Organizing a tournament is not as easy as it looks. After two qualifying rounds just to get into the tournament and 3 weeks of marketing, fighter negotiations and event coordination we lost 2 fighters in the eleventh hour due to a tooth being knocked out and an extreme illness. Throw in the fact that another participant had to bow out because he ships off to bootcamp today (good luck and thanks Taz) It's a testament to the Sunday Night Fights roster depth and all of you guys reading that we were able to get this GP off the ground. Some people didn't think we could pull it off, but Zeus's Grandma was wrong, here we stand just moments away from the most important MMA videogame tournament in the history of life on this planet. Eight digital men are about to step into a cage for glory, honor and a chance to fight the MiddleEasy champion Tha Premiere.

Right now, the humans controlling those digiital avatars are hitting the pads backstage warming up, talking to family, maybe reflecting. Much like the roster of the real Strikeforce GP each of these guys have fought each other before, but it goes deeper, this is like a tournament made up exclusively of the Greg Jackson camp. These guys have grown up in the game together, beat each other, helped each other up after their thumbs failed them, they have developed friendships that have grown beyond the game. Now they will compete against each other when the stakes are at their highest, the joy of each mates victory shall be met by the agony of one of their owns defeat, but it must be done, it is the only path to the title and in wartime, there are no friends. Who said videogames weren't real?

Update: The entire EA Sports / MiddleEasy Heavyweight Grand-Prix is now available to feast your eyes on. If you want to see how the final bracket turned out without looking at these amazing fight videos, then click here for the spoiler.

MiddleEasy HW Grand-Prix 1.1

MiddleEasy HW Grand-Prix 1.2

MiddleEasy HW GP Semis

MiddleEasy HW GP Finals

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+3 # ligeia420 2011-02-09 14:49

This will be good. Luckily in EA MMA you can have an actual fight unlike some other game

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-2 # boloblack 2011-02-09 14:51

Was it intentional to put someone with a gamer tag of "Brotha Lynch 57" against a the darkest fighter on the card?

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+2 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 14:56

He was something like the third alternate so no.

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 15:05

jonesy do you have twitter?

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 15:06

I do not...should I?

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 15:15

yes

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+1 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 15:57

Guess I'll make on then

Jonesy_859

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+1 # Guest 2011-02-09 16:13

this is amazing!

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+2 # Guest 2011-02-09 16:16

10-10 rd 1? between barnett and rogers!

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-2 # Guest 2011-02-09 16:25

thalion!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! loooosessssss

you held back in the first rd fist 2m mouth

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-4 # 1251 2011-02-09 16:46

He isn't any good regardless. Relies too much on leg kicks even when his fighters have crap for leg kicks, lol

At least that's what I've seen from beating him up like 5 times.

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0 # Fist2Mouth 2011-02-10 01:16

Quoting 1251:

He isn't any good regardless. Relies too much on leg kicks even when his fighters have crap for leg kicks, lol

At least that's what I've seen from beating him up like 5 times.

lol..your memory must suck because Ive beaten you more times than youve beaten me..youre just butt hurt...in fact I beat you to the point where you spammed me with messages over and over again to the point where I had to block you. Then you come and troll here and almost get banished from the site...news flash buddy...Ive beaten you 4 times..youve beaten me twice...look it up.

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0 # 1251 2011-02-10 10:54

If you keep talking about me, why can't I talk back? What the hell is with morons on XBL who can't understand this concept? You talk about me, I'm gonna say something back. It's not "message spam" at all, it's a reply.

Twice? LOL, Off the top of my head, you're wrong. And that's not counting how many times I've subbed you in actual ranked fights.

SNF alone, I know I've beaten you three times. My first SNF fight ever, where I tapped you out when you used Frank. I TKOed you when you kept leg kicking me with Hendo And not even 2 or 3 weeks ago, I got a 30-28 Unanimous Decision with my Anderson CAF.

You subbed me with Fedor and Classic Bas, when I used Hendo-- WHEN I HAD FIRST STARTED EA MMA You really think you can beat me now? REALLY? I've already proven you can't, but we might as well make a spectacle of it if you want.

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0 # Jay 2011-02-10 14:20

Quoting 1251:

If you keep talking about me, why can't I talk back? What the hell is with morons on XBL who can't understand this concept? You talk about me, I'm gonna say something back. It's not "message spam" at all, it's a reply.

