PRO MMA League Created By Roy Englebrecht in Southern California Major League Baseball has the...

PRO MMA League Created By Roy Englebrecht in Southern California

Major League Baseball has the minor leagues; the NBA has the D-League; the NHL has the AHL; and the NFL has college football.

All the major sports leagues have "feeder systems" and now Southern California fight promoter and sports entrepreneur Roy Englebecht has decided that mixed martial arts also needs its own legitimate minor league system.

In an effort to help develop the next generation of MMA stars while providing investors a chance to own their own professional sports franchise, Englebrecht announced Wednesday the launch of the Professional Mixed Martial Arts League (PMMAL).

Set to begin play in early 2010, the PMMAL (www.pmmal.com) will award charter ownerships to teams in eight specific areas including six Southern California counties and Las Vegas.

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The PMMAL concept will see qualified owners awarded a team and have exclusive territorial rights in seven regions; San Diego County, Orange County, Los Angeles County, Ventura County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and Las Vegas.

The eight team league will be broken up into two conferences, the Ocean Conference consisting of San Diego County, Orange County South, Los Angeles County and Ventura County, and the Desert Conference comprised of Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Las Vegas and Orange County North. Each PMMAL team will be allowed to select 14 fighters in a League Draft scheduled for December of 2009.

Each PMMAL team will also play an eight event regular season schedule once a month beginning in February of 2010, with four home events and four away events, and all eight teams qualifying for the quarterfinals of the PMMAL Championships starting in October. Four teams will advance to the semifinals in November and two teams will compete in the Inaugural PMMAL Championship in December. PMMAL fighters will earn a minimum of $10,000 per year, and can earn upward of $25,000 per year.

www.pmmal.com

by MMASuPreMaCy on Oct 28, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

I love the idea of someone starting a minor league, farm system, feeder, whatever.

Hate the team format, but I could see it’s benefits. It’s probably easier to book fights if all you have to do is call another team instead of dealing with individual fighters and their managers (if they got them). Also probably will save on travel expenses.

If it comes to fruition I may check it out.

by John Nash on Oct 28, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions

It sounds pretty interesting. Most people are already writing it off because it sounds like the IFL, but this is not meant to get network deals and go mainstream. It is meant to be as successful and profitable as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. =)

by MMASuPreMaCy on Oct 28, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions