoring him, but it just seems wrong to bring a guy back from the dead in your video game, only to have him knocked out or submitted by a UFC fighter when he was an action star that never lost a fight in his movies. It's part of his appeal and his persona. I guess the UFC has undefeated fighters though that you could see lose in the game. Somehow it just doesn't bother me the same way.

In any case, I hope it's awesome for the fans and I hope they do him justice with his moveset and style. I just cringe at the thought of him getting a KO and then running around the cage with some generic victory animation, flexing, and screaming "What now!?" while beating his chest. They better get it right. He would just bow and make sure his opponent was ok.

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The idea of beating up Fred Durst over and over again has me intrigued.

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@theveej said:

@forkboy said:

That video needs more nu-metal to truly represent MMA at its most MMAiest.

Ain't no way I was gonna allow there to be any nu-metal BS in our trailers.

Hah. I'm a huge MMA fan, & the sports love of music which is so 12 years ago is a real pet hate of mine. Though arguably for a huge MMA fan there are lots of pet hates. But I only hate because I love it. Definitely glad there's no nu-metal though. Long overdue!

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Alex knows s'little bout martial arts.

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@noizy said:

@forkboy: You're tired of STEMM?

Hah. Face The Pain is a song I've heard so many times at this point. I can't think of many songs I've heard dozens of times that I hate more than it.

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huh

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Given the rather awful past incarnations of Bruce Lee video games (discounting Marshall Law and Fei Long clones) this specific Bruce Lee actually looks pretty great.

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JIM KELLYYYYYYY!!!!!!

THIS THIS THIS A MILLION TIMES THIS

(RIP Black Belt Jones) :((((