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Man, I forgot all about the IFL. I saw so many of their events live.
i did a training camp at team quest in 2003 i think it was.
matt lindland bought in ryan and wanted him to fight mma,
ryan was a lot heavier than lightweight and was still very strong for his weight.
he must of been a nightmare at lightweight.
bj penn was also at the camp, it was entertaining watching him spar with ryan.
ryan was a really good guy, i have some great memories from those days.
I got the chance to roll with Ryan back in 2004ish. He was fucking super fucking strong.
TTT
One of my favorite highlights of all time... I didn't know much about the IFL at the time... But I had just gotten into this sport and seeing this really opened my eyes for some reason!!! VTFU
That was a great fight and finish. It was nice to see Ryan get that one back.
Ryan competed at 170 a few times if I remember correctly but 155 is his best weight class.
Spent years training together. One of the best guys I know.
Edit: Thanks for the video link. Always nice to remember the old days...
went to 2 IFL shows
gret stuff vu
Brutal finish.
I remember Chris being one of the next-gen stars, looked like the 'milky bar kid' but could fight! That was like beatdown that your big bro gives you/you never recover mentally from.
@ OP - Great upload, man!
I liked the IFL.
I REMEMBER THAT FIGHT WELL
it was a position he used in training often, he said
i expected that move to become very popular after that, but it never did
and in 2007 horodecki seemed like he was going to be a top 10 lw eventually, but he fizzled out