IFL Battleground 03/26/2007 Coverage
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We've had 2 shows in a row that haven't lit my world on fire, lets see about week 3. Tonight they will be comparing Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and the Miletich Fighting Systems approaches to fighting and we the audience can vote for the most effective, aren't we lucky?
Tonight's show also highlights the New York Pitbulls and their match against the Quad City Silverbacks
Plus, Robbie Lawler Vs. Eduardo Pamplona highlights the 9 bouts we are promised.
Lets get it started.
We start out with various people giving their thoughts on Renzo Gracie. Gracie talks about Gracie Jiu-Jitsu being passed down from the generations.
We are promised Gracie Vs. Miletich as well.
One of the IFL ring girls opens the show by exclaiming, "lets fight". She did so with the enthusiasm of someone returning from a funeral.
We go right to Illinois and our first bout.
Bout 1: Ben Uker (Silverbacks) Vs. Delson Heleno (Pitbulls)
Date: 09/23/2006
Referee: Yves Lavigne
This is a welterweight contest.
We get another rundown of the IFL's rules.
Round 1:
Important to note, at least for me that Bas Rutten is on commentary for this one.
Shortly after the 2-minute mark, Heleno swings and misses with a right hand.
Heleno hits a flying knee that knocks Uker down and finishes with ground and pound.
Winner: delson Heleno - 3:14 R1
We move to some footage of comments from members of the Pitbulls. The IFL championship is their goal, it is too bad they weren't informed that revenge is more important. I know revenge is more important because they said so on last weeks show.
We get comments from those involved in the Gracie-Miletich fight. They both expect a great fight. The idea of 2 coaches facing off in the IFL is great, or so we are told.
Apparently, this Tifany Fallin is a co-host of the show along with Bas. The words "Oh Joy", do not immediately leap to mind for one reason.
Commercial Break!!
The formula is predictable at this point. We feature a fighter, in this instance it is Delson Heleno and then you see him win. It is predictable, but it also works.
New York City is the new capital of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as told to us by the narator. Interesting that the Pitbulls can't actually have any home meets at this point.
Now we've got to go to the Pitbulls vs. the Seattle Tigersharks
This next series took place in Atlantic City on 04/29/2006.
Bout 2: Eric Owings (Pitbulls) Vs. Justin Jones (Tigersharks)
This is a lightweight bout.
Jimmy Lennon Jr. is the ring announcer, and he is light and day better than the other guy they use.
Round 1: Jones is a kick boxer, Owings more comfortable on the mat according to one of the commentators. Would it kill the IFL for a freakig tale of the tape? Can't we find out the fighters strengths before we have to watch them fight? Just a radical idea I have.
Jones scores with a nice right that puts Owings down on the mat. Jones wanted Owings back on the feet, so to accomplish this, he just picked him up.
Owings goes in to the guard and looks for a guillotine but it is not there so they're back to standing. Owings blasts Jones with a punch that has him in trouble. Owings finishes him with a guillotine choke before the end of the first round.
Hey, we actually get a replay tonight.\
Winner: Eric Owings - R1 Submission
That was Owings professional debut.
We just get clips of the next fight.
Brad Blackburn evens things up for Seattle winning via decision over New York's Gustavo Machado.
The next bout of the Series is to be the Delson Heleno Vs. Dennis Hallman fight.
Commercial Break!!!
Nice touch just showing us clips of how the series was tied up. I'd still like some mention of individual strategies or for that matter, team strategies going in to these meets.
Frank Shamrock is tapped this week to remind us that these men are professionals. I wonder if Sheiky would agree?
Bout 3: Delson Heleno (Pitbulls) Vs. Dennis Hallman (Tigersharks)
Referee: Herb Dean
A Middleweight bout.
Round 1: Hallman has a 47-6 advantage over Heleno in terms of the number of fights. Hallman is a former state wrestling champion. Stuff that again they would be better telling us before the fight.
Delson on top looking to pass Hallman's guard. IFL is showing groundwork this week which is nice. The announcers reference something that took place the day before the fight that we the viewer don't get to see.
"The fact that it is tied at one a piece means their isn't the pressure their might be if one team was up 2-0 and the other facing elimination." That's actually a good point.
Heleno goes from Side Control to the North South with less than 1 minute to go in the round.
Hallman gets a reversal, but then Heleno lands a big upkick that hurts Hallman. Since Hallman was down, this is against IFL rules. Herb Dean has Disqualified Heleno.
