Vote for ‘EA Sports UFC’ 2nd cover athlete

UFC light heavyweight champion and top ranked pound for pound fighter in the world today, Jon Jones, has already earned his spot on the cover of EA Sports’ first UFC offering for being, well, the greatest fighter in the world today. As far as that second spot goes it’s up to you – the fans – to decide on who gets one of the most awesome honors that can be bestowed upon a professional athlete today – being put on the cover of a video game.

The way the vote starts is you follow this link – EA SPORTS UFC COVER VOTE – and pick the fighters you want to see advance to the Round of 8. At the beginning of each week a new poll opens with the surviving fighters from the previous week until we get down to two fighters come Monday, November 19th.

Here are your 1st Round matchups:

• Urijah Faber vs. Michael Bisping

• Johny Hendricks vs. Dominick Cruz (BW Champion)

• Anthony Pettis (LW Champion) vs. Demetrious Johnson (FW Champion)

• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Daniel Cormier

• Georges St. Pierre (WW Champion) vs. Chris Weidman (MW Champion)

• Junior dos Santos vs. Chael Sonnen

• Jose Aldo (FW Champion) vs. Benson Henderson

• Ronda Rousey (WBW Champion) vs. Miesha Tate

Check out a short history of UFC Video Game Cover Athletes below:

Ultimate Fighting Championship – 2000 (Tito Ortiz)

UFC Tapout – 2002 (Chuck Liddell, Mark Kerr, Tito Ortiz)

UFC Sudden Impact – 2004 (Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Jr. & Phil Baroni)

UFC Throwdown – 2002 (Tito Ortiz & Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Jr.)

UFC Undisputed – 2009 (Forrest Griffin – Georges St. Pierre – Canadian Version)

UFC Tapout 2 – 2003 (Chuck Liddell & Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Jr.)

UFC Undisputed 2 – 2010 (Brock Lesnar)

UFC Undisputed 3 – 2012 (Anderson Silva)

EA Sports UFC – 2014 (Jon Jones & TBD)