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IFL’s impact greater than some realize
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MMAcca
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 176-94
Season: 46-24 (#607)
Location: North East of England
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In my weekly article for CBSSports.com, this week I decided to take a look at all the former IFL talent that has migrated into the UFC.
Between Mike Dolce, Gerald Harris, and Dante Rivera on TUF 7; from Rory Markham, Brad Blackburn, and Reese Andy on the card for UFN 14; and Andre Gusmao debuting at UFC 87, the UFC has done some pretty big reaching into the IFL well.
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Post #1 7/5/08 6:46:29PM
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Khaos
In Full Mount
Career record: 152-97
Season: 43-27 (#1674)
Location: Pittsburgh,PA
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I hope the resign Vladimir Matyushenko, he's a beast at LHW.
With a stellar record or 21-3 I think they will, well once his contract expires in January.
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Post #2 7/5/08 8:04:29PM
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bootyclause
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 118-109
Season: 38-30 (#1865)
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of course they got some guys but I would have liked to see Horodecki, Schultz, Rothwell Nelson etc.
The HW division is so shallow that any guy with a pulse should be looked at; the LW is so deep that you wanna see so many guys get a shot at each other.
The WW, MW and LHW fighters in North American non-UFC orgs aren't exactly loaded with talent - Condit, Shields, Lawler, Le, a few others - but for the most part I dont care about the mid-sized guys from IFL or other orgs in the US. The UFC really should have looked at the big and small guys more when picking guys off that roster.
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Post #3 7/6/08 10:12:05AM
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KYGUY07
In Full Mount
Career record: 193-102
Season: 42-28 (#1653)
Location: KY
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I really hope they sign roy nelson, mayushenk, and jay hieron
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Post #4 7/6/08 8:14:37PM
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Figsak
Barred From Forum
Career record: 57-33
Season: 49-22 (#254)
Location: Mt. Juliet, TN
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I like Jay, but by god the man has a glass chin.
I think the biggest impact the IFL has had is their creativity in trying the camp/team based events. I think we should look into elaborating on that idea and refining it into being useful.
I don't think we need to have Team Vs. Team events, but I would like to see fight camps being franchised. Official teams, uniforms, etc. with drafts and such. A draft would be fun for us Fantasy MMA fans.  
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Post #5 7/7/08 10:04:04AM
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