UFC fans will get the biggest “what if” questioned answered this June as EA is including Bruce Lee, arguably the greatest mixed martial arts fighter to ever live, in their new EA Sports UFC game.
Via EA Sports (it’s in the game):
Bruce Lee, “The Father of Mixed Martial Arts”, will make his historic first step into the Octagon® in EA SPORTS™ UFC, launching June 17, 2014. Fans can pre-order today to get instant day-one access to Bruce, or they can complete the game’s career mode at Pro difficulty to unlock him. Players can fight with the legend across four different weight classes and test his legacy against the best of the best in the UFC.
“There’s no debate, Bruce Lee is the father of mixed martial arts,” said Dana White, UFC President. “He believed not one style of fighting was the best and that you had to have a little piece of everything to be a complete fighter. He was proven right when the first UFC event took place in 1993.”
“It has always been part of our vision to have Bruce Lee, the most iconic martial artist of all time, in the first ever EA SPORTS UFC,” said Brian Hayes, Creative Director, EA. “The team is very excited and tremendously honored to have the privilege of bringing Bruce Lee to life in our game. We’ve been working closely with the Bruce Lee team to ensure we represent the legend with as much visual and gameplay fidelity as possible.”
Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter and the CEO of all her father’s brandings, also co-signed the move saying, “I am so excited about this opportunity to bring my father back to videogames! I’m thrilled that fans can now interact with him in a new way. The EA SPORTS UFC development team has been incredible to work with, and they’ve done a great job capturing the look and feel of my father. I think people will love getting a chance to fulfill a fight fantasy by playing Bruce Lee in the new UFC game.”
Eager fans can pre-order the game on Playstation 4 and XBox One right now.
Check out the stills of Bruce Lee’s UFC likeness in the gallery and continue on to see the trailer which features the music of Juelz Santana and Just Blaze’s 2007 record, “The Second Coming.”
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Photo: Electronic Arts
