EA Sports announced additional signings for its EA Sports MMA interactive arts video game on Tuesday with Strikeforce fighters
Cung Le,
Scott Smith, lightweight champion
Josh Thomson, interim champion
Gilbert Melendez,
Matt Lindland, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, and
Robbie Lawler.
The seven fighters are all scheduled to compete this weekend at Strikeforce “Evolution” at the HP Pavilion in San Joe, Calif.
EA Sports MMA, which will also feature Strikeforce as a “premiere league” in the game, will be sometime released in 2010.
EA Sports MMA’s growing list of Strikeforce-signed athletes continues to grow and now includes
Brett Rogers,
Jake Shields,
Fedor Emelianenko,
Gegard Mousasi, Renato “Babalu” Sobral,
Jay Hieron, Jason “Mayhem” Miller Muhummed “King Mo” Lawal.
Former UFC heavyweight champion
Tim Sylvia and Strikeforce middleweights
Benji Radach and
Tim Kennedy have also announced their involvement with the game in past interviews.
Strikeforce commentators Mauro Ranallo and
Frank Shamrock, as well as ring announcer Jimmy Lennon, will represent their real-life roles in the game. Iconic referee “Big” John McCarthy will oversee the pixilated fights.
EA Sports said in November that the company is still recruiting fighters and personalities for the game, which could include additional international athletes, as well as female fighters.
Randy Couture
Fedor Emelianenko
Gegard Mousasi
Renato Sobral
Jay Hieron
Tim Sylvia
Benji Radach
Tim Kennedy
Jason Miller
Muhummed Lawal
Frank Shamrock
Cung Le
Scott Smith
Josh Thomson
Gilbert Melendez
Matt Lindland
Ronaldo Souza
Robbie Lawler
Nick Thompson
Mauro Ranallo
Jimmy Lennon
“Big” John McCarthy