Twice? LOL, Off the top of my head, you're wrong. And that's not counting how many times I've subbed you in actual ranked fights.

SNF alone, I know I've beaten you three times. My first SNF fight ever, where I tapped you out when you used Frank. I TKOed you when you kept leg kicking me with Hendo And not even 2 or 3 weeks ago, I got a 30-28 Unanimous Decision with my Anderson CAF.

You subbed me with Fedor and Classic Bas, when I used Hendo-- WHEN I HAD FIRST STARTED EA MMA You really think you can beat me now? REALLY? I've already proven you can't, but we might as well make a spectacle of it if you want.

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

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0 # Fist2Mouth 2011-02-15 00:16

Nobody said you cant talk back junior. Dude..I whipped you the first two times we fought and you spammed my in box like 20 times cause you were all butt hurt about it....and then you went on to beat me twice....Im sure Jay has record of it, and if Im wrong Im willing to admit that...but you DEFINITELY haven't beat me as much as you claim...so we will settle this...get your big mouth on SNF and we will settle it when I beat the piss out of you. Believe me, I will.

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0 # Fist2Mouth 2011-02-10 01:16

Quoting 1251:

He isn't any good regardless. Relies too much on leg kicks even when his fighters have crap for leg kicks, lol

At least that's what I've seen from beating him up like 5 times.

have you not realized people cant stand you around here?

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0 # Fist2Mouth 2011-02-10 01:18

and those fighters with crappy leg kicks ended up beating you...lol...mig ht wanna take a look at the fights buddy

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0 # Guest 2011-02-10 09:58

1251 i've beat you up like ten times.... lucky for everybody else they didn't let me in the tourney

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0 # 1251 2011-02-10 10:55

We haven't ever even fought, remotely near 10x.

Oicra beat the crap out of you, like what? Twice? I TKOed him when he used Fedor and I had Rodgers.

That, and Tatanka would have dismantled you.

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0 # Guest 2011-02-09 16:56

Is there anyway to watch this from like, my ps3?

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0 # Guest 2011-02-09 17:03

There is very little ps3 love on this site... dont you kids remember the late 90's and early 2000's?

Where is the Sony love?

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 17:15

Quoting Ellrick:

There is very little ps3 love on this site... dont you kids remember the late 90's and early 2000's?

Where is the Sony love?

a ps3 night will come soon. uncharted 2 was the best game of 2009 and infamous was 2nd best. i love ma ps3!

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0 # 1251 2011-02-09 18:08

I might have to jump ship to the PS3 SNFs.

First, I need to buy a DS3 controller. SixAxis with EA's striking games is just awful.

XBL really isn't worth it to me anymore, especially since EA MMA is the only game I play online. I'll miss the solid connections though, I can just imagine doing it on PSN, guys dropping in and out randomly, lol

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0 # 1251 2011-02-09 18:10

Quoting tommymma:

Is there anyway to watch this from like, my ps3?

Go to Middle Easy on your PS3 Browser, and click the link.

Justin.tv hasn't been working on my PS3 for quite awhile, though. Dunno if they need to update Adobe for the browser or what. So you may be able to watch it, and you may not be able to.

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0 # Guest 2011-02-09 17:00

click the link and watch it on your computer? did you read the article LOL

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 17:14

JONESY WINS VIA TRIANGLE! HE CALLED IT!

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+2 # Guest 2011-02-09 17:15

Awesome triangle by Werdum, just when I thought it was over for him. Great match.

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+3 # ligeia420 2011-02-09 17:21

WTF BOB SAPP JUST TROLLED US ALL

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0 # 1251 2011-02-09 18:08

You have no idea who Tatanka is, lol

Out classes everybody in this tournament.

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+1 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 17:27

haha, I'm rewatching it now to hear the commentary. I about spewed this rodeo cool keystone light when they said "He doesn't mind having a drink or two during SNF"

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 18:01

rolled your way into the semi's

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 18:11

TATANKA! SAPP!

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 18:16

Well...shit

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-2 # 1251 2011-02-09 18:20

Gotta set up the takedowns, dude lol

Last time I played online, I was getting alls that I was because I'd fake them out with flurries and shoot for the takedown after a 1-2. That dude was only worried about parry spamming, so you easily could have faked him out.

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 18:25

Yeah, I was fighting desperate. I was prolly still riding high from the triangle in the first round. That and I'm gonna take the low road and blame it on expecting to fight Sapp ha.

