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Monday, September 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold This weekend is going to be action-packed for MMA, as UFC 63 takes place in Anaheim, California with Matt Hughes vs. BJ Penn. carlos Arias in The Orange County Register has a preview for the upcoming show. Pat Miletich, who normally would be in Matt’s corner, will instead be at the IFL […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 24
Thursday, September 14th, 2006Instant punditry this week from Jeff Thaler, Luke Nicholson, Erin Bucknell, and Zach Arnold on a variety of topics. Erin has a road report of The Malice at the Cow Palace MMA event she went to, along with a review of the IFL Portland & PRIDE Saitama events from this past weekend. Also, a preview […]
IFL: Lindland vs. Horn Results
Sunday, September 10th, 2006By Mark Pickering In addition to a domestic superfight pitting Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland against Jeremy Horn, two new teams graced the International Fight League on September 9th at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon (aka The Rose Quarter). The event drew over 5,300 fans. F4W Online has a live show report. Headliner Lindland […]
Worldwide media notes
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold I find interesting news items, and you comment on them. Updated at 12:45 PM EST.
Drama between Miletich & White continues
Friday, August 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold 2006 has publicly proven to be quite the interesting year between superstar MMA trainer/businessman Pat Miletich and UFC President Dana White. Tim Sylvia, Miletich’s top heavyweight, remains UFC champion. Miletich gave a witness deposition statement in the UFC vs. IFL court case earlier this year, in which he talked about Dana’s displeasure […]
IFL on Rogers Sportsnet
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson Fight Report has a story on the IFL signing a television deal with Rogers Sportsnet, out of CANADA~!, to air their originally aired programming from FSN. This is an interesting move for both parties. Obviously the IFL has expanded their reach, but its interesting for Rogers Sportsnet which doesn’t air a lot […]
IFL 6/4 TV report
Sunday, June 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold The event is taped from June 3rd at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The ring announcer is Tim Hughes, and the TV announcers are: Kenny Rice, Stephen Quadros, and Jens Pulver.
IFL show in The Quad Cities?
Sunday, June 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold The Quad-City Times newspaper reports that Monte Cox has approached Scott Mullen, the executive director of The Mark of the Quad Cities in Moline (Illinois), for booking an IFL event at that building on September 23rd. That event would feature Pat Miletich vs. Renzo Gracie, with the fight taking place on Miletich’s […]
The IFL has new coaches
Friday, June 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Sherdog reports that the IFL has booked Pat Miletich vs. Renzo Gracie in a fight to happen at a future IFL event. Plus, the promotion announced Matt Lindland, Carlos Newton, and Mark Coleman as new team coaches. Bas Rutten, Pat Miletich, Renzo Gracie, Maurice Smith, and Antonio Inoki will also be coaches.
IFL 5/28 TV report
Sunday, May 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold Flashback: IFL debut TV show on Fox Sports Net The TV intro package is the same as last week. We see a review of the Silverbacks’ domination of the Anacondas, with tonight featuring Renzo Gracie’s Pitbulls vs. Maurice Smith’s Tiger Sharks.
IFL debut TV show on Fox Sport Net
Sunday, May 21st, 2006By Zach Arnold Sunday, May 21st was the date of the IFL’s TV debut on Fox Sports Net. If the purpose of the show was to look like a serious, legitimate contender to UFC — then they accomplished the task at hand. Site Poll: Rate the IFL’s TV debut on FSN MMA Snark review of […]
The IFL has new ownership
Thursday, May 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold After a somewhat rocky debut on April 29th in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the IFL announced in a press release that the company has merged with Paligent Inc., a former biotech company. In short, the IFL is under new ownership before their first TV show (scheduled for May 21st on Fox Sports […]
He’s baaaaack…
Saturday, April 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Earlier in the week at Puroresu Power, we talked about Antonio Inoki’s attempt to get into the IFL or be associated with the new MMA project. Sherdog reports that Inoki is now the IFL’s “Global Ambassador.” IFL 4/29 Atlantic City results. Maybe this Jitsuwa Knuckles article would be informative for those associated […]
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