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DULUTH, Georgia — The Superfight at the IFL’s February 23 card will feature UFC veteran Robbie Lawler (Davenport, Iowa) and Brazil’s Eduardo Pamplona (Sao Paulo, Brazil). The 11-bout card, which is scheduled for The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga., will feature the Wolfpack, coached by Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland, taking on the Dragons, based in Toronto, Ontario and coached by world champion Carlos Newton. The second team matchup will feature the New York-based Pitbulls, coached by world jiu-jitsu champion Renzo Gracie, taking on the Chicago-based Red Bears, a team of Russian athletes led by Igor Zinoviev. The matchups are as follows:
Dragons (Toronto) vs. Wolfpack (Portland) (IFL Record, Overall) 155 lb.: Wagnney Fabiano (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (0-0, 4-1) vs. Ryan Schultz (North Platte, Neb.) (1-2, 14-9-1) 170 lb.: Claude Patrick (Mississauga, Ontario) (1-0, 6-1) vs. Chris Wilson (Portland, Ore.) (2-1, 11-3) 185 lb.: Brent Beauparlant (Montreal, Quebec) (1-2, 4-3) vs. Matt Horwich (Gresham, Ore.) (2-2, 17-8-1) 205 lb.: Wojtek Kaszowski (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (0-2, 0-4) vs. Aaron Stark (Portland, Ore.) (2-1, 3-3) 265 lb.: Rafael Feijao (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (0-0, 2-0) vs. Devin Cole (Medford, Ore.) (2-3, 6-4)
Red Bears (Chicago) vs. Pitbulls (New York) 155 lb.: Gocha Markoziya (Russia) (0-0, 1-1) vs. Erik Owings (New York) (2-1, 2-1) 170 lb.: Mark Miller (Chicago) (0-0, 5-1) vs. Delson Heleno (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (1-1, 7-2) 185 lb.: Andrei Semenov (Russia) (0-0, 25-8-2) vs. Fabio Leopoldo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (1-0, 3-1) 205 lb.: Alexander Zubachev (Russia) (0-0, 0-0) vs. Jamal Patterson (Belvedere, N.J.) (2-1, 2-1) 265 lb.: Dmitry Zabolotny (Russia) (0-0, 0-1) vs. Bryan Vetell (New York) (0-1, 0-1)
Superfight 185: Robbie Lawler (Davenport, Iowa) (0-0, 12-4) vs. Eduardo Pamplona (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
NOTES • Tickets are available through www.ifl.tv or via Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com, by telephone or at Ticketmaster outlets. • Each of the nine regular season IFL events will consist of four teams – each with an athlete in all five weight classes competing – along with a special Superfight, for a minimum of 11 bouts per card. The team that wins the best three of five match setup will be declared the team winner for the match, similar to collegiate and high school wrestling meets. • Each of the 12 IFL teams for 2007 will compete in three regular season events; the teams with the top four overall win-loss team records will advance to the semi-finals, which will be held on August 2, 2007 at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. The 2007 IFL Finals will then be held at The Forum in Los Angeles on September 15, 2007.
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