The inaugural season of the International Fight League (IFL) started in 2006 and was split into two halves.
The first half of the season consisted of two events and only four teams (New York Pitbulls, Los Angeles Anacondas, Quad City Silverbacks, and Seattle Tiger Sharks). The Pat Miletich lead Quad City Silverbacks won the first Championship event defeating the Maurice Smith led Seattle Tiger Sharks on June 3, 2006.
The Second half of the 2006 season saw the addition of four new teams to the IFL (Toronto Dragons, Tokyo Sabres, Portland Wolfpack and San Jose Razorclaws). The championship event was held at the end of the year between defending champions, Quad City Silverbacks and newcomers Portland Wolfpack with the Silverbacks capturing their second consecutive team championship.
Each event in the 2006 season had at least one superfight along with the team format matches.
| IFL: Legends Championship 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 29, 2006 |
| Venue | Trump Taj Mahal |
| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
IFL: Legends Championship 2006 took place on April 29, 2006 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [1] [2]
Results
| Fight card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Devin Cole | def. | Carlos Cline | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 4:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jamal Patterson | def. | Matt Horwich | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:57 | |
| Welterweight | Dennis Hallman | def. | Delson Heleno | DQ (illegal kick) | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Welterweight | Brad Blackburn | def. | Gustavo Machado | Decision (split) | 3 | 4:00 | |
| Lightweight | Erik Owings | def. | Justin Jones | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:50 | |
| Lightweight | Jens Pulver | def. | Cole Escovedo | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:56 | |
| Welterweight | Rory Markham | def. | Mike Pyle | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:44 | |
| Middleweight | Ryan McGivern | def. | Amir Rahnavardi | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 4:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Alex Schoenauer | def. | Travis Wiuff | Submission (heel hook) | 2 | 3:23 | |
| Heavyweight | Ben Rothwell | def. | Krzysztof Soszynski | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Lightweight | Bart Palaszewski | def. | John Shackelford | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:31 | |
| IFL: Championship 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 3, 2006 |
| Venue | Trump Taj Mahal |
| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
IFL: Championship 2006 took place on June 3, 2006 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [3] [4]
Results
| Fight card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Devin Cole | def. | Travis Wiuff | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 4:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Reese Andy | def. | Mike Ciesnolevicz | Decision (split) | 3 | 4:00 | |
| Middleweight | Ryan McGivern | def. | Dennis Hallman | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 4:00 | |
| Welterweight | Rory Markham | def. | Brad Blackburn | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:23 | |
| Lightweight | Bart Palaszewski | def. | Steve Bruno | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:48 | |
| Heavyweight | Daniel Gracie | def. | Wes Sims | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:42 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jamal Patterson | def. | Alex Schoenauer | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:32 | |
| Welterweight | Jay Hieron | def. | Jake Ellenberger | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 4:00 | |
| Lightweight | Chris Horodecki | def. | Erik Owings | KO (head kick) | 1 | 4:00 | |
| Welterweight | Ben Uker | def. | Travis Doerge | Submission (keylock) | 1 | 2:10 | |