Zuffa Purchases IFL

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Report: ZUFFA buys International Fight League
Published 7/25/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
The Fight Network has the scoop: The long speculated moratorium of the International Fight League now has a date. According to IFL senior vice president of communications Joe Favorito, the team-based MMA promotion will turn out the lights July 31 as its assets are sold to a yet-to-be-named buyer, confirmed today by several anonymous sources as the UFC ownership group Zuffa LLC. “As of July 31 my role at the IFL will be no more as the company goes into its final stage of being sold and/or closed down,” Favorito stated via email. This would make a lot of sense seeing as how the ...

Zuffa Purchase The IFL, July 31 Marks The End
Published 7/25/2008 by CagE at MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion
... The fight Network has the scoop, rumors of the pending sale of the IFL has be floating around for weeks, but now it seems like July 31 is the end to the money bleeding promotion. I guess we won’t be seeing the IFL’s latest genius idea, The IFL Hex. ...