Winner: Dennis Hallman - 3:59 R1 via DQ
The result of this contest was actually referenced in the first Heleno fight we saw on this show. I don't know why we couldn't have seen these in a proper order. In fact, ashowing us this fight first after featuring Heleno allows them to ponder whether or not Heleno can bounce back from the loss.
Commercial Break!!!
I know why Bas wanted to host this show. We've barely seen the hosts all night.
Out from the commercial, we get a recap of the prior 3 fights in the series. This is something I bitched about not being present last week when they just had to show back-to-back-to-back fights.
Bout 4: Matt Horwich (Tigersharks) Vs. Jamal Patterson (Pitbulls)
This is a light Heavyweight contest. Hey, before the fight starts we get a bit of a feature on Jamal Patterson, thumbs up for that. It was maybe less than a minute but hey.
Round 1: Patterson needs to win for New York to stay alive. He is looking for a guillotine choke early but is unable to hook it on Horwich.
Apparently, Horwich has quite the personality. At least they keep telling us that he does. Memo to IFL, show don't tell.
Patterson just kept going for that choke and finally he hooked it for the win.
Winner: Jamal Patterson - 2:57 R1 via Submission
The series is tied at 2 and we get highlights of the final fight. Devin Cole wins the meet for the Tigersharks 3-2 with his victory over New York's Carlos Cline via Unanimous Decision.
Coming up, the Pitbulls rebuild and the coaches step in the ring.
Commercial Break!!!
At least this week they are pausing between fights to give us a chance to recall what happened before worrying about what is currently happening.
We get the results of last week's question did Aaron Stark tap out? Over 500,000 votes cast, and it was close but 51% said that Stark did not tap out to Alex Schoenhauer. I think the American voting public got this one right.
Commercial Break!!
A Jason Lee movie will be showing this Friday, mark your calendar.
Another small feature on the Gracie family. We're going to Indiana for the Pitbulls Vs. the Silverbacks.
This series took place in Moline Illinois on 09/23/2006.
The New York new lightweight fighter (Marcio Feitosa) was making his IFL debut and he fought Bart Palaszewski and was humbled.
Bout 5: Marcello Azevedo (Pitbulls) Vs. Rory Markham (Silverbacks)
A welterweight contest.
Round 1: Azevedo is looking good early and has Markham trapped and has taken Markham out of his gameplan in the early part of round 1.
Azevedo has Markham on the mat.
Markhamis able to escape and a brief timeout is called by the referee. This works to Markham's advantage as he starts to land some big strikes.
Markham just continues to lay in the punishment until Yves Lavigne stops the fight.
Winner: Rory Markham - 3:58 R1
Bout 6: Fabio Leopoldo (Pitbulls) Vs. Ryan McGivern (Silverbacks)
Referee: Yves Lavigne
This is a middleweight contest.
Round 1: Leopoldo has got McGivern in trouble and is looking to tap him out but eventually McGivern is able to escape the guillotine.
McGivern ends up on top with less than a minute remaining in the round. McGivern passes in to side control very late in the round. The round ends with McGivern in control.
Round 2: McGivern is beating up Leopoldo and is looking for the clinch. The fight ends up back on the ground, and the referee yells out to them to keep working.
Leopoldo manages to get a kneebar on McGivern and just like that Ryan McGivern has lost his first bout in the IFL.
Winner: Fabio Leopoldo - Submission R2
We get highlights of the Light Heavyweight bout. It saw the Silverbacks Mike Ciesnolevicz go down to defeat to New York's Andre Gusmao.
It will all come down to Ben Rothwell Vs. Bryan Vetell which we'll see along with Gracie-Miletich after a...
Commercial Break!!!
Maybe its just me, but the fabric of space and time doesn't seem to be radically altered this week, perhaps I've not been paying that close attention but I don't believe we've seen actual edits in the fights themselves.
Bout 7: Bryan Vetell (Pittbulls Vs. Ben Rothwell (Silverbacks)
Referee: Todd Fredrickson
This is the heavyweight contest.
Round 1: Vetell is supposed to be very strong on the ground. Rothwell has the experience edge in the contest however.
After a whole lot of not much happening Rothwell scores with a big right and he knocks Vetell out.
Winner: Ben Rothwell - 3:17 R1 KO
The Silverbacks win the series 3-2.
We are told the last man to hold up the Gracie name is Renzo Gracie himself. Then we head to a...
Commercial Break!!!
