Earlier this year, Dana White made an announcement at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) that ZUFFA made a deal with Microsoft that would bring UFC pay-per-view events to Xbox 360 consoles.
It has now been announced that the first event that will be available on Xbox will be UFC 140, featuring Jon “Bones” Jones defending the light heavyweight title against Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida.
If that trailer doesn’t have you pumped for what’s to come, then you must be crazy.
The UFC on Xbox will have many more features than what your normal PPV offers. Some of those features will be:
- Live and On-Demand Video: Event previews, UFC Countdown, press conferences, weigh-ins, interviews, workouts, highlights and more, together for the first time on your big screen.
- Streaming HD Quality in 720p: UFC fans demand stunning HD viewing, and Xbox LIVE brings the most premium streaming HD to the big screen.
- Pay-Per-View with Ease: The biggest pay-per-view fights available to all Xbox LIVE members in HD and SD pricing options. Purchase directly with your credit card, Microsoft Points not required.
- Interactive Fight Card with Predictions: Size up the fighters with the tale of the tape and view their past fight results. Predict upcoming fights, compare results with friends for points and bragging rights and see where you stand against them on the leaderboard. This is all accessible while watching the fight, so you’ll never have to leave the excitement of the Octagon.
- Control the action with Kinect: Focus on the fight instead of looking for the remote. Navigate through the video content, bring up the Interactive Fight Card, or play, pause and rewind that big punch, kick or submission…all with the magic of Kinect.
This is going to be huge for the UFC, and is going to help them connect with even more fans.
Tim McTiernan is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. For the latest news on everything MMA, follow me on twitter @tmt2393.
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