A few weeks ago when UFC head honcho Dana White threatened to blacklist any fighter signing up for EA’s MMA game, he was hoping that they would all listen.

Well, I guess they listened but probably didn’t take much notice!!

On Wednesday, EA revealed the names of the first three fighters signed on to take part in its upcoming MMA video game: Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Gegard Mousasi, current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko, widely considered to be the top heavyweight fighter in the world. A deal fell through this week to lure Emelianenko to the UFC, although White insists talks are still ongoing. There is no word whether the deal with EA will affect this.

More info on the game can be found here: http://mma.easports.com

UPDATE: Former PRIDE and current Strikeforce announcer Mauro Ranallo will lend his voice to the upcoming video game, as the play-by-play announcer. It is unknown who will join him on commentary.

UPDATE 2: MMATorch.com has news that other notable fighters to appear in the game will be UFC heavyweight Randy Couture, Gegard Mousasi, Renato Sobral and the legendary Frank Shamrock.