Yesterday's EA Play Live event came and went without the expected reveal of EA Sports UFC 4. Some promotional materials for July 11's UFC 251 at Fight Island (which has a monster card, by the way) casually mention that a game announcement will happen during the Pay-Per-View. Waiting a little longer isn't too much hassle considering we already know what we're waiting for.
I used this space three years ago to argue that Joanna Jedrzejczyk should be on the cover of EA Sports UFC 3. That argument aged very poorly as she lost for the first time ever mere days later. Since then, she has lost three more times to some of the best names in women's MMA. She will not be on the cover of EA Sports UFC 4 unless there's a Mars Attacks edition. Still, Joanna's my favorite fighter and you can't take that away from me.
So, who will be on the cover? It's tough to say because while the UFC has only grown in popularity in recent years, it no longer has a transcendent star like Ronda Rousey or Conor McGregor. (Conor "retired" again a few weeks ago.) There are many options but few clear-cut locks. Let's rank them.
