On Weds, Nov 19th, Dana White in an interview with Yahoo Sports: Wow, this is a big thing. Many great fighters in this camp (Jon Fitch, Josh Koshchek, Cain Velasquez, Mike Swick to name a few) This is all because these guys didn't sign an agreement for a UFC video game -- set for release by THQ in 2010 -- wasn’t based on compensation. The main sticky point is that this agreement is a lifetime exclusive contract. That means anyone from AKA would never ever be able to work with any video game companies other than the one the UFC provides. This is kind of messed up. I feel for these guys, cause there are not that many top flight fight organizations after the collapse of both Pride FC & Elite XC. I thought monopolies were illegal in the USA.
Make that Dana White goes a bit nuts again and Lorenzo Ferttita steps in and settles everything down again. Fitch is already back in the UFC.
I wonder how many of the big teams in MMA like ATT, X Couture, or Jackson's feel jerked around by marketing deals but feel trapped by the UFC's monopoly.