According to a statement by Dana White,the UFC has purchased Strikeforce.However,it's also stated that the company plans to honor all the original contracts and TV deals Strikeforce currently has,at least until they expire.So the issue at hand is,considering the UFC's tenuous relationship with EA,what does this announcement mean for the EA MMA franchise,who has signed fighters primarily from Strikeforce?

I don't know a lot about MMA, but this seems like a big deal. It would be kind of a shame if EA's MMA were to be shut down as a result.

They'll either make one final title for a 2012 release or not bother. Also, THQ have a deal with the UFC until 2015 or some such date, so EA will likely look into other avenues aside from MMA for the future I guess.
 
Unless EA thinks pushing Josh Barnett & Bellator as their off-shoot franchise is a good thing, it's game over time.

i found the control scheme in MMA to be fiddly but i agree with JJ it would be a shame if it ends up discontinued because the UFC would have no competition and it would go the way of the WWE games

" @JJWeatherman:   It sold like ass anyways. Basically, people were already burnt out from the Undisputed titles and the lack of UFC branding was ultimately quite important. It's all good though, capitalism is all about monopolies, as EA no doubt understand. "

" i found the control scheme in MMA to be fiddly but i agree with JJ it would be a shame if it ends up discontinued because the UFC would have no competition and it would go the way of the WWE games "

Unlikely and I'd hope so but the way Dana was talking, he's rather stick with THQ just to piss off EA Sports for turning him down a few years back.

Are you fucking kidding me, FEDOR AND ALLISTAIR OVEREEM IN THE UFC YESS. 
 
***The companies are still separate but this allows all the fighters from both leagues to fight each other which will definitely happen.***

" Are you fucking kidding me, FEDOR AND ALLISTAIR OVEREEM IN THE UFC YESS. "

the buyout sucks for EA and the MMA sport in general.
 
doesn't the UFC have some kind of 5+ year exclusive deal with THQ?   
 
if UFC own strikeforce then strikeforce cant work with EA anymore because of that deal unless a contract was already in place for multipal games with EA.
  

 
will be fun to see what MMA 2 will be like if it happens.     if the UFC force SF fighters to sign over likeness rights in order to keep there jobs then alot of the fighters in MMA 1 will be cut out of MMA 2 even if they can keep the strikeforce branding in it.

it means nothing. strikeforce is staying its own independant thing. seperate from ufc. do a little more reading.

" it means nothing. strikeforce is staying its own independant thing. seperate from ufc. do a little more reading. "

One step closer to getting the Diaz brothers back together in the UFC.