A Pleasant Escape to an Alternate Reality
I was watching this clip from "UFC 2009: Undisputed" and getting excited about how realistic the gameplay footage looks (except for Edith’s breasts, which, let’s be honest, don’t move anywhere near that much), and then Nate Diaz submitted B.J. Penn in the first round and the illusion was shattered.
Okay, so it’s just a game. And just like I’ll never steal any cars in real life (though I might ‘borrow’ it just to make a beer run), Nate Diaz will never take B.J. Penn’s back and choke him out with his feet crossed in front of him within two minutes. It’s a fun little fiction, though.
If you look closely during the gameplay clip, you probably noticed two things: 1) Nick Diaz is not mean-mugging it up in his brother’s corner, and this is a real shame, and 2) there are no shortage of advertisements plastered all over the Octagon. TapouT, MMA Warehouse, Harley-Davidson, Xyience, etc. All the UFC’s closest friends get some play in “Undisputed,” and as the guys from MMA Payout have noted, this is worth a little something. They cite an AdWeek report that estimates in-game advertising will be a $2 billion-a-year business by 2010.
Since the UFC is making fighters sign over the rights to their video game images in perpetuity or else face the wrath, that’s money that will be going straight into the UFC coffers. They won’t even have to offer the fighters a split of it when they make a new game in 2011 that brings in even more ad revenue and features Junie Browning going up in weight to knock Georges St. Pierre out cold in thirty seconds.






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TUF Guy Says:
First Bitches
Lil' Doomsday Says:
Someone on Sherdog posted an Undisputed clip of Hughes vs. Serra, in which Hughes mounted Serra, knocked him out, and got 4 punches in before the ref stopped it. Late stoppage ftw. I just hope this happens the other way around in real life.
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Imbecile Says:
If it is like most games nowadays, the in-game ads are also updated with the times. A lot of the games update on a consistent basis, and throw in movie posters and billboards from new movies that are coming out. Actually, in Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, the UFC actually advertised Jackson vs. Griffin on Vegas billboards that were in the game, and then when the event was over, these changed to some new movie that was coming out.
So be prepared for constant game updates, where they aren't actually adding any updates to the gameplay, but just downloading audio before your fights against your friends where Mike Goldberg tries to hock "My Bloody Valentine 3D, Part 6." It will probably have a Tale of the Tape, and have Goldberg tell you that your fight is now brought to you by whatever crappy movie Jason Statham has decided to continue his career destruction with.
RickyRobbie Says:
Lol at the tapping hand
Rich S. Says:
if you were looking for super unreal gameplay footage, there's one where keith jardine knocks out Anderson Silva with a high kick..
it was hard to type that with a straight face..
agentsmith Says:
Oh come on, Nate was CLEARLY greasy.
agentsmith Says:
I'm not a gamer so you guys will have to help me out, but it that what passes for "realistic gameplay"? The fighters' movements looked jerky as fuck.
k Says:
lmao at the feet crossed. Apparently the designers didn't take jiu-jitsu 101.
Little Dan Says:
Wow, how unrealistic is that! I mean either the guy playing BJ had a stroke and threw the controller across the room or they need to fix some things.
Mick Says:
A Pleasant Escape to an Alternate Reality? That would be "World of Warcraft". Or Greasegate if you're BJ Penn.
portland mma Says:
So what if Nate tapped BJ Penn, if the only person in the game that can beat him is GSP then why would anyone ever want to play against BJ Penn. Its like saying you watched someone play Madden and the Raiders beat the Giants. It depends on who is playing if it was so realistic that GSP could never lose and the same for Anderson Silva than it wouldn't be much fun playing against them if you had no chance to win.
CanadianProduce Says:
Hey Tuf Fuck, we know its you! Fucking piece of shit! Go bite the pavement on the curb while I stomp your homo ass! You're obsessed with penis, this much we know. How sad...
bb Says:
Forrest Griffin would never tap out Shogun Rua with a RNC. That's just unrealistic.
Anonymous Says:
You know, CanadianProduce, at least TUF Guy's troll attempts are so insane and wacky that it's hilarious. You try way too hard to be clever and funny with your comments that it's almost painful. Just stop, please.
BitchJ Penn Says:
Come on Junie KO'ing GSP that's not even something to joke about!!
Lonny Says:
Lets hope we can mute goldberg
aj Says:
Sloppy Rubber Guard to Jiu Claw sweep to RNC!!!
sick... though I doubt a Gracie Jiu Jitsu guy would rely that quickly on Rubber Guard.
winklepicker Says:
Yamasaki took his sweet time stopping the fight, which does make the game more realistic.
Goog Says:
As soon as Penn sees this, he'll be taking his mom to form picket lines outside the Atari headquarters.
Yes, I know... Atari didn't make the game. Flame on.
HF Says:
If you want unrealistic, you should have played the UFC game for the Dreamcast. You could knock guys out when you were flat on your back and they were on top of you, just by punching up. And if you survived to the final fight, you faced...Ultiman. In other words, you fought the guy from the old UFC logo -- come to life.
CanadianProduce Says:
@ Anon
Yeah thanks for the heads up...post your real sig and we'll see how amuzing it is when TUF Guy posts shit under your name. What an idiot.
Photon Torpedo Says:
Who is the dumb shit fuckin with the comments? with the COOL's and the 8's
TUF Guy Says:
@ CanadianProduce
1st, you are truly a pathetic being. 2nd of all, it is not me. I ain't down w/ this penis-gang thing you and these other closet homos have going on. Last but not least ANYONE can post under anyones name on this cheap ass comment section. Kapish? Can you coprehend that? Can the last braincell in your head grasp that concept? Post your e-mail address and I'll draw out a diagram for you explaining how anyone can use anyones name and then I'll send it to you. You just might need pictures to understand things.
