Will the IFL get bought out?

Question

Do you think with there financial troubles, that the IFL will get bought out by some one like Elite XC or Affliction?

Answer 1

No - they are too small for anyone major to care about.  Besides, the top fighters from IFL are already fighting in other leagues.

Ben Rothwell fought Arlovski in Affliction - I believe this is outside his IFL contract.

Mike Dolce left the IFL to fight on The Ultimate Fighter / UFC

Reese Andy and Brad Blackburn - both former IFL guys- are now UFC fighters.  So the top talent from IFL is already abandoning ship.

Zuffa or Elite won't need to buy the IFL out.  There's nothing to buy but a failing brand name.  Once the league is gone, the fighters are free of their contracts. The whole thing really sucks for the IFL fighters - they don't really have any negotiating power right now, and they can't get better deals outside the IFL - for the time being anyway.

Answer 2

The IFL already folded, the UFC signed some of the top fighters from that organization. A couple of them fought just last saturday, Brandon Vera just fought a guy from there.

Answer 3

Rumor is that the UFC is already looking into buying them out. Additional info is supposed to be coming out in the near future.

Answer 4

Maybe, possibly EliteXC,  but I think Affliction is to new to be buying anything else right now.