2007 International Fight League

International Fight League MMA events in 2007 The first full season of the International Fight League (IFL) was composed of 11 events (9 normal events, 1 semi-final event and 1 final championship event). Over the span of nine events each of the 12 IFL teams competed in 3 events each and the top four teams with the best records advanced to the semi-final event. After the semi-final event the top two teams met in the Championship event which took place at the Los Angeles Forum. Each of the first 9 events also included at least one superfight. {www.ifl.tv} Date Venue Location Team Matches Superfight Results January 19, 2007 Oracle Arena Oakland, California Seattle Tiger Sharks vs Southern California Condors Nevada Lions Vs San Jose Razorclaws Jeremy Horn vs Falaniko Vitale 1 Condors def Tiger Sharks 3-2 Lions def Razorclaws 3-2 Horn def Vitale February 2, 2007 Reliant Arena Houston, Texas Los Angeles Anacondas vs Quad City Silverbacks Tokyo Sabres vs Tucson Scorpions Carlos Newton vs Matt Lindland Sabres def Scorpions 3-2 Anacondas def Silverbacks 3-2 Lindland def Newton February 23, 2007 Gwinnett Center Duluth, Georgia Portland Wolfpack vs Toronto Dragons Chicago Red Bears vs New York Pitbulls Eduardo Pamplona vs Robbie Lawler Wolfpack def Dragons 3-2 Pitbulls def Red Bears 4-1 Lawler def Pamplona March 17, 2007 The Forum Inglewood, California Southern California Condors vs Tokyo Sabres San Jose Razorclaws vs Los Angeles Anacondas N/A2 Sabres def Condors 3-2 Anacondas def Razorclaws 5-0 April 7, 2007 iWireless Center Moline, Illinois Nevada Lions vs Quad City Silverbacks Seattle Tiger Sharks vs Chicago Red Bears Jeff Curran Vs Kevin English Silverbacks def Lions 4-1 Tiger Sharks def Red Bears 4-1 Curran def English April 13, 2007 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut Tucson Scorpions vs Toronto Dragons Portland Wolfpack vs New York Pitbulls N/A Dragons def Scorpions 4-1 Pitbulls def Wolfpack 3-2 May 19, 2007 Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, Illinois San Jose Razorclaws vs Southern California Condors Quad City Silverbacks vs Chicago Red Bears Maurice Smith Vs Marco Ruas Condors def Razorclaws 3-2 Silverbacks def Red Bears 3-2 Smith def Ruas June 1, 2007 Everett Events Center Everett, Washington Tokyo Sabres vs Portland Wolfpack Los Angeles Anacondas vs Seattle Tiger Sharks N/A Sabres def Wolfpack 3-2 Anacondas def Tiger Sharks 3-2 June 16, 2007 Las Vegas Hilton Las Vegas, Nevada Toronto Dragons vs New York Pitbulls Tucson Scorpions vs Nevada Lions N/A Pitbulls def. Dragons 3-2 Lions def. Scorpions 4-1 August 2, 2007 Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Los Angeles Anacondas vs Quad City Silverbacks Tokyo Sabres vs New York Pitbulls N/A Silverbacks def. Anacondas 4-1 Pitbulls def. Sabres 3-2 September 20, 2007 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Hollywood, Florida Championship Final Quad City Silverbacks vs New York Pitbulls TBD Pitbulls def. Silverbacks 3-2 1 Originally Ivan Salaverry was supposed to partake in the superfight but along with an IFL agreement he had a contract with the now defunct WFA. After the UFC bought out the WFA Salaverry's contract was put up into limbo preventing him from participating in the superfight. 2 Originally the superfight was to be between IFL coaches Maurice Smith and Marco Ruas but during training Ruas injured himself cancelling this fight. It has now been rescheduled for the May 19th show. References Additional references Hunt, Loretta. Introducing the International Fight League. IFC.TV. January 9, 2006. Retrieved May 6, 2006. Thaler, Jeff. Breaking Down the Match-Up: UFC vs. IFL. Sherdog.com. March 2, 2006. Retrieved May 6, 2006. External links IFL – Official Website Category:International Fight League International Fight League, 2007 Category:Mixed martial arts events in the United States Category:Organized events in Hoffman Estates, Illinois Category:Organized events in Moline, Illinois Category:Organized events in Duluth, Georgia Category:Sports competitions in Houston Category:Sports competitions in Inglewood, California Category:Sports competitions in Uncasville, Connecticut Category:2007 in American sports