There is no small measure of irony in the fact that, of the three biggest MMA promotions – UFC, Affliction and EliteXC – the one with the major network TV deal has the least compelling fighters. Odd, but it's somehow fitting that in a sport that struggles daily just to keep its head together, mainstream America's first taste is mostly a mouthful of B-level talent.
Don’t get us wrong, you’d have to look far and wide to find fighters who give us as many grins as guys like Nick Diaz and Nick Thompson. We also have a ton of respect for people like Yves Edwards, Jake Shields and Justin Eilers. But after last night’s CBS show proved better in leaps and bounds than the first and Shields, Antonio Silva and Robbie Lawler all won or retained belts we have to ask: What does it all really mean?
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 At about 1:30 p.m. MST on Thursday, MMA America received the following partially heartbreaking, partially strange email from a man named Joe Favorito, who was apparently the Senior Vice President of Communications with the International Fight League. We've never heard of Mr. Favorito before, but assume this message was mailed out en masse to all the folks who used to receive the IFL's press releases, and we were on that list.
Due to its nature, and the "mass mail" method of its delivery, we feel OK about posting it here, with Mr. Favorito's personal information edited out. It came under the subject line "Turnin' out the lights," and seems to confirm what we've known for a long time -- the IFL is done. The first parragraph puts a positive spin on the entire IFL experience. The second parrragraph is sort of a plea for further employment. It makes us sad, but we can't say we didn't see this coming. Sorry, IFL, we feel like you never really had a chance.
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 Like you, we love Don Frye. One of our favorite, albeit more subtle Frye moments – besides the “Terrorists Suck,” T-shirt and that drunken casino hallway brawl – occurred back in 2001 in Pride when Frye defeated Gilbert Yvel by disqualification after Yvel repeatedly stuck his fingers deep, deep into Frye’s eyes.
No only did Yvel grab the mic and crow, “Man, why I always getting fucked?” after the decision was handed down, but as the distressed Dutchman and notorious cheater stormed from the ring, Frye – always the true gentleman – called after Yvel in his trademark I’ve-been-eating-glass-and-drinking-whiskey-all-week growl, “Gilbert! Gilbert! We can do it again, brother! We can do it again!”
They never did. But, long story short, Scott Smith and Robbie Lawler get to do it all over again this Saturday for the EliteXC middleweight title live on CBS. What does that have to do with Don Frye? Well, nothing. But if you're the kind of person who doesn't like gratutious Frye stories, we're not sure we want you reading our blog anyway.
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