If I've said this once I've said this a thousand times. Before we see a fight, comments from the fighters, the coaches and the analysts about the strategies heading in to the fights are a must for those that are not familiar with these fighters which would be most of the audience. If this means you don't end up showing 9 fights a show, so much the better.
We're back for a hype package for Gracie-Miletich and then go to another...
Commercial Break!!!
Bout 8: Renzo Gracie Vs. Pat Miletich
This is an IFL Superfight.
This is a middleweight contest.
Pat Miletich is quite obviously the hometown or local favorite as it were.
Miletich hadn't fought since 2002 when he lost to Matt Lindland when he took this fight.
Round 1: Gracie and Miletich start off round 1 feeling each other out. Gracie does throw a couple of low-kicks just to keep it interesting.
Miletich defends Gracie's takedown attempt.
Renzo looks for a guillotine from the top position but Miletich is not down with that for some reason.
Gracie just keeps working and working and finally he gets Miletich to tap out to his guillotine. He just stayed with it until he got the submission.
Winner: Renzo Gracie - 3:37 R1 via Choke Submission
Coming up next, a never before seen bout with 2 champions (Bas Rutten and Evander Holyfield) doing the commentary.
Commercial Break!!!
This next bout took place on 02/23/2007 from Atlanta.
Bout 9: Eduardo Pamplona Vs. Robbie Lawler
This is a middleweight contest.
Pamplona is making his first U.S. appearance in this fight.
Evander Holyfield sounds like a man who has been hit in the head a time or 1600.
Round 1: These men both like to strike. Pamplona tries to find the guillotine early after a takedown but Lawler is so far able to avoid.
Miletich is yelling instructions to Lawler.
The fight has returned to the feet now and they're certainly not landing any big bombs if that's what you're looking for.
We've got 20 seconds to go in the round and apparently, the superfights are scheduled for 5 rounds. (Nice to know that in advance)
The round ends and we go to a...
Commercial Break!!!
You know, this is the main event but we weren't given any reason to care about this fight throughout the show. Last week they did a better job of building up Horodecki Vs. Palaszewski than they've done for this fight this week.
Seriously, IFL is it really so much to ask for us to get to know or see highlights of these guys throughout the show building them up for the fight?
Round 2: We're back to the action in the second round.
Lawler scores with some nice punches early. Pamplona answers with a takedown to get the fight on the ground.
The announcer asks Holyfield if he would prefer long rounds but fewer of them and I can't even begin to transcribe his response. It went something like "Well, I think uh, I think uh, its better uh, the shorter uh that is for..."
Ric Gillespie will give you $1,000 if you can tell us what Holyfield actually said. The $1,000 may not be real money though.
Lawler lands a nice kick to end the second round which he was in control of and won.
Round 3: Some crowd booing to start off round 3. The announcers have been quiet for longer than I'm used to from announcers.
Lawler is all over Pamplona and well, that's all I wrote.
Winner: Robbie Lawler - 1:36 R3 via Ref Stoppage.
Now that we've seen Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Miletich fighting system, it is time for you to head to IFL.TV and vote.
Coming soon to IFL Battleground. Matt Lindland's Portland Wolfpack featured against the Toronto Dragons and Seattle Tigersharks and the Shamrock family rivalry.
Next week's appears to be a rerun of last week's show, which is fine since I was going to be busy with the NCAA Finals anyway, so I don't have to find anyone to recap it.
My Thoughts: Again, there are things I'd still like to see. This is a team sport so lets get more footage of the teams working together. Lets talk about a Team's strategy for bout placement and lets talk about each team members strategy for their upcoming fights. Let us hear from the fighters themselves more. Even if they can't cut promos a 30 second sound bite is not that difficult.
I don't know why they showed the Heleno fight first when the showed the rest of the series that it came from later. It would've worked just as well going in order with the Hallman fight coming first.
But, this week was better than last week with less of an emphasis on back-to-back-to-back fights and more of an effort to put over what just happened. I think when they get to just showing current season fights more than last year's it will hold more interest. Seems like the main story of which style is better was just a backdrop to show some fights that were strung together.
This show is a lot like iMPACT still in that it is hard to determine exactly what the point is of most of the stuff that we see. However, they are showing improvement every week but again they should've had this figured out from the start.
We've had 2 shows in a row that haven't lit my world on fire, lets see about week 3. Tonight they will be comparing Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and the Miletich Fighting Systems approaches to fighting and we the audience can vote for the most effective, aren't we lucky?