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0 # 1251 2011-02-09 18:42

You also should have tried to get him to jump into your guard. After he rocked you that first time you should have tried stalling until the 2nd round, dash backwards and hit B(if you use TSC).

If he thought he was good enough, I bet he would have dived right in with a punch. That, or you could have at least made it to the second round and would have regained some health. No Frankie Edgar comebacks in this game If you're getting rocked by Fedor, and you're using a BJJ fighter, best bet is to try and make it to the next round, lol

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 18:46

Thanks for the tips.

Yeah I was trying to keep the distance and wait for something, I just kinda went into "Oh shit!" mood ha. I think I was pretty much just going "shit! shit! shit!" the entire fight.

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+3 # Tha Premiere 2011-02-09 18:17

BOB SAPP!!!

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-1 # 1251 2011-02-09 18:22

I hope Tatanka doesn't discount Fedor's strength, lol

I've been counter-flash KOed by Tatanka before, but Fedor hook spam is nothing to fuck with, lol

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 18:25

Haha this is why I kept shooting wildly. I was doing decent at a couple of parries, but it just takes one big counter one to get thru.

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 18:20

i cant believe it has come down to fedor bob sapp. incredible

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 18:30

I also just got hate mail from someone watching the broadcast ha

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0 # Tha Premiere 2011-02-09 18:56

Me and Tatanka just ran a bunch of Fedor V. Sapp spars. None of them turned out well for Sapp...BUT ...we did come up with a gameplan. If he can stick to the gameplan I think he can pull off the greatest upset in digital MMA history haha! Good luck Tatanka!

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0 # 1251 2011-02-09 19:06

Side control? lol

That's about the only advantage I can think of, cause the Tardy guy doesn't seem like he'd be that great on the ground. Just need to stay the fuck away from Fedor's full guard.

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+1 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 19:16

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Just need to stay the fuck away from Fedor's full guard

Needs to stay the fuck away from Fedor's everything.

But seriously, who ISN'T rooting for Tatanka in this one based solely on the fact that if Bob Sapp wins it will be the most amazing thing ever, and he's a SNF regular.

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+2 # Tha Premiere 2011-02-09 19:31

Lol Fedor is the best character in the game, Bob Sapp is easily the worst. A win for Sapp would be epic.

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 19:34

Dude...I am so stoked for this ha

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0 # Maximum Spaniard 2011-02-09 19:01

This tournament was the MMA equivalent of Kanye West's video for POWER.

Bob Sapp. Goddamn.

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0 # Jonesy 2011-02-09 19:41

NOOOOOO!!!

Poor Bob Sapp.

And lol @ at the commentators for the live broadcast trying to promote double xp weekend when SNF is unranked, no xp earning fight cards

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 19:51

man. that was an amazing night.

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+1 # Tatanka Soldier 2011-02-09 20:03

hahaha....well hey i didnt stick to game plan!!.....but iam happy with the performance i had i enjoyed fighting thats who iam!!....lol... but i did have a snow ball chance in hell of wining that fight!!.....:). ...

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+1 # Guest 2011-02-09 21:25

Quoting Tatanka Soldier:

hahaha....well hey i didnt stick to game plan!!.....but iam happy with the performance i had i enjoyed fighting thats who iam!!....lol...but i did have a snow ball chance in hell of wining that fight!!.....:)....

Just curious, what was the game plan you and Tha Premiere devised?

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+1 # Tha Premiere 2011-02-09 22:51

The plan WASSSSS...to immediately clinch and slam him at the first available opportunity. From what I seen earlier from Mctardy I felt Tatanka could achieve full mount on McTardy if he played smart.

Playing smart did NOT involve a boxing match with FEDOR FUCKIN EMELIANENKO! That was EXACTLY what I told him not to do lol. But hey, I'm proud of him for getting as far as he did with worthless ass Bob Sapp.

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+1 # Guest 2011-02-09 20:42

anyone else getting video is unavailable?

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0 # Guest 2011-02-09 20:50

Yup, shame.

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0 # Jay 2011-02-09 21:49

they will be up soon. they are uploading the vids to their servers right now i assume.

please check back soon, yo

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+1 # Guest 2011-02-09 22:21

Neat idea!

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-2 # Hooligang562 2011-02-10 00:29

I wish I could of made it. Sorry guys, had a work emergency I couldn't get out of.

Win or Lose it would of been fun to compete!!!

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