http://www.fighters.com/07/17/zuffa-to-buy-ifl MMA News, Stats, Videos, and Fighter Profiles Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fighters.com/07/17/zuffa-to-buy-ifl/comment-page-1#comment-1877 Chad Edward Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:17:47 +0000 http://www.fighters.com/?p=667#comment-1877 On simple dollars and cents scale, it probably doesn't make sense...or cents. But, I think there's an argument for it on other levels. The buy-out exerts the UFC's dominance in the market. There are valuable fighters in the IFL roster the UFC and WEC can absorb. The IFL brand isn't worthless. They were well publicized, just poorly managed. I could see WEC title unification bouts at lightweight and featherweight, and even a Hieron v GSP title unification fight in the UFC. On simple dollars and cents scale, it probably doesn’t make sense…or cents. But, I think there’s an argument for it on other levels. The buy-out exerts the UFC’s dominance in the market. There are valuable fighters in the IFL roster the UFC and WEC can absorb. The IFL brand isn’t worthless. They were well publicized, just poorly managed. I could see WEC title unification bouts at lightweight and featherweight, and even a Hieron v GSP title unification fight in the UFC.

]]> http://www.fighters.com/07/17/zuffa-to-buy-ifl/comment-page-1#comment-1847 joesmailer Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:54:23 +0000 http://www.fighters.com/?p=667#comment-1847 Ya I agree, let the IFL die, it's worthless, no reason to pull another Pride. This one should take care of itself. Ya I agree, let the IFL die, it’s worthless, no reason to pull another Pride. This one should take care of itself.

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