Dana White, UFC's president, admitted to the media gathering that the first UFC games "sucked," but the organization is teaming up with THQ to improve UFC's reputation with game-playing fans. White admitted that he isn't the gamer type, but stated that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Forrest Griffin have been vetting the game and approving of what they see. Before the press event was over, Rampage and Forrest—who will be facing off in their own pay-per-view battle on July 5—went against each other in the game to show off the title's capabilities.

Among the game's highlights that THQ discussed are that it'll feature 80 fighters, including such luminaries as Chuck Lidell, Anderson Silva and BJ Penn, as well as Rampage and Forrest; announcing the action will be Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg; high-quality 3-D scans of fighters and announcers are being used to take the game visuals to highest levels, with models containing up to 30,000 polygons each; and extensive reference photography and footage is being used to make sure the look is as authentic as possible. Gameplay will offer solid interactive controls, with THQ claiming that you'll be able to make "choices from any position of the Octagon," meaning you can punch, kick, knee, grapple, take down and seek a submission hold, as well as reverse out of a bad situation.

There will also be "unprecidented collision" with strong deformation and damage on the opponent. The up-close-and-personal presentation will help those involved make UFC 2009 Undisputed "as real as it gets."