Tonight's show also highlights the New York Pitbulls and their match against the Quad City Silverbacks
Plus, Robbie Lawler Vs. Eduardo Pamplona highlights the 9 bouts we are promised.
Lets get it started.
We start out with various people giving their thoughts on Renzo Gracie. Gracie talks about Gracie Jiu-Jitsu being passed down from the generations.
We are promised Gracie Vs. Miletich as well.
One of the IFL ring girls opens the show by exclaiming, "lets fight". She did so with the enthusiasm of someone returning from a funeral.
We go right to Illinois and our first bout.
Bout 1: Ben Uker (Silverbacks) Vs. Delson Heleno (Pitbulls)
Date: 09/23/2006
Referee: Yves Lavigne
This is a welterweight contest.
We get another rundown of the IFL's rules.
Round 1:
Important to note, at least for me that Bas Rutten is on commentary for this one.
Shortly after the 2-minute mark, Heleno swings and misses with a right hand.
Heleno hits a flying knee that knocks Uker down and finishes with ground and pound.
Winner: delson Heleno - 3:14 R1
We move to some footage of comments from members of the Pitbulls. The IFL championship is their goal, it is too bad they weren't informed that revenge is more important. I know revenge is more important because they said so on last weeks show.
We get comments from those involved in the Gracie-Miletich fight. They both expect a great fight. The idea of 2 coaches facing off in the IFL is great, or so we are told.
Apparently, this Tifany Fallin is a co-host of the show along with Bas. The words "Oh Joy", do not immediately leap to mind for one reason.
Commercial Break!!
The formula is predictable at this point. We feature a fighter, in this instance it is Delson Heleno and then you see him win. It is predictable, but it also works.
New York City is the new capital of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as told to us by the narator. Interesting that the Pitbulls can't actually have any home meets at this point.
Now we've got to go to the Pitbulls vs. the Seattle Tigersharks
This next series took place in Atlantic City on 04/29/2006.
Bout 2: Eric Owings (Pitbulls) Vs. Justin Jones (Tigersharks)
This is a lightweight bout.
Jimmy Lennon Jr. is the ring announcer, and he is light and day better than the other guy they use.
Round 1: Jones is a kick boxer, Owings more comfortable on the mat according to one of the commentators. Would it kill the IFL for a freakig tale of the tape? Can't we find out the fighters strengths before we have to watch them fight? Just a radical idea I have.
Jones scores with a nice right that puts Owings down on the mat. Jones wanted Owings back on the feet, so to accomplish this, he just picked him up.
Owings goes in to the guard and looks for a guillotine but it is not there so they're back to standing. Owings blasts Jones with a punch that has him in trouble. Owings finishes him with a guillotine choke before the end of the first round.
Hey, we actually get a replay tonight.\
Winner: Eric Owings - R1 Submission
That was Owings professional debut.
We just get clips of the next fight.
Brad Blackburn evens things up for Seattle winning via decision over New York's Gustavo Machado.
The next bout of the Series is to be the Delson Heleno Vs. Dennis Hallman fight.
Commercial Break!!!
Nice touch just showing us clips of how the series was tied up. I'd still like some mention of individual strategies or for that matter, team strategies going in to these meets.
Frank Shamrock is tapped this week to remind us that these men are professionals. I wonder if Sheiky would agree?
Bout 3: Delson Heleno (Pitbulls) Vs. Dennis Hallman (Tigersharks)
Referee: Herb Dean
A Middleweight bout.
Round 1: Hallman has a 47-6 advantage over Heleno in terms of the number of fights. Hallman is a former state wrestling champion. Stuff that again they would be better telling us before the fight.
Delson on top looking to pass Hallman's guard. IFL is showing groundwork this week which is nice. The announcers reference something that took place the day before the fight that we the viewer don't get to see.
"The fact that it is tied at one a piece means their isn't the pressure their might be if one team was up 2-0 and the other facing elimination." That's actually a good point.
Heleno goes from Side Control to the North South with less than 1 minute to go in the round.
Hallman gets a reversal, but then Heleno lands a big upkick that hurts Hallman. Since Hallman was down, this is against IFL rules. Herb Dean has Disqualified Heleno.
Winner: Dennis Hallman - 3:59 R1 via DQ
The result of this contest was actually referenced in the first Heleno fight we saw on this show. I don't know why we couldn't have seen these in a proper order. In fact, ashowing us this fight first after featuring Heleno allows them to ponder whether or not Heleno can bounce back from the loss.
Commercial Break!!!
