IFL Red Bears, Silverbacks’ Battle in Chicago Featured Monday on MNTV
June 28th, 2007
NEW YORK, June 28, 2007- The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one professional mixed martial arts league, goes inside the matchup between the Chicago Red Bears and the defending IFL Champion Quad Cities Silverbacks, in the next episode of “IFL Battleground” on Monday, July 2, at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. CT/MT). [...]
UFC 74 - Couture vs. Gonzaga
June 28th, 2007
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Fight fans around the world watched Randy “The Natural” Couture as he dominated Tim Sylvia for five straight rounds to become the only man ever to win the UFC® World Heavyweight title three times. Seven weeks later, millions watched in awe as Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga landed a devastating knockout over [...]
Cro Cop to take on Cheick Congo
June 28th, 2007
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Ultimate Fighting Championship® President Dana White today announced that Croatian superstar Mirko “Cro Cop” will return to the Octagon™ in September and take on France’s Cheick Kongo in a featured heavyweight bout at UFC 75 in London’s new O2 Arena. White delivered the UFC 75 announcement today live from Las [...]
Ex-porno star Aaron Brink targets Kimo & $1,000,000 prize
June 25th, 2007
SANTA ANA, California (June 25, 2007) - Former porn star Aaron Brink is caught between a rock and a hard place, MMA fighting-wise, so he’s focused on winning New Era Fighting’s (NEF) “World’s Toughest Man” contest, already a global affair with registrants coming from all over the world, and ultimately beating his good friend Kimo [...]
Condors, Razorclaws Featured on “IFL Battleground” Monday
June 22nd, 2007
NEW YORK, June 20, 2007- The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one professional mixed martial arts league, goes inside the bout between the Southern California Condors and San Jose Razorclaws, in the next episode of “IFL Battleground” on Monday, June 25, at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. CT/MT). The bout was [...]
Mercer vs. Kimbo Transcript
June 19th, 2007
KIMBO: I expected to get to whatever level I could have gotten to. The fact that I got into this fight is all good. I will fight anybody. I don’t care how good he is and I can’t care who he has fought or how good he thinks he is. [...]
IFL Moves Finals to Hard Rock in Fla.
June 18th, 2007
NEW YORK, June 18, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league announced it will move its 2007 World Team Finals from The Forum in Los Angeles to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla. It will mark the IFL’s first-ever event [...]
“Ninja” Fails Physical, Off June 22 “Shamrock Vs. Baroni” PPV Card
June 16th, 2007
LOS ANGELES (June 15, 2007) — Murilo “Ninja” Rua will not be fighting on the highly anticipated “Shamrock vs. Baroni” Friday, June 22 cage fight card extravaganza from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
“Ninja,” who was scheduled to fight Joey “Dream Smasher” Villasenor for the vacant EliteXC middleweight [...]
“IFL Battleground” and “IFL Fight Night” broadcasts to begin in over 50 additional countries in July
June 14th, 2007
NEW YORK, June 14, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, and Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) today announced the first two international television partners who will air IFL programming, including “IFL Battleground” and “IFL Fight Night.” The first two international partners are CanWest [...]
“Countdown To Shamrock Vs. Baroni” Premieres June 12, On Showtime
June 12th, 2007
(LOS ANGELES) June 11, 2007 – Exclusive access, never-before-seen footage and explosive rivalries all define “Countdown To Shamrock vs. Baroni,” a 30-minute magazine show set to premier on SHOWTIME on Tuesday, June 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. “Countdown” explores the highly anticipated world championship mixed martial arts showdown between former UFC middleweight king, Frank [...]
IFL Partners with the Topps Company
June 12th, 2007
NEW YORK, June 11, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, today announced a multi-year strategic partnership and licensing agreement with The Topps Company, one of the most storied brands in sports collectibles. The partnership will include the first-ever line of cards featuring [...]
New Era Fighting ties boxing & MMA together
June 11th, 2007
SANTA ANA, California (June 10, 2007) - Boxing promoter Sterling McPherson (Sterling Promotions) is in the corner of New Era Fighting, the hot mixed martial arts group that combines the brutality of UFC and the WWE’s entertaining storylines. The Las Vegas-based McPherson, who won 28 of 32 pro fights as a lightweight-junior welterweight from 1979-1987, [...]
Horwich, Vetell Qualify for U.S. Grappling Team
June 11th, 2007
LAS VEGAS, June 10, 2007 - Three athletes from the International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, competed over the weekend at the USA Wrestling Team Trials, vying for spots in the Wrestling World Games in Ankara, Turkey, in September. Portland Wolfpack middleweight Matt Horwich [...]
Shamrock-Baroni Conference Call Quotes
June 8th, 2007
Photos: Daisy Rosas/For Strikeforce
MMA legend and former UFC middleweight champion Frank Shamrock and foul-mouthed, trash-talking, knockout-artist Phil “The New York Bad Ass” Baroni clash for the vacant Strikeforce middleweight (185-pound) championship in the main event of a spectacular MMA cage fight card on Friday, June 22, at the HP Pavilion at [...]
Three IFL Athletes To Compete for USA Grappling Team Spots
June 7th, 2007
NEW YORK, June 7, 2007 - The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, will have three athletes competing this weekend at the USA Wrestling Grappling World Team Trials at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, with the winners going on to the Wrestling World [...]
Replay Of Dynamite!! USA PPV Event Saturday On Showtime At 9 PM ET/PT
June 7th, 2007
NEW YORK (June 6, 2007) – SHOWTIME will replay complete matches featuring Brock Lesnar and Royce Gracie’s milestone victories plus highlights of other exciting fights from Saturday’s historic pay-per-view event ProElite presents Dynamite!! USA. The one-hour telecast will air Saturday, June 9, at 9 p.m. ET/PT and will precede a live special edition of SHOWTIME [...]
International Fight League Coaching Legends to Visit Troops on USO Tour to Persian Gulf Region
June 6th, 2007
ARLINGTON, Va. - The International Fight League (IFL), the world’s number one mixed martial arts league, will have two of its world champion coaches-the Quad Cities Silverbacks’ Pat Miletich and Tucson Scorpions’ Don Frye, along with reigning PRIDE world champion and Portland Wolfpack assistant coach Dan Henderson-embark on a USO tour to the Persian Gulf [...]
Top IFL Stars Shine on Friday Night on FSN
June 6th, 2007
NEW YORK, June 5, 2007- The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one professional mixed martial arts league, takes a look at some of the circuit’s most exciting athletes, including Jay Hieron and Chris Horodecki of the Los Angeles Anacondas, Vladimir Matyushenko of the Tokyo Sabres and Ben Rothwell of the defending champion [...]
Englebrecht Announces Premier Mixed Martial Arts Series
June 6th, 2007
Newport Beach, CA: Following up on 23 years of Battle In The Ballroom boxing success at the Irvine Marriott, fight promoter Roy Englebrecht today announced a new mixed martial arts series at his Marriott venue, with the kickoff event called SummerFist 2007 set for Thursday, June 28th. After selling out his first MMA show [...]
Sabres, Anacondas Win at IFL Seattle
June 2nd, 2007
EVERETT, Wash., June 1, 2007 - The Tokyo Sabres and Los Angeles Anacondas remained unbeaten and clinched International Fight League playoff berths with team victories tonight before 6,977 at the Everett Events Center, the largest crowd ever to see a boxing or mixed martial arts event in the state of Washington. The Sabres defeated [...]
