What Is The IFL Doing?
by Luke Thomas
on May 8, 2008 2:48 PM EDT
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If you can believe it, they are actually taking a page out of the YAMMA playbook. Unreal:
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While not addressing the issue directly, it's likely that the IFL's decision to use a six-sided ring is based on claims by critics that their product looks too much like boxing on television. Publicly, the IFL is indicating that its audience enjoys the ring and that they are going with a six-sided version in order to create a larger fighting environment.
"From a production and live event standpoint, the ring has proven to be the most fan and media friendly environment, as well as providing the safest possible environment for our athletes," IFL CEO Jay Larkin is quoted as saying in a press release. "The Hex allows for the larger surface that is utilized in other MMA organizations while still retaining the advantages we have enjoyed with the ring."
I just don't understand this. Was anyone crying about the ring only having four sides? Did ANYONE you know say, "You know what the IFL needs? A six-sided ring. That four-sided ring is for boxing, not MMA." No, you didn't because no one said it.
I feel for the IFL because they take so much abuse in the punditocracy when they show flashes of brilliance at times. But this is not one of those times. Not by a longshot.
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Re: What Is The IFL Doing?
Long story short...
...the new ring didn't cover up the fact that the product still sucks.
by brentbrookhouse on May 8, 2008 3:03 PM EDT 0 recs
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The difference between TNA and AAA was that AAA developed the ring to allow the Luchadors more freedom in pulling off more technical stunts.
In TNA, it's a gimmick.
by Royal on
May 9, 2008 3:57 AM EDT
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May 9, 2008 9:47 AM EDT
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by pud333 on May 8, 2008 3:15 PM EDT 0 recs
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So, things are looking up for IFL!
by Brett Jones on May 8, 2008 3:52 PM EDT 0 recs
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I'd say we're on the same page. Something like a 6-sided ring doesn't turn a turd into a diamond. ...and I'm an IFL fan in all honesty.
by brentbrookhouse on
May 8, 2008 4:02 PM EDT
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Of all the criticisms I've heard of PRIDE, DREAM, the IFL, and other MMA orgs that used/use rings instead of the cage, I've never heard "This reminds me too much of boxing." Wouldn't the action in the ring basically show that it wasn't boxing match going on?
Most of the grief I've heard was aimed at the team system they had before this season.
by Tonley on May 8, 2008 4:14 PM EDT 0 recs
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May 8, 2008 4:20 PM EDT
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by DirtyML on May 8, 2008 4:19 PM EDT 0 recs
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"Sorry sir, we will change our lab around into a hexagon, that should help."
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