Setanta.com brings you exclusive footage of Michael Bisping getting a beating on the most heavily anticipated sports video game of the year.
When we found out that Britain’s own Michael Bisping was about to test out “UFC Undisputed 2009”, I rushed over to Dublin to take on the man himself.
(Video footage of the game itself had to be kept limited - the dedicated people at THQ are still updating things now!)
Make no mistake, THQ have delivered a quite incredible representation of the fastest growing sport in the world. You feel like you’re watching the real thing. From the moment Bruce Buffer grabs the mic, to the moment you turn your opponent’s lights out...this game is addictive.
With 80 fighters to choose from it can never run out of intriguing match-ups. All fighters have their own individual characters too, so expect BJ Penn to go slapping his face just before the fight starts!
Bisping went for BJ, I went for GSP – tattoos and all. The detail is immense.
Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg then take you through the action, where each fighter excels in his own particular arts. Your Muay Thai man will generally clinch differently to your Greco-Roman wrestler, your Rich Franklins will take out your Wanderlei Silvas on the deck.
Over 50 of the nation’s press turned up to the promotional event, over 50 of them went away wowed by the transitions when the fight goes horizontal.
This is like no fighting game you’ve ever played, one quality punch can end it – just ask Bisping...he knows.
With so much realism in the graphics you feel every Muay Thai knee as the ribs get progressively redder, every razor-sharp elbow as cuts open up.
THQ have also factored in a “Create-your-own-fighter” option as well as a career mode, but these are just bonuses. Once you get your hands on this game, you’ll just want to beat your mates up all day long...