The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006, and closed on July 31, 2008. [1]

This is a list of the champions of the International Fight League.

To date, International Fight League has held 22 events and presided over approximately 242 matches.

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Instead of the established norm for MMA events, where matchups are strictly one-on-one affairs, each IFL card was a showdown between two camps of at least three fighters, each fighter fighting one match against another in the opposing camps.

The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) league and is the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006 and closed on July 31, 2008.

The first full season of the International Fight League (IFL) was composed of 11 events (9 normal events, 1 semi-final event and 1 final championship event). Over the span of nine events each of the 12 IFL teams competed in 3 events each and the top four teams with the best records advanced to the semi-final event.

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The International Fight League (IFL) launched in 2006 with high ambitions, aiming to compete directly with the UFC and PRIDE FC by offering something different—team-based MMA with city affiliations and a more mainstream-friendly presentation.

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