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International Fight League, Alfred Haber Distribution Announce First International Television Sale In Asia To Star TV

Courtesy of the International Fight League:

“IFL Battleground” and “IFL Fight Night” broadcasts to be seen in an additional 50 countries in the Far East

NEW YORK--August 06, 2007--The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, and Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) today announced the addition of Star TV as the IFL’s first television partner in Asia. Star will carry IFL programming on it’s Star Sports platform, available in over 50 countries to a viewership of over 300 million.

“The sport of Mixed Martial Arts has a storied history in Asia, and we are very eager for such a large fan base to be able to see the IFL on a regular basis,” said Gareb Shamus, IFL co-founder and CEO. “The combination of our rising stars with our legendary coaches, many of whom are already household names in Asia, will make for very exciting programming for this important, emerging fan base.”

Star TV adds to an IFL TV platform that also includes most of the Middle East and parts of northern Africa on MBC, the leading free-to-air Pan-Arab news and entertainment channel in the region and CanWest Global in Canada, who is distributing the shows on their Global X-Treme Sports Channel. Those are in addition to the IFL’s United States deals with “IFL Battleground,” hosted by Tiffany Fallon and Bas Rutten on MyNetwork TV (Mondays at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific/7 p.m. central) and “Fight Night” (Fridays at 11:00 p.m. on FSN). IFL programming is also seen worldwide on Armed Forces Network.

About Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc.

ALFRED HABER, INC. and ALFRED HABER DISTRIBUTION, INC., established 39 years ago, together form the world's largest distributor of U.S. Network (CBS, ABC, NBC and FOX) reality, music and event specials, and are major independent distributors of reality and documentary series, mini-series and made-for-television motion pictures for the U.S. and the international television marketplace. More information is available at www.alfredhaber.com.

About the IFL

International Fight League™ (IFL) is the world’s number one professional mixed martial arts sports league. IFL has its headquarters in New York and offices in Las Vegas. For more information about IFL, please see: www.ifl.tv

Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to various risks and IFL’s management's expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future financial condition, and results of operations. There can be no assurance that future developments actually affecting IFL will be those anticipated.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ (favorably or unfavorably) from the expectations stated in this release include the risks and uncertainties such as the conditions of the markets for live events, broadcast television, cable television, pay-per-view, Internet, entertainment, professional sports, and licensed merchandise; acceptance of the Company’s brands, media and merchandise within those markets; uncertainties relating to litigation; risks associated with producing live events; uncertainties associated with international markets; risks relating to maintaining and renewing key agreements, including television distribution agreements; effects of competition, including locations of competitors and operating and market competition.. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the Company’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

IFL undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. This press release may include the opinions of IFL and does not necessarily include the views of any other person or entity.

The names of all International Fight League, Inc. televised and live programming, teams, images, and logos are trademarks, which are the exclusive property of International Fight League, Inc. All other trademarks and tradenames mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners, and are not affiliated with IFL in any way.

Contacts
International Fight League
Joe Favorito, 212-356-4003
jf@ifl.tv
or
Alfred Haber Distribution
Sheila Morris, 818-487-9300