The International Fight League the world’s number one team-based professional mixed martial arts league, is supporting America’s troops through an awareness partnership with the USO. This partnership will have service men and women “tapping out,” as IFL athletes and coaches teach them techniques on USO entertainment tours to military bases worldwide. IFL spectators will learn more about the USO and ways to support the troops as part of a multimedia campaign highlighting the partnership.

“The IFL is firmly committed to taking every opportunity possible to both honor and assist servicemen and women and their families around the world, and this partnership with the USO will be a big piece of that work,” said Gareb Shamus, IFL co-founder and CEO. “It is a great pleasure to use this partnership to honor the true warriors who defend this country every day.” ”We are excited to work with the International Fight League, and appreciate their commitment to the USO’s mission of supporting America’s men and women in uniform,” said Edward A. Powell, USO president and CEO. “Their overwhelming generosity will help raise awareness of the USO’s vital work.”

This partnership is designed to assist both the USO’s mission of supporting America’s troops, and grow awareness for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts and the IFL. Later this month IFL coaches and MMA legends Pat Miletich, Don Frye and Dan Henderson will take part in a good will trip to the Persian Gulf. Other recent activities have included clinics at bases in Everett, Wash., and Chicago, a meet-and-greet at the U.S. submarine base in Groton, Conn., and a series of clinics and events aboard ships leading into Fleet Week New York 2007. More events are also planned for the near future.