IFL Semifinals Results and Pub Discussion Update

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The IFL Semifinals Series is done and it is the first time any of us have taken a crack at picking IFL events. Judging by the results, I think its safe to put the IFL on the permanent list.

Standings:

1. Euan Tayler: 13-3
   
2. Mark Danger: 12-4
   
3. Casey Trowbridge: 11-5

The attendance was announced at 7,077

Preliminaries:

1. LC Davis Def. Conor Heun by Unanimous 29-28 decision.
   
2. Jason Palacios Def. Joe Sampieri by Rear Naked Choke at 3:21 of Round 1
   
3. Lyman Good Def. Mike Dolce via Unanimous 30-27, 30-27, 29-27 decision
   
4. Dante Rivera Def. Nissim Levy at 1:15 of R3 due to TKO

Los Angeles Anacondas Vs. Iowa Silverbacks

1. Mike Ciesnolevicz Def. Ales Schoenauer via split decision, 29-28, 29-28 and 27-30
   
2. Rory Markham Def. Chris Clements at 1:17 of R1 by TKO
   
3. Bart Palaszewski Def. Harris Sarmiento at 1:06 of R3 via Guillotine Choke
   
4. Benji Radach Def. Gerald Harris at 3:03 of R1 via KO
   
5. Ben Rothwell Def. Krzysztof Soszynski at 0:13 of R1 via TKO
   Iowa Silverbacks Def. Los Angeles Anacondas 4-1

New York Pitbulls Vs. Tokyo Sabres

1. Dan Miller Def. Dave Phillips at 1:30 of R1 via Guillotine Choke
   
2. Bryan Vetell Def. Wayne Cole via Unanimous 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 decision
   
3. Deividas Taurosevicius Def. Savant Young via Unanimous 30-27, 29-28, 29-27 decision
   
4. Antonio McKee Def. Delson Heleno via split decision 30-27, 29-28, 29-28
   
5. Vladimir Matyushenko Def. Tim Boetsch via Unanimous 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 decision
   New York Pitbulls Def. Tokyo Sabres 3-2

Comments on the evenings events as it relates to our prediction contest. You may notice 16 points given yet only 14 bouts. I also gave points for picking the team winner correctly or incorrectly.
I was hurt in the preliminaries as Euan and Danger both went 4-0 and I went 2-2. I could never recover.
Euan went 5-0 in the first series correctly picking all 5 winners, and got another point for predicting the Silverbacks to win. Mark went 4-1 only missing on Chris Clements and once again correctly predicting a Silverbacks victory. I also went 4-1 in this series, only missing on Alex Shoenauer and also predicting a win for Iowa. So Euan was 10-0 Mark was 9-1 and I was 7-3 going in to the second series.
In the second series, Euan went 3-2 picking Tokyo to win, for his final mark of 13-3. Mark also went 3-2 and also picked Tokyo to win for his final mark of 12-4. I went 3-2 as well, curse you Delson Heleno, but I actually did predict a New York win so I get an extra point that does me no good going 11-5 overall.

You can see our picks in full including Mark’s funny names here

Also, a reminder our next event is WEC 29 ‘Condit Vs. Larson’ on Sunday. That thread is here