2008 International Fight League - Only the Tough will Survive till the Very End
The International Fight League matches are an ultimate show of hard-hitting action. The best fighters come together and fight for the prestigious title of the best international fighter. The event showcases the match-up of some of the best fighters and only the toughest survives till the very end.
The International Fight League is an American mixed martial arts promotion billed as the world’s first MMA League. Instead of the established norm for MMA events, where match-ups are strictly one-on-one affairs, each IFL card is a showdown between two matches of at least three fighters, each fighter fighting one match against another in the opposing camps.
The International Fight League is currently televised in the United States on Fox Sports Net and MyNetworkTV.
The IFL was founded January 7, 2006 by real estate developer Kurt Otto and Wizard magazine founder Gareb Shamus, two well-financed devotees of mixed martial arts who were inspired by the Mark Kerr documentary The Smashing Machine. The inaugural event was held on April 29 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
It has been widely speculated the IFL, with the deep pockets of its founders, television deal and innovative business plan, may become a major circuit for MMA in North America, directly competing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Some International Fight League trivia
- The UFC and IFL share a hostile relationship, as the UFC have accused the IFL of, and sued them, for illegally using proprietary information obtained by hiring executives from the UFC organization.
- The IFL currently consists of nine camps, all owned by the league, and each coached by a veteran MMA fighter.
- In order to appease the many MMA critics who felt that the team concept the IFL displayed had no place in the one-on-one sport of MMA, the IFL conducted an end of the year Grand Prix in 2007.
- In 2007, IFL underwent their very first draft to find new talent to fill the ranks of fighters that were cut from their IFL contracts.
Upcoming 2008 International Fight League event
The 2008 International Fight League season will have at the minimum 8 events which will be based out of 3 main sites - Las Vegas, New Jersey and Connecticut. The first match took place on February 29 and the second is on April 4, the venue for which would be the Izod Center, NJ.
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