There are alot of problems with the team concept in the IFL, not the least of which have to do with where the teams are located (most of them are not in urban areas), the way the rouds work (four minutes being an odd amount of time compared to the usual five minute rounds) and the fact that they really only have one interesting division (the 155'ers are the only real group in the IFL that's really been exciting to watch, since Big Ben Rothwell can't carry the entire heavyweight division on his back).
The fact is, the coach superfights still give alot of nostalgia to old school fans of the sport, myself included. The fact that they are bringing two of the most interesting fighters in the history of the sport, Ian Freeman and Mario Sperry, into the mix will hopefully make it that much more interesting.
While there are some coaches that haven't done any fighting in the IFL (namely Chicago Red Bears coach Igor Zinoviev and Tokyo Sabres coach Ken Yasuda), there are plenty of high profile fighters to make up for that, including former UFC champions like Frank Shamrock (lightheavyweight/middleweight), Ken Shamrock (superfight) and Maurice Smith (heavyweight).
Hopefully the upcoming matchup will keep the league afloat while they fix the team concept that is really making them hard to watch.
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great week
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