Comments on: IFL Feb. 29 Fighter Payouts http://www.mmahq.com/2008/03/04/ifl-season-opener-fighter-salaries/ ...MMA News and Analysis... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dr J http://www.mmahq.com/2008/03/04/ifl-season-opener-fighter-salaries/#comment-13907 Dr J Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:42:52 +0000 http://www.mmahq.com/2008/03/04/ifl-season-opener-fighter-salaries/#comment-13907 The shows actually have been pretty good now that they are done with the teams. Its really too bad but I think 2008 will be the last year the IFL is around. With the EliteXC signing with CBS and gaining a lot of momentum and the UFC still running strong they just cant compete. Being a public company, their investors will only let then bleed money for so long before canning the company. I wouldn't be surprised to ProElite try to purchase them before the end of the year. The shows actually have been pretty good now that they are done with the teams.

Its really too bad but I think 2008 will be the last year the IFL is around. With the EliteXC signing with CBS and gaining a lot of momentum and the UFC still running strong they just cant compete.

Being a public company, their investors will only let then bleed money for so long before canning the company. I wouldn’t be surprised to ProElite try to purchase them before the end of the year.

]]> By: MAD http://www.mmahq.com/2008/03/04/ifl-season-opener-fighter-salaries/#comment-13906 MAD Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:17:17 +0000 http://www.mmahq.com/2008/03/04/ifl-season-opener-fighter-salaries/#comment-13906 Hopefully their TV deals help offset their live event loses. With only 1,606 tickets sold it seems like the IFL does'nt have much of a fan following. Even the WEC event I went to had about 4,500 people in attendance but I'm not sure how many of thoses were comp tickets. UFC fight night here in Denver sold out in a little over a month with 6,500 seats. With it selling out so quickly I don't think many are comp tickets. I hope with the sucess of this event they will return. Now that the IFL is being shown on HDnet I don't get to see many of their event so I don't know how they are doing now that they abandon the team concept. Hopefully their TV deals help offset their live event loses. With only 1,606 tickets sold it seems like the IFL does’nt have much of a fan following. Even the WEC event I went to had about 4,500 people in attendance but I’m not sure how many of thoses were comp tickets. UFC fight night here in Denver sold out in a little over a month with 6,500 seats. With it selling out so quickly I don’t think many are comp tickets. I hope with the sucess of this event they will return. Now that the IFL is being shown on HDnet I don’t get to see many of their event so I don’t know how they are doing now that they abandon the team concept.

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