INTERNATIONAL FIGHT LEAGUE (IFL) COACH AND MMA LEGEND KEN SHAMROCK TO
HOLD OPEN TRYOUT FOR HIS 2007 LIONS TEAM
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be held in team’s new home base in
Reno, Nevada on November 29
NEW YORK and RENO, Nev., November 17, 2006- The International Fight
League and head coach of the new Nevada-based Lions team, MMA legend Ken
Shamrock, today announced that the team will hold an open tryout for
elite MMA hopefuls at Reno’s premiere sports facility, The Stadium Sport
and Fitness Club, located at 9393 Gateway in Reno, Nev., at 10:00 a.m.
on Wednesday, November 29. Shamrock’s Lions will have eight team
members, five of whom will be selected to compete per event, when the
first IFL season opens in late January. The tryout is open to all
experienced professional fighters. The full 11-date IFL season will also be
announced during that week.
“While we do have some athletes in mind, we felt that there is a
great interest in the sport and this would be a good opportunity to both
show people what great athletic talent someone needs to compete in the
IFL and to give some of that unknown talent a chance to shine,”
Shamrock said. “We will screen all of the applicants prior to the tryout
and see if we can identify some of the new faces that will help mold the
face of this rising sport. Holding the tryout in both a state and a
city that is very passionate about MMA, and where we will be training as
Reno’s first professional sports team, will be an added plus.”
“One of the greatest things about the sport of Mixed Martial Arts
today is that we are all finding that the pool of very elite talent and
athleticism is deeper than we all may have thought,” said IFL
Co-founder and Commissioner Kurt Otto. “Having one of the world’s greatest
competitors in Ken Shamrock give some of this talent an opportunity to
succeed is very rare in professional sports, and it will be a treat to
see which, if any, of these young hopefuls will stand up to the
test.”
The tryout will be limited based on space and time, and it will be open
to the public for viewing. For further details, contact Jerry Milani
at 212/356-4009.
About the IFL
Founded in 2005 by Kurt Otto, a real estate investor and a life-long
martial arts participant, and Gareb Shamus, chairman of Wizard
Entertainment Group, the International Fight League (IFL) was created to
establish a centralized and structured organization that brings the power
and influence of the mixed martial arts industry together. On August 25,
2006, IFL entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Paligent,
Inc. (PGNT:OTCBB), pursuant to which IFL would emerge as the surviving
entity. For further information regarding the merger, contact Paligent
at (212) 755-5461. For more information on the IFL, go to www.IFL.tv.
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