Comments on: First-Ever Pro Mixed Martial Arts League Announced http://mmapayout.com/2009/10/first-ever-pro-mixed-martial-arts-league-announced/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Englebrecht http://mmapayout.com/2009/10/first-ever-pro-mixed-martial-arts-league-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Roy Englebrecht Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:08:57 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=6397#comment-508 I greatly appreciate the comments by several of your readers, but they all need to go to the Professional Mixed Martial Arts League website at www.pmmal.com and read how the league will be structured. The PMMAL is a true minor league concept, where the IFL was not. The PMMAL is local ownership, local fighters, and cities vs cities...a true minor league concept. To compare the PMMAL with the IFL is just not correct. The over 500 emails our site has received in less than 12 hours since the league was announced, with every one of them excited and positive about the PMMAL, tells me that the decision to spend eight months developing the PMMAL was time well spent. I greatly appreciate the comments by several of your readers, but they all need to go to the Professional Mixed Martial Arts League website at http://www.pmmal.com and read how the league will be structured. The PMMAL is a true minor league concept, where the IFL was not. The PMMAL is local ownership, local fighters, and cities vs cities…a true minor league concept. To compare the PMMAL with the IFL is just not correct. The over 500 emails our site has received in less than 12 hours since the league was announced, with every one of them excited and positive about the PMMAL, tells me that the decision to spend eight months developing the PMMAL was time well spent.

]]> By: Dan http://mmapayout.com/2009/10/first-ever-pro-mixed-martial-arts-league-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Dan Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:24:48 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=6397#comment-507 MMA doesn't need the PMMAL to succeed in the mainstream, nor do I think it would act as much of a "feeder" or "minor" league. For starters, its geographic limitations (just SoCal??) are readily apparent. Plus, you already have camps such as Militech, ATT, Xtreme Couture, Greg Jackson's group etc,, etc, etc. These teams have become their own feeder leagues of sorts, nursing and developing new talent. There are also a decent number of smaller promotions throughout the US that are the defacto minor leagues of MMA in the US. These are essentially mini-ufc's without all the issues that come along with having a league such as the IFL, which wasn't that big of a success in the grand scheme of things. Team events, such as M1's team fights (eg Team Spain vs Team Japan etc) are more of a novelty event or part of a promos overall strategy rather than being the main reason for being a promotion. PMMAL sounds like another scheme to try to captialize on the growing popularity of MMA rather than being a viable alternative or even addition to the current MMA landscape. The Strikeforce route pre-Emelianenko (at least till he hopefully wins a few fights in the promo) of developing a promotion should really be the blueprint that other fight promos/leagues use to develop themselves and their talent base as they try to become a major player. Not this PMMAL/WAMMA/IFL-resurrection dreck. MMA doesn’t need the PMMAL to succeed in the mainstream, nor do I think it would act as much of a “feeder” or “minor” league. For starters, its geographic limitations (just SoCal??) are readily apparent. Plus, you already have camps such as Militech, ATT, Xtreme Couture, Greg Jackson’s group etc,, etc, etc. These teams have become their own feeder leagues of sorts, nursing and developing new talent. There are also a decent number of smaller promotions throughout the US that are the defacto minor leagues of MMA in the US. These are essentially mini-ufc’s without all the issues that come along with having a league such as the IFL, which wasn’t that big of a success in the grand scheme of things. Team events, such as M1′s team fights (eg Team Spain vs Team Japan etc) are more of a novelty event or part of a promos overall strategy rather than being the main reason for being a promotion. PMMAL sounds like another scheme to try to captialize on the growing popularity of MMA rather than being a viable alternative or even addition to the current MMA landscape. The Strikeforce route pre-Emelianenko (at least till he hopefully wins a few fights in the promo) of developing a promotion should really be the blueprint that other fight promos/leagues use to develop themselves and their talent base as they try to become a major player. Not this PMMAL/WAMMA/IFL-resurrection dreck.

]]> By: Brain Smasher http://mmapayout.com/2009/10/first-ever-pro-mixed-martial-arts-league-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Brain Smasher Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:35:43 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=6397#comment-506 This thing seems destined to copy the flaws of the IFL. The IFL created teams named after cities. Yet the fighters werent from that city therefore no one from that city cared about the team. The teams also seldom ever trained together as they all lived all over the world. Not much of a team just a group of individuals. This group is naming leagues after small little communities and probably having fighters with no connection to that area. They will soon realize the double edge sward they have created. If you go with local talent you cant expect people to believe those locals are really one step away from the UFC by beating other locals. If you go with talent no matter where they are from then you wont be able to draw the local fans but he fighters will be more legit. But that dont pay bills. IMO, the best chance at success is have league based in each state. Only fighters from that state compete in that leageu. When they are the best in that stae and establish themselves. THEN they move on to the UFC or a National Championship on PPV with all the top fighters from each state. This thing seems destined to copy the flaws of the IFL. The IFL created teams named after cities. Yet the fighters werent from that city therefore no one from that city cared about the team. The teams also seldom ever trained together as they all lived all over the world. Not much of a team just a group of individuals.

This group is naming leagues after small little communities and probably having fighters with no connection to that area. They will soon realize the double edge sward they have created. If you go with local talent you cant expect people to believe those locals are really one step away from the UFC by beating other locals. If you go with talent no matter where they are from then you wont be able to draw the local fans but he fighters will be more legit. But that dont pay bills.

IMO, the best chance at success is have league based in each state. Only fighters from that state compete in that leageu. When they are the best in that stae and establish themselves. THEN they move on to the UFC or a National Championship on PPV with all the top fighters from each state.

]]> By: Machiel Van http://mmapayout.com/2009/10/first-ever-pro-mixed-martial-arts-league-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Machiel Van Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:10:52 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=6397#comment-505 Hmmm... I seem to remember a team based fight league existing in the recent past. Does anyone recall how that ended up? Hmmm… I seem to remember a team based fight league existing in the recent past. Does anyone recall how that ended up?

]]> By: Sam Raimist http://mmapayout.com/2009/10/first-ever-pro-mixed-martial-arts-league-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Sam Raimist Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:02:57 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=6397#comment-504 I'm sorry, but Englebrecht must have forgotten about a little, now defunct, organization called the IFL. To my recollection they tried to implement a league format to MMA and even had the word league as part of their name, the International Fight League. Would they not be the first professional MMA league? I’m sorry, but Englebrecht must have forgotten about a little, now defunct, organization called the IFL. To my recollection they tried to implement a league format to MMA and even had the word league as part of their name, the International Fight League. Would they not be the first professional MMA league?

]]> By: Miguel Antonio Barragan http://mmapayout.com/2009/10/first-ever-pro-mixed-martial-arts-league-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Miguel Antonio Barragan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:49:15 +0000 http://mmapayout.com/?p=6397#comment-503 I like Englebrecht but I have to strongly disagree. Leagues just aren't for fighting. I have the impression that by "mainstream", they mean Americanized. Leagues and teams just aren't for fighting. I understand their intentions but this is just not a good idea at all. I like Englebrecht but I have to strongly disagree. Leagues just aren’t for fighting. I have the impression that by “mainstream”, they mean Americanized. Leagues and teams just aren’t for fighting. I understand their intentions but this is just not a good idea at all.

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