I know why Bas wanted to host this show. We've barely seen the hosts all night.
Out from the commercial, we get a recap of the prior 3 fights in the series. This is something I bitched about not being present last week when they just had to show back-to-back-to-back fights.
Bout 4: Matt Horwich (Tigersharks) Vs. Jamal Patterson (Pitbulls)
This is a light Heavyweight contest. Hey, before the fight starts we get a bit of a feature on Jamal Patterson, thumbs up for that. It was maybe less than a minute but hey.
Round 1: Patterson needs to win for New York to stay alive. He is looking for a guillotine choke early but is unable to hook it on Horwich.
Apparently, Horwich has quite the personality. At least they keep telling us that he does. Memo to IFL, show don't tell.
Patterson just kept going for that choke and finally he hooked it for the win.
Winner: Jamal Patterson - 2:57 R1 via Submission
The series is tied at 2 and we get highlights of the final fight. Devin Cole wins the meet for the Tigersharks 3-2 with his victory over New York's Carlos Cline via Unanimous Decision.
Coming up, the Pitbulls rebuild and the coaches step in the ring.
Commercial Break!!!
At least this week they are pausing between fights to give us a chance to recall what happened before worrying about what is currently happening.
We get the results of last week's question did Aaron Stark tap out? Over 500,000 votes cast, and it was close but 51% said that Stark did not tap out to Alex Schoenhauer. I think the American voting public got this one right.
Commercial Break!!
A Jason Lee movie will be showing this Friday, mark your calendar.
Another small feature on the Gracie family. We're going to Indiana for the Pitbulls Vs. the Silverbacks.
This series took place in Moline Illinois on 09/23/2006.
The New York new lightweight fighter (Marcio Feitosa) was making his IFL debut and he fought Bart Palaszewski and was humbled.
Bout 5: Marcello Azevedo (Pitbulls) Vs. Rory Markham (Silverbacks)
A welterweight contest.
Round 1: Azevedo is looking good early and has Markham trapped and has taken Markham out of his gameplan in the early part of round 1.
Azevedo has Markham on the mat.
Markhamis able to escape and a brief timeout is called by the referee. This works to Markham's advantage as he starts to land some big strikes.
Markham just continues to lay in the punishment until Yves Lavigne stops the fight.
Winner: Rory Markham - 3:58 R1
Bout 6: Fabio Leopoldo (Pitbulls) Vs. Ryan McGivern (Silverbacks)
Referee: Yves Lavigne
This is a middleweight contest.
Round 1: Leopoldo has got McGivern in trouble and is looking to tap him out but eventually McGivern is able to escape the guillotine.
McGivern ends up on top with less than a minute remaining in the round. McGivern passes in to side control very late in the round. The round ends with McGivern in control.
Round 2: McGivern is beating up Leopoldo and is looking for the clinch. The fight ends up back on the ground, and the referee yells out to them to keep working.
Leopoldo manages to get a kneebar on McGivern and just like that Ryan McGivern has lost his first bout in the IFL.
Winner: Fabio Leopoldo - Submission R2
We get highlights of the Light Heavyweight bout. It saw the Silverbacks Mike Ciesnolevicz go down to defeat to New York's Andre Gusmao.
It will all come down to Ben Rothwell Vs. Bryan Vetell which we'll see along with Gracie-Miletich after a...
Commercial Break!!!
Maybe its just me, but the fabric of space and time doesn't seem to be radically altered this week, perhaps I've not been paying that close attention but I don't believe we've seen actual edits in the fights themselves.
Bout 7: Bryan Vetell (Pittbulls Vs. Ben Rothwell (Silverbacks)
Referee: Todd Fredrickson
This is the heavyweight contest.
Round 1: Vetell is supposed to be very strong on the ground. Rothwell has the experience edge in the contest however.
After a whole lot of not much happening Rothwell scores with a big right and he knocks Vetell out.
Winner: Ben Rothwell - 3:17 R1 KO
The Silverbacks win the series 3-2.
We are told the last man to hold up the Gracie name is Renzo Gracie himself. Then we head to a...
Commercial Break!!!
If I've said this once I've said this a thousand times. Before we see a fight, comments from the fighters, the coaches and the analysts about the strategies heading in to the fights are a must for those that are not familiar with these fighters which would be most of the audience. If this means you don't end up showing 9 fights a show, so much the better.
We're back for a hype package for Gracie-Miletich and then go to another...
Commercial Break!!!
