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International Fight League presents its first big event of 2008 tonight, under the New Blood New Battles name, and live from the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The show will air on HDNet at 7:30 pm PST/10:30 EST.
Following is the full line-up, with results from yesterday’s weigh-in, based on information from IFL.tv…
Preliminary Bout
Team Quest’s Ian Loveland (145) vs. Team Tompkins’ Dennis Davis (145)
Main Card Bouts
World Class Fight Center (Mario Sperry) vs. Team Tompkins (Shawn Tompkins)
Rafael Dias (145) vs. Santino DeFranco (145.5)
Leopoldo Serao (185) vs. Josh Haynes (185)
Alexandre Ferreira (214) vs. Lew Polley (220)
Lions Den (Ken Shamrock) vs. Team Quest (Matt Lindland)
Pat Healy (170) vs. Jake Ellenberger (170)
John Gunderson (155) vs. IFL Lightweight Champion Ryan Schultz (154)
IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson (261) vs. Fabiano Scherner (260)
Championship Bout (in addition to the above two)
Miletich Fighting Systems’ Ryan McGivern (184) vs. IFL Middleweight Champion, Team Quest’s Matt Horwich (185)
If you’re wondering what happened to “Team Xtreme Couture” (which has been replaced in name with “Team Tompkins”), Adam Swift at Sherdog.com is reporting that the reason for the team change is basically IFL getting out of the way while Zuffa and Randy Couture’s legal teams battle it out.
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