NOT YOUR USUAL WEIGH-INS

By Loretta Hunt

LOS ANGELES, March 16---- To the right, a life-sized poster of the Astonishing X-men hung from the ceiling. To the left, a LionsGate booth boasted the coming of motion picture “The Invincible Iron Man.”

In the center, a model of the International Fight League ring touted the real life “superheroes,” announced IFL Commissioner Kurt Otto, who oversaw today’s official weigh-ins for the MMA promotion’s fourth event of 2007 at “Wizard World,” a hugely popular comic book and popular culture gathering held at the L.A. Convention Center.

With the inclusion of today’s proceedings at the Wizard World Convention, IFL co-founder Gareb Shamus has delivered on his promise to infuse mixed martial arts into this industry willing to spend a dollar or two on their heroes. Now, the question is it will catch on?

IFL L.A. Official Weights (In Fight Order)
March 17
The Forum
Los Angeles, CA

Preliminaries

Clint Coronel (155) vs. Connor Huen (155)
Zack George (155) vs. Danny Suarez (155)

Condors (So. Calif.) vs. Sabres (Tokyo)

Adam Lynn (158 lbs) vs. Savant Young (155.5 lbs)
Rodrigo Ruas (170.5) vs. Antonio McKee (170)
Jeremy Williams (185) vs. Kazuhiro Hamanaka (184)
Justin Levens (197) vs. Vladmir Matyushenko (204.5)
Antoine Jaoude (235.5) vs. Wayne Cole (221)

Razorclaws (San Jose) vs. Anacondas (Los Angeles)

Brian Ebersole (202 lbs) vs. Alex Schoenauer (204.5 lbs)
Brian Foster (184) vs. Benji Radach (185)
Josh Odom (155) vs. Chris Horodecki (154)
Donnie Liles (170) vs. Jay Hieron (170.5)
Dan Christison (263) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (232)