Comments on: Interview: Larkin believes the IFL has a leg up on the competition http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/16/interview-larkin-believes-the-ifl-has-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kelvin http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/16/interview-larkin-believes-the-ifl-has-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-15659 Kelvin Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:34:25 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/16/interview-larkin-believes-the-ifl-has-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/#comment-15659 I agree TomK...Larkin is delirious if he believes the IFL fights are THAT good...lol I agree TomK…Larkin is delirious if he believes the IFL fights are THAT good…lol

]]> By: mike wolfe http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/16/interview-larkin-believes-the-ifl-has-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-15638 mike wolfe Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:33:01 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/16/interview-larkin-believes-the-ifl-has-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/#comment-15638 I agfee with what you're saying TomK, but I'm not sure how competitive Rothwell would be in the UFC. He's always seemed like "Sylvia Lite"--striker with good sprawl and suspect ground skills who wins primarily due to height/reach advantages. I watch IFL, but only on a Tivo/DVR delay. I don't care for the filler between fights. The ring has gotta go, too. The re-sets are a real distraction. The UFC would translate to major network much more readily, imo. I agfee with what you’re saying TomK, but I’m not sure how competitive Rothwell would be in the UFC. He’s always seemed like “Sylvia Lite”–striker with good sprawl and suspect ground skills who wins primarily due to height/reach advantages.

I watch IFL, but only on a Tivo/DVR delay. I don’t care for the filler between fights. The ring has gotta go, too. The re-sets are a real distraction. The UFC would translate to major network much more readily, imo.

]]> By: TomK http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/16/interview-larkin-believes-the-ifl-has-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-15629 TomK Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:52:49 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/16/interview-larkin-believes-the-ifl-has-a-leg-up-on-the-competition/#comment-15629 "As far as the fights go, our fights continue to be every bit as competitive as anyone’s, if not more so. You can take any one of our fights and lift it out of an IFL environment and drop it into the lights, the music, and the turmoil of a UFC event and nobody would ever think twice. It would probably even be an improvement over the fighting." The only time I'd confuse an IFL fight for a UFC fight would be if it were between 2 guys that the UFC cut for not winning. The IFL is good for what it is, but to claim that their fights are "an improvement" over fights in the UFC, is ridiculous. It's the difference between Major League Baseball and a farm team. It's not even close. There are very few IFL fighters that would tear up the UFC -- Rothwell is one of the few that could. “As far as the fights go, our fights continue to be every bit as competitive as anyone’s, if not more so. You can take any one of our fights and lift it out of an IFL environment and drop it into the lights, the music, and the turmoil of a UFC event and nobody would ever think twice. It would probably even be an improvement over the fighting.”

The only time I’d confuse an IFL fight for a UFC fight would be if it were between 2 guys that the UFC cut for not winning. The IFL is good for what it is, but to claim that their fights are “an improvement” over fights in the UFC, is ridiculous. It’s the difference between Major League Baseball and a farm team. It’s not even close. There are very few IFL fighters that would tear up the UFC — Rothwell is one of the few that could.

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