EA has apologised to UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomdov after a Christian celebration animation was applied to his Muslim in-game character.
The in-game character celebrations seem to trigger at random; the Christian animation in question wasn’t specifically applied to Nurmagomdov.
Nurmagomdov took to Twitter to express his concern after seeing his in-game representation make a cross over his chest after a victory.
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
For its part, EA immediately apologised and said the issue would be fixed in an upcoming patch.
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