Holy shit. That was the awesomest rap evah. Seriously.

Well, scratch another one off the list. I never liked IFL and its “gay foreplay” style, but heck any competition is better for the sport, just to keep assholes like Dana at bay. Oh well…

I want one of your shirts, yo. What would you accept in trade?

I will take your suggestions under advisement.

As for Newton, he just wasn’t that interested in actually coaching his guys. He wanted to collect checks and show up on fight night. It was a not uncommon problem in the IFL.

Renzo Gracie, on the other hand, is one of the most charismatic people I’ve ever met. Just walking into a room he makes everyone happier, and he’s a genuinely good person all around. I really can’t say enough great things about him.

accessable = accessible
Jazze Pha = well, he can spell his name how he wants, but that don’t make it right…

This is a final dagger for the IFL, and a real bummer. I watched some great IFL fights on HDNET. I am glad that their commentators ,Bas and Kenny will be working the Affliction fights and that some fothe fighter signed with Affliction as well.

It was just you. Unless you meant talent at making an ass of himself. But everyone in the video was full of that talent.

Ben,
I have to agree with Old, Bald and Irish on this one.
That would be something good to read while I am at work one day.

omg dat was harilous!

Ben,

You should really do a series of posts on this subject. I, for one, would be VERY interested in the inside operations of the IFL.

Like, for example, what was your view of Carlos Newton? I love his PrideFC fights and his match against Henzo Gracie in Bushido 1 is a freakin’ classic. Did he get fired as coach strictly for performance or was there something else? He seems like a cool guy.

I always liked IFL. I saw their Atlanta show last year, and it was a great fight card. They always had entertaining fights, and I’m glad to see guys like Nelson and Horodecki gaining more notoriety. I definitely appreciated how accessible IFL always was on TV.
And I’ll definitely take one of those Silverbacks shirts.

Was it me or does Renzo Gracie have some talent.

@Old, Bald, and Irish: in answer to your question, some people within the IFL realized we were headed for trouble, others (mainly at the executive level) seemed not to. That’s why they kept making the same mistakes in slightly different form over and over again. Let’s just say I was saving my paychecks pretty early on, planning for the inevitable.

Newton is a right beast nowerdays.

The team concept was working pretty well considering they weren’t a huge org but they kept changing shit every. single. season. That’s what killed it.

Don’t trade that shit Ben, I still rock my Anacondas shirt when it shows up in the rotation.

bas is such a badass lmao

I personally liked the team concept and the fights were decent too. (No, I was never an employee)

RIP IFL

Dude I’ll take a shirt. But don’t blame the fans, who’s stupid ideas was TEAM MMA? I don’t cheer for fight TEAMS, I cheer on FIGHTERS.

oooo…I’m ready to poke out my eyes and ears after lookin’ at that video.

I never got to see much IFL where I live. A couple months ago I stayed at my in-laws house and they had the MSG Channel and ended up watching about 3 hours of IFL fights.

I worry when these smaller fight orgs go under. Frankly, I don’t like the prospect of the UFC being the only game in town. But then again, the IFL seems to have been its own worst enemy. Seems like they pulled out both guns and immediately shot their feet.

Ben: Since you worked for them, what was the thinking inside the organization? Did people understand what was going on and that the ship was headed in the wrong direction?

so after wiping up the huge pool of laugh-tears i have decided that the ufc needs 1 of these…but maybe have more money raining and TnA shakin..and dana white could be spinning on his cueball head bustin out his bboy-jitsu
YES!

Forget the Silverbacks shirt, where can I get a replica Jazze Pha IFL bedazzled hoodie?

Ben, I’ll miss the IFL. What’s shitty about the IFL fuckin off is that there is very few well known smaller shows for fighters to lay down the first fights in there careers. the IFL wasn’t bad at all, it was very accessable and always on TV. Roy Nelson, Hordecki etc. wouldnt be where they are without the IFL’s platform.

Now I want a shirt, PM me in the forums, thx buds, nice retrospect by the way.