Bout 8: Renzo Gracie Vs. Pat Miletich
This is an IFL Superfight.
This is a middleweight contest.
Pat Miletich is quite obviously the hometown or local favorite as it were.
Miletich hadn't fought since 2002 when he lost to Matt Lindland when he took this fight.
Round 1: Gracie and Miletich start off round 1 feeling each other out. Gracie does throw a couple of low-kicks just to keep it interesting.
Miletich defends Gracie's takedown attempt.
Renzo looks for a guillotine from the top position but Miletich is not down with that for some reason.
Gracie just keeps working and working and finally he gets Miletich to tap out to his guillotine. He just stayed with it until he got the submission.
Winner: Renzo Gracie - 3:37 R1 via Choke Submission
Coming up next, a never before seen bout with 2 champions (Bas Rutten and Evander Holyfield) doing the commentary.
Commercial Break!!!
This next bout took place on 02/23/2007 from Atlanta.
Bout 9: Eduardo Pamplona Vs. Robbie Lawler
This is a middleweight contest.
Pamplona is making his first U.S. appearance in this fight.
Evander Holyfield sounds like a man who has been hit in the head a time or 1600.
Round 1: These men both like to strike. Pamplona tries to find the guillotine early after a takedown but Lawler is so far able to avoid.
Miletich is yelling instructions to Lawler.
The fight has returned to the feet now and they're certainly not landing any big bombs if that's what you're looking for.
We've got 20 seconds to go in the round and apparently, the superfights are scheduled for 5 rounds. (Nice to know that in advance)
The round ends and we go to a...
Commercial Break!!!
You know, this is the main event but we weren't given any reason to care about this fight throughout the show. Last week they did a better job of building up Horodecki Vs. Palaszewski than they've done for this fight this week.
Seriously, IFL is it really so much to ask for us to get to know or see highlights of these guys throughout the show building them up for the fight?
Round 2: We're back to the action in the second round.
Lawler scores with some nice punches early. Pamplona answers with a takedown to get the fight on the ground.
The announcer asks Holyfield if he would prefer long rounds but fewer of them and I can't even begin to transcribe his response. It went something like "Well, I think uh, I think uh, its better uh, the shorter uh that is for..."
Ric Gillespie will give you $1,000 if you can tell us what Holyfield actually said. The $1,000 may not be real money though.
Lawler lands a nice kick to end the second round which he was in control of and won.
Round 3: Some crowd booing to start off round 3. The announcers have been quiet for longer than I'm used to from announcers.
Lawler is all over Pamplona and well, that's all I wrote.
Winner: Robbie Lawler - 1:36 R3 via Ref Stoppage.
Now that we've seen Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Miletich fighting system, it is time for you to head to IFL.TV and vote.
Coming soon to IFL Battleground. Matt Lindland's Portland Wolfpack featured against the Toronto Dragons and Seattle Tigersharks and the Shamrock family rivalry.
Next week's appears to be a rerun of last week's show, which is fine since I was going to be busy with the NCAA Finals anyway, so I don't have to find anyone to recap it.
My Thoughts: Again, there are things I'd still like to see. This is a team sport so lets get more footage of the teams working together. Lets talk about a Team's strategy for bout placement and lets talk about each team members strategy for their upcoming fights. Let us hear from the fighters themselves more. Even if they can't cut promos a 30 second sound bite is not that difficult.
I don't know why they showed the Heleno fight first when the showed the rest of the series that it came from later. It would've worked just as well going in order with the Hallman fight coming first.
But, this week was better than last week with less of an emphasis on back-to-back-to-back fights and more of an effort to put over what just happened. I think when they get to just showing current season fights more than last year's it will hold more interest. Seems like the main story of which style is better was just a backdrop to show some fights that were strung together.
This show is a lot like iMPACT still in that it is hard to determine exactly what the point is of most of the stuff that we see. However, they are showing improvement every week but again they should've had this figured out from the start.
Labels: IFL, IFL Battleground, Mixed Martial Arts
posted by Casey Trowbridge at 3/26/2007 06:53:00 PM
4 Comments:
As you know, Casey, I'm not very creative, but I believe I have an excellent, excellent name for your IFL recaps: "Lions, Tiger Sharks & Red Bears, Oh My!"
Well, I was amused but I'm not just looking for a name for my IFL recaps but for all of my show reports. Although I do really like that suggestion...seems straight out of a movie, it is that good.
Hey, you're an original guy. Why can't each of your recaps have their own names?
I suppose, that they can have different names.
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