The full roster of fighters has been unveiled for the highly anticipated upcoming release of “UFC 2009 Undisputed.”

The game, available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, is scheduled to be released this May.

More than 80 fighters will appear in the debut version of “UFC Undisputed,” which is part of a multi-year deal between the UFC and THQ.

A number of fighters who since the game was put into development are no longer with the UFC remain playable, including Andrei Arlovski, Tito Ortiz and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, while there are some notables absentees, including Randy Couture, Dustin Hazelett and Matt Hamill.

Recent additions to the UFC including Shane Carwin, Denis Kang, Akihiro Gono and Caol Uno are also missing.

The full list of fighters for the game, courtesy of Gamespot.com, is as follows:

Heavyweights: Andrei Arlovski, Mark Coleman, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Gabriel Gonzaga, Antoni Hardonk, Heath Herring, Cheick Kongo, Brock Lesnar, Justin McCully, Frank Mir, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Eddie Sanchez, Tim Sylvia, Cain Velasquez, Brandon Vera (LH), Fabricio Werdum.

Light heavyweights: Houston Alexander, Ryan Bader*, Tim Boetsch, Stephan Bonnar, Rashad Evans, Wilson Gouveia (MW), Forrest Griffin, James Irvin, Quinton Jackson, Keith Jardine, Chuck Liddell, Lyoto Machida, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Tito Ortiz, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Thiago Silva, Wanderlei Silva.

Middleweights: Ricardo Almeida, Michael Bisping (LHW), Kendall Grove, Rich Franklin (LHW), Dan Henderson (LHW), Martin Kampmann (WW), Chris Leben, Thales Leites, Jason MacDonald, Demian Maia, Nate Marquardt, Drew McFedries, Yushin Okami, Amir Sadollah (WW), Anderon Silva (LHW), Evan Tanner.

Welterweights: Thiago Alves, Matt Arroyo, Kyle Bradley, Josh Burkman, Marcus Davis, Jon Fitch, Matt Hughes, Anthony Johnson, Josh Koscheck, Chris Lytle, Karo Parisyan, Diego Sanchez, Ben Saunders, Matt Serra (LW), Georges St. Pierre, Mike Swick (MW).

Lightweights: Mark Bocek, Rich Clementi, Mac Danzig, Nathan Diaz, Frankie Edgar, Efrain Escudero*, Spencer Fisher, Kenny Florian, Hermes Franca, Tyson Griffin, Roger Huerta, Joe Lauzon, Gray Maynard, B.J. Penn (WW), Sean Sherk (WW), Joe Stevenson. Thiago Tavares.

* Available only when purchased from GameStop

Phil Lowe
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