Now jump of my nutsack and continue to try writing clever comments.
CanadianProduce Says:
@ TUF Guy
You used a lot of big words in that rubbish...Good for you!
TUF Guy Says:
I can't see your comment.
HA HA ! YOU FAIL AT LIFE.
CanadianProduce Says:
I am sure you can see this: You are as gay as Justin Timberlake!!!
TUF Guy Says:
If I wasn't a god, I would pray for you.
:: flexes tricep ::
Thoughts Says:
TUF GUY - it is obvious that you are this "cool" guy because only you could be that gay.
rampaging Says:
WHAT A DUMB ASS GAME. THE GRAPHICS SUCK!!
STOP POSTING STUPID SH * TTY VIDEOS, CAGE POTATO!!
Product placement on the this site will kill your page.
M@TT Says:
this sweet clip and I bet the Diaz bros are still whining about not getting any coverage for their skills in mma
TUF Guy Says:
@ Thoughts
I don't have to explain myself to anyone. Talk to the fuckin Bens, they should be able to block and track IP's , key words : SHOULD BE ABLE
But they are too worried comming up w/ ways to make fun of peoples accents and trying to keep this sinking boat afloat.
If I wanted to spam like this COOL guy I would definetly be more creative than writing COOL and drawing penises.
Anyone who knows TUF Guy knows I ain't down w/ CanadianProduce, I mean gay shit
danomite Says:
Hopefully, the final boss in this game will be Diamond Dave Kaplan, complete with iron chin. The only way to knock him out is to get him drunk first,but even then he will claim that, yeah his jaw may hurt a little, but he was never knocked out.
CanadianProduce Says:
TUF GUY you should thank me for not insulting you of this website. Everybody knows that I am the funniest memeber on here, if you wanna go insult for insult I am down. I ain't got shit else to do but to kick ass and chew cum, and I am all out of cum...and I can't really kick ass, so insult match it is.
John Cena Says:
Game looks as fake as your average MMA bout.
TUF Guy Says:
LOL this is too easy.
CanadianProduce, you have just joined a long list of degenarates who I officialy own. Talk to Aaron and Kadumel and they will explain to you the rules from now on. I would tell you to talk to mayhem420, but last time I checked I made him rant about TUF Guy soooo much he actually lost his house LOL I don't think his brother in law lets him use his computer anymore
Neo Says:
So...did BJ Penn cry like a little bitch so they would make him look more muscular in this game ... b/c I damn sure do not remember him ever being as "fit" as he is in that video!! (COUGHbullshit).
portland mma Says:
I'm really hoping a few of you guys are under the age of 18 and not under the IQ of 18. I like Cagepotato but most of the comments on here are here the same 2 idiots making dick and fart jokes all day.
Random Hero Says:
Better take down that video before Bj decides to press charges against your website,thq,the ufc, and to have nate suspended for life =P
Seriously though.. I thought this was going to be a yearly game, I have to wait for another version for 2 years, this one better be good, and have a ton of dlc
Anonymous Says:
@Random Hero: Will THQ even survive two more years? I'd be surprised if there was another UFC release under THQ.
Random Hero Says:
I think they could, the UFC game has a good amount of hype around it, and if the Legends of Wrestlemania game coming out puts half the numbers the Smackdown game does, it should help them get back on their feet
Hopefully if they do go under Ea will get their contract, their history in Sports games, especially fight night would be nice
Sacramento sucks Says:
This is just as stupid as the UFC games from the past. At least in PRIDE FC, submitting Noguiera would be infuckingpossible. You can probably make Eddie Sanchez tap our Mir with a fucking gulliotine.
MoTropolis Says:
This game is alot more realistic than you people are giving it credit for. I got my hands on a demo version, started it up, chose my player, and then Steve Mazzagatti popped up on the screen and stopped the fight as my name was being announced.
Anonymous Says:
@MoTropolis: Only Mazzagatti is known for stopping fights LATE and not EARLY.
WhaT? Says:
There's a clip of Jardine knocking out Anderson Silva with a head kick. Also pretty realistic......
Rich S. Says:
TUF Guy, CanadianProduce,
you're BOTH faggots.
what has CP become?
The Can Says:
@ Random Hero
NO not EA!!! They probly have the worst customer service in the world.
give it up Says:
you guys really need to get lives, and i dont mean that in a "your on the computer more then i am" kind of way, i mean in the way that you REALLY care that much about what people think about you, no sorry not you, a name, a name you made up that no one here has any chance of attaching to one of the billions of people in the world. who gives a shit, no one knows who you are, nor cares. so im not really sure why you take so much pride in this name you made up. this is me and im pretty sure nobody has taken my name to try and make me look bad but if they did, what the fuck would that do. nothing.
im a fucking faggot asshole, while im typing this i have a huge cock in my ass. the only reason im not making this any longer is because someone just came on my back and i need to find paper towels before it gets dry and crusty.
please dont think less of me as a human because i wont be able to sleep at night.(while spooning with a man in a cowboy hat)
give it up Says:
oh, and if you find a clever way to "burn" me, ill be completely content with that because i will know that nobody in the real world will ever find out how badly i got "burned" on the internet. unless i tell them. which i may just so they will remind me day to day that i'm not special.
Random One Says:
In response to:
There's a clip of Jardine knocking out Anderson Silva with a head kick. Also pretty realistic......
Jardine would never KO Silva with a head kick. That is about as unrealistic as one could get. Go back to masturbating to your Dana White video blogs.