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4:00 PM/PST, April 8th, 2008


2008
INAUGURAL IBL SEASON

The IBL League is divided into 3 Conferences for the inaugural 2008 Season, Central, Northern & Eastern. At the end of the 4 month season, each Conference will host an event where the best two Teams battle for the Conference Championship.

Once a Conference Champion is determined from each of the 3 Conferences, the League will select the best performing Team from the Playoffs to be added in as the Wild Card Team to make up the IBL "Final 4" Championships.

The IBL will be responsible for hosting the IBL Final 4 Championship event. At the Tournament, after weigh-ins, a hat draw will determine the parings of the first 2 match ups and the first 12 fights along with which Teams will compete first. After the first 12 fights, on the SAME NIGHT, the final two winning Teams will meet for the IBL Championship. Here is where it ads a little twist. The winning "Fighters" will each receive an IBL Championship Belts. The Winning TEAM will receive a Championship Trophy and other Championship Awards such as individual Championship Rings, Plaques, Jackets and other things.

After the IBL Final 4 Championships, the IBL will host the IBL Grand Prix which will be a match-up of the top 12 fighters (2 from each weight class) to compete for an even more prestigious belt, the IBL Grand Prix Belt.



IBL
SEASON OUTLINE

  • The Season for the Divisional Match-Ups is June, July & August.
  • The 2 months needed for the Playoffs shall be September & October.
  • The Grand Prix All Star Event shall be held at the end of the year in November/December.
  • The entire season, 6 MONTHS LONG.




IBL
REGULAR SEASON

  • There will be an IBL Event nearly every weekend throughout the 3 month Regular Season because the teams would be on a rotating - staggered schedule.
  • Each Team will have an event every 20-22 days. (3 Weeks)
  • In a Conference with 4 Teams there would be 4 Events.
    • The first 3 events will be held at different Home Team Venues.
    • In these first 3 events, each Team will have an opportunity to fight one of the remaining 3 Teams once.
    • After three Events, each Team would have fought each other once.
    • The final of the 4 season events will be at the remaining Home Venue. It will be what is called a "Hat Draw" Event.
      • On this event, the HOME Team's fighters will each draw from a hat filled with the three names of the other teams 3 fighters in his weightclass.
      • Who he draws will be who he fights.
      • The two remaining names in the hat for that weightclass will fight each other.
      • At the end of the night, the Two Teams with the most Points will be awarded the two wins for this event.



IBL
CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS

  • Each Conference (Central, Northern & Eastern) will hold their Playoff Event to determine the top Team of the Conference.
  • The Two Best Teams in each Conference will meet to determine the Conference Champion.
  • The Team with the best record as determined by win-loss or by the point system will host the playoff event.



IBL
"FINAL 4" CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • At this event there will be 3 Conference Champions and a "Wild Card" Team which will be selected by the IBL from one of the Round 1 Playoff losing Teams.
    • The Champion from the same conference as the "Wild Card" Team will not meet the "Wild Card" Team in the opening round of the Final 4 Championship Tournament. They will be matched up against one of the other 2 Conference Champions.
    • After each of the 4 Teams have fought their opening round of fights, the best 2 Teams will move on in the same night to meet for the 2008 IBL Championship!
  • The IBL League will determine the Championship location and host this event at a location to be determined.

IBL
"ALL STAR" GRAND PRIX

  • Each fighter will have a separate ranking and point system from the IBL Team system.
  • Each fighter will earn their ranking based upon the point structure system: (Win points, or to break a tie, how they won)
  • In each of the 6 IBL weight classes the IBL will select the top two fighters who will participate in the "IBL All Star Grand Prix" for An IBL Title Belt.
  • Each IBL TEAM that fields an ALL STAR will be responsible for their travel expenses to the "IBL All Star Grand Prix."
  • It is the desired goal of the IBL to assure that a minimum of 1 winner, maybe all 5 winners at the "IBL All Star Grand Prix" are selected for Pro Contracts on one of the Premier Pro MMA Promotions.










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