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Almost 16 Million Viewers See Mixed Martial Arts Segment Featuring IFL Coaches Pat Miletich and Renzo Gracie on "60 Minutes".


Show finishes in the top-five for the week for the first time in 2006

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.BB: IFLI IFLI International Fight League Inc ) legendary coaches, Renzo Gracie, world Jiu-Jitsu champion and coach of the IFL's New York-based Pitbulls team, and Pat Miletich, coach of the IFL's Moline, Illinois-based Silverbacks team, were prominently featured in Scott Pelley's report on the growth of Mixed Martial Arts For the fighting styles that combine different arts, see .
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 on "60 Minutes" on Sunday, December 10, on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . The show earned a top-five ratings finish for the week. The show also finished first in its time period in households, viewers and adults 25-54.

Among the key Nielsen Media Research figures released were:

* For the first time this season, "60 Minutes" finished as one of the five most-watched programs for the week" on Sunday.

* The program "finished the week at number three in households (10.5/17) and number four in viewers (15.83m)."

* "60 Minutes" had been in the top 10 four times this season, but in the top five just once.

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 piece than any other "60 Minutes" sports story listed, including pieces on Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and the New York Yankees Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. .

Pelley trained with both Gracie and Miletich, and the "60 Minutes" cameras were on site when their teams met at The MARK in Moline, Illinois, on September 23, the same night Gracie took on Miletich in the main event Superfight. The piece also featured UFC UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship
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 champion Matt Hughes, his career and his relationship with Miletich.

The IFL IFL International Fight League (mixed martial arts)
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, the world's first team-based professional mixed martial arts league, will hold the finals of its "World Team Championship" tournament on Friday, December 29, at Mohegan Sun Arena The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 9,518 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside the Mohegan Sun resort and casino. The arena facility features 30,000 square feet of configurable exhibition space and a 400-foot clear span.  in Uncasville, Connecticut. Miletich's Silverbacks will take on Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland's Wolfpack, while Gracie will battle world champion and coach of the IFL's Toronto-based Dragons, Carlos Newton, in one of a series of additional Superfights.

The first full 11-date, 12-team IFL season will begin at the ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California on Friday, January 19, 2007. The slate includes events in eight different states and kicks off with the Nevada-based Lions (coached by legend Ken Shamrock) facing the San Jose-based Razorclaws (coached by his brother, world champion Frank Shamrock) in Oakland. The Seattle-based Tigersharks (coached by world kickboxing champion Maurice Smith) take on the Southern California-based Condors (coached by world champion Marco Ruas) to round out the team matchups in the opener, with a to-be-announced Superfight included as well.

About the IFL

Founded by real estate investor A real estate investor is someone who actively or passively invests in real estate. An active investor may buy a property, make repairs and/or improvements to the property, and sell it later for a profit.  Kurt Otto and Gareb Shamus, chairman of Wizard Entertainment Group, International Fight League[TM] (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

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ (favorably or unfavorably) from the expectations stated in this release include the risks and uncertainties such as the conditions of the markets for live events, broadcast television, cable television, pay-per-view, Internet, entertainment, professional sports, and licensed merchandise; acceptance of the Company's brands, media and merchandise within those markets; uncertainties relating to litigation; risks associated with producing live events; uncertainties associated with international markets; risks relating to maintaining and renewing key agreements, including television distribution agreements; effects of competition, including locations of competitors and operating and market competition. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the Company's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

IFL undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. This press release may include the opinions of IFL and does not necessarily include the views of any other person or entity.

The names of all International Fight League, Inc. televised and live programming, teams, images, and logos are trademarks, which are the exclusive property of International Fight League, Inc. All other trademarks and tradenames mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners, and are not affiliated with IFL in any way.
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