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CONDORS, LIONS WIN INTERNATIONAL FIGHT LEAGUE

OPENERS IN OAKLAND

Press Release from The IFL

Ken Shamrock's Squad Tops Brother Frank's; Marco Ruas' Southern Calif.-based team

also victorious at ORACLE Arena; Horn Wins Superfight Following Team Competition

OAKLAND, Calif., January 19, 2007 - The Condors, based in Southern California and

coached by Marco Ruas, and the Lions, based in Reno, Nev., and coached by

Ken Shamrock, won their respective season-opening International Fight League matchups

today in front of 5,005 at the ORACLE Arena in Oakland, Calif. MMA veteran

Jeremy Horn (Salt Lake City) won the Superfight which followed the team bouts,

scoring a split decision over Niko Vitale (Honolulu).

The mixed martial arts competition marked the first of 11 events on the 2007 IFL schedule,

the most comprehensive advance schedule in the history of fight sports. Ruas' Condors

edged the Tiger Sharks, based in Seattle and coached by Maurice Smith, 3 bouts to 2,

while the Lions got past the Razorclaws by the same 3-2 count.

In the opening matchup, lightweight Shad Lierley (Seattle) got the Tiger Sharks off to a

quick start with a first-round TKO, flooring Adam Lynn (Pittsburgh) with a series of strikes

before the referee stopped the bout just 44 seconds in. Antoine Jaoude (Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil) drew the Condors even with a unanimous decision over Curtis Crawford (Portland,

Ore.) in the heavyweight bout, before Danny Suarez (Redondo Beach, Calif.) pushed the

Condors ahead with a first-round submission win over Tristan Wit (Seattle) in a battle

of lightweights, substituting as alternates for the regularly-scheduled welterweight bout.

Suarez caught Wit with a triangle choke for the tap-out. Middleweight Jeremy Williams

(Laguna Niguel, Calif.) secured the victory for the Condors, defeating Bristol Marunde

(Sequim, Wash.) with the last of a series of chokes, a triangle choke which ended by

referee stoppage at 1:13 of the first round. Tiger Sharks light heavyweight

Reese Andy (Billings, Mont.) scored a unanimous decision over Justin Levens

(Laguna Niguel, Calif.) for the final 3-2 margin.

In the battle between the Shamrocks, lightweight John Gunderson (Medford, Ore.) tapped

out Josh Odom (Tallahassee, Fla.) with a triangle choke in the last minute of the first round

to give Ken's Lions first blood. Heavyweight Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) took out Vince Lucero

(Casa Grande, Ariz.) with a barrage of punches following a takedown for a first-round TKO

to extend the Lions' margin to 2-0. Clint Coronel (San Jose, Calif.) shaved the Razorclaws'

deficit in half with a second-round TKO of fellow lightweight Joe Martin (Susanville, Calif.)

in which he used a straight-right to sting Martin, then followed with a barrage of punches

to induce the referee stoppage. Welterweight Pat Healy (St. Louis) then earned the Lions

the victory with a unanimous decision over Ray Steinbeiss (Phoenix). The Razorclaws'

middleweight Brian Foster (Moreno Valley, Calif.) completed the scoring with a

second-round TKO of Daniel Molina (Carson City, Nev.), as the Lions took the match, 3-2.

The IFL next moves to Houston, where the Anacondas (Los Angeles) meet the

Silverbacks (Quad Cities) and the Sabres (Tokyo) battle the Scorpions (Tucson)

on February 2 at the Reliant Arena.

The IFL is the world's first team-based professional mixed martial arts league. 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 Thursday, 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 Saturday,

September 15, 2007.

The 10 venues for the 2007 season (The Forum in Los Angeles will host two events)

will scale to between 7,000 and 13,000 seats, which has been consistent with

the IFL's plan of managed growth.

About the IFL

International Fight League™ (IFL) is the world's first professional mixed martial arts

sports league. IFL has its headquarters in New York, NY and offices in Las Vegas, NV.

For more information about IFL, please see: www.ifl.tv

International Fight League
ORACLE Arena, Oakland, Calif., January 19, 2007

Condors (Southern Calif.) def. Tiger Sharks (Seattle), 3-2
LW/155 lbs.: Shad Lierley, Tiger Sharks, def. Adam Lynn, Condors,

via TKO (strikes), 0:44, 1st round

HW/265 lbs.: Antoine Jaoude, Condors def. Curtis Crawford, Tiger Sharks,

via decision (unanimous) after three rounds

LW/155 lbs. (alt.): Danny Suarez, Condors, def. Tristan Wit, Tiger Sharks,

via submission (triangle choke), 1:44, 1st round

MW/185 lbs.: Jeremy Williams, Condors, def. Bristol Marunde, Tiger Sharks,

via TKO (triangle choke), 1:13, 1st round

LH/205 lbs.: Reese Andy, Tiger Sharks, def. Justin Levens, Condors,

via decision (unanimous) after three rounds

Lions (Reno, Nev.) def. Razorclaws (San Jose, Calif.), 3-2
LW/155 lbs.: John Gunderson, Lions, def. Josh Odom, Razorclaws,

via submission (triangle choke), 3:05, 1st round
HW/265 lbs.: Roy Nelson, Lions, def. Vince Lucero, Razorclaws,

via TKO (ref stoppage), 1:58, 1st round
LW/155 lbs. (alt.): Clint Coronel, Razorclaws, def. Joe Martin, Lions,

via TKO (ref stoppage), 0:45, 2nd round
WW/170 lbs.: Pat Healy, Lions, def. Ray Steinbeiss, Razorclaws,

via decision (unanimous) after three rounds
MW/185 lbs.: Brian Foster, Razorclaws, def. Daniel Molina, Lions,

via TKO (ref stoppage), 2:05, 2nd round

Superfight
190 lbs.: Jeremy Horn def. Niko Vitale, via decision (split), after five rounds

IFL Standings Through Jan. 19

Special Awards
(Tiger Sharks vs. Condors)
Best KO - Shad Lierley, Tiger Sharks
Best submission - Jeremy Williams, Condors
Fastest finish - Shad Lierley, Tiger Sharks
Most exciting fight - Reese Andy, Tiger Sharks, vs. Justin Levins, Condors

(Lions vs. Razorclaws)
Best submission - John Gunderson
Fastest Finish - Roy Nelson
Fight of the Night - Dan Molina vs. Brian Foster

Most Valuable Fighter - John Gunderson

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