MMA Mma Video Games

Last week, EA Sports announced that legendary MMA referee, "Big" John McCarthy, would be featured in their upcoming EA MMA video, which is slated to hit stores in 2010. FanHouse attended the press conference in Hoffman Estates, Ill., to announce McCarthy's involvement in the game (as well as Muhammed Lawal, Jake Shields and Brett Rogers) and details about the game itself.

Below is a video interview with McCarthy talking about being a part of EA MMA, his relationship with UFC president Dana White, and the current state of refereeing and judging in the sport.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - EA Sports officially announced Randy Couture's involvement in their upcoming MMA video game, which is tentatively entitled "EA Sports MMA," at a press conference in San Jose on Saturday.

"As we did with "Fight Night Round 4," which I'm sure many of you have already played, where we were able to bring together Muhammad Ali vs. Mike Tyson, this could be the only place where you'll see Randy Couture fight Fedor [Emelianenko]," EA Sports president, Peter Moore, said.

The game is scheduled to be released sometime in 2010.

You can add Mauro Ranallo's name to the growing list of MMA personalities who have agreed to be a part of EA Sports' new mixed martial arts video game. FanHouse has learned that the Strikeforce announcer and Fight Network Radio host will be the voice of the game, which is slated to be released in 2010. No word on who will be joining him in the virtual broadcast booth.

Ranallo could not be reached for comment, but he has dropped hints of his involvement in the game on his radio show.

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Rampage Jackson is not only one of the greatest UFC fighters ever, he is also one of the greatest personalities in professional sports. So it's no surprise that when THQ introduced its new video game, "UFC 2009 Undisputed" (in stores May 19), it was Rampage who was there to share his thoughts about the game. The results are priceless. Rampage shows us what happens to fans who choose his character and lose, and he also talks smack like no one else.

Check out the video after the jump.

Video games have come a long way since the days of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, when playing a boxing game was as simple as pressing one button to control the right hand and another button to control the left. But for all the advances video games have made, how could they even begin to represent the virtually limitless possibilities in mixed martial arts?