So, they've decided they're going to actively remove one of the things that makes MMA special. Your country of birth or your race doesn't matter. All that matters is how you perform in the cage. The result is a beautiful display of technique, heart, and soul, in an arena of glorious rightous combat, two men with nothing but their hands and their heads trying to outwit each other in a physical chess match. There's no point having teams, because there is no team strategy that could bring success. MMA is NOT a team sport!

Besides, you stole the idea of M-1 Affliction Challenge, which is a pretty mediocre show for the reasons afformentioned. I hope you go broke, and your fighters go to organisations who know what they're doing.

DasGuntLord01,
I hear what your saying for sure....., however MMA, I believe, is definitely a "Team Sport". Anyone who has competed knows, you are only as good as the team members you train with. I would think that most MMA athletes put a great deal of confidence in the gym / training centers they are committed to. You can see this with many gyms today, some consistently put out great fighters. Part of that is with the coaching staff, but much of it is directly attributed to the "team" members they train with.

So while the end result (one on one combat) may not be considered team sports, I believe it is very much a team effort that leads up to the end result, and even after...

Then it's team training, not a team sport. The important part of the team aspect happens behind closed doors in your gym, not in the ring.

And like I said, I think you would find that many fighters would disagree... A team is a team is a team, from beginning to end..

To throw my two cents in, here goes:

1. Warriors travel in packs. MMA is directly tied to the martial arts and the credos that are bound to them. Ideas like perfection of the human spirit, complete peace within, self preservation, only using your skills in the proper situation. These ideas bring honor and respect to the sport and the fighters. For these reasons I don't really have a problem having fight "teams".

2. Do I think this new league is gonna succeed? Hell no. MMA is getting to big to start changing the rules in the US. UFC and WEC have created a way to handle MMA. Is it the best set of rules? No way. Should some be revised? Hells yea. But the fact is, it will take a lot of thought and money to step in on Dana's territory. There are already lots of localized fight groups (I live in Texas and know of about three bigger groups that setup matches). I'm sure other states are the same. Like I said, it'll take lots of thought into how to change the rules for the better, and someone with deep pockets to change the direction of MMA in the US.

3. I like Skittles.

Anyone seen the IFL lately? Hmmm...didn't think so....

I, too, think that this will fail miserably.....but.....reading these posts it would be interesting if local gyms made up the teams and entered into some kind of competition....It would almost be like the beginning (e.g., karate vs. ju-jitsu vs. boxing vs. wrestling, etc.), except it could be Miletich vs. Gracie vs. any gym who wants to enter their fighters.

Most areas have some form of regional / city-wide fighting "organization." Just work with those guys to make it so any time the schedule has you at home, your set of fights make up the local card....hmmmm....I wouldn't mind paying a few bucks to see how the local guys at Mushin take on guys from Gracie or Miletich's places.....