EA Sports has apologized to Khabib Nurmagomedov, a Muslim UFC fighter, for having him perform the sign of the cross in EA Sports UFC 2.
Khabib sent this tweet after learning that the game has him making the gesture in the game.
I’m a MUSLIM and not Baptized. Please @EASPORTSUFC edit my after fight celebration. I have a lot of Muslim fans and you have to respect it.
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) March 19, 2016
To EA’s credit, they immediately apologized to Khabib and promised to change this in the next game update. Khabib shared their statement publicly on his Instagram:
EA Sports UFC 2 is available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Some other UFC fighters shared complaints about their in-game models being very poorly made. There was also talk of a Madden-like cover curse hitting the cover athletes Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey.