The Los Angeles Anacondas were an International Fight League team based in Los Angeles, California. The Anacondas were the first IFL team to have gone through not just one coach but two. Originally coached by three time King of Pancrase and former UFC Heavyweight ChampionBas Rutten, and then coached by Canadian MMA practitioner Shawn Tompkins, the Anacondas are now without a coach entering the offseason. The Anacondas were one of four teams competing in the IFL's inaugural season. As of March 2007, the Anacondas were the only IFL team to hold two perfect sweeps over opposing teams. During the inaugural 2007 IFL Grand Prix, the Anacondas had the most members from their team participate with an astounding four out of five members.
Record/Roster
The Anacondas were 20-15 as of August 2007 in team competition. Reached 2007 IFL Semifinals All records were IFL fights only *= fought as an intraleague superfight that does not go towards team record a= fought as an alternate bought that does not go towards team record 1= fought when Pyle was at WW GP= fought during the individual GP and does not go towards team record
Current Fighters as of 2007 Season
Chris Horodecki
def Erik Owings by KO in the first round * def Ed West by Unanimous decision def Ryan Schultz by TKO in the second round def Bart Palaszewski by decision def Josh Odom by decision def Shad Lierley by decision Horodecki was supposed to face Bart Palaszweski in the 2007 semifinals but suffered an injury during training, thus alternate Harris Sarmiento took the fight def Bart Palaszewski by decision GP lost to Ryan Schultz by TKO in the first round GP
Harris Sarmiento ALTERNATE
lost to Bart Palaszweski by submission in the third round
Conor Heun ALTERNATE
def Clint Coronel by decision a def Tristan Witt by submission in the first round a lost to LC Davis by decision a
IFL Welterweight Champion
Jay Hieron
def Jake Ellenberger by unanimous decision* def Amos Sotelo by submission in the first round lost to Chris Wilson by decision def Victor Moreno by submission in the first round def Donnie Liles by submission in the first round lost to Brad Blackburn by KO in the first round Hieron was supposed to face Rory Markham in the 2007 IFL semifinals but suffered an injury during training, thus alternate Chris Clements took the fight instead def Donnie Liles by decision GP def Delson Heleno by TKO in the first round to win the Welterweight ChampionshipGP
Chris Clements ALTERNATE
lost to Rory Markham by TKO in the first round
Benji Radach
def Ryan McGivern by TKO in the second round def Brian Foster by submission in the first round def Bristol Marunde by TKO in the first round def Gerald Harris by TKO in the first round def Brent Beauparlant by KO in the first round GP lost to Matt Horwich by TKO in the second round GP
Alex Schoenauer
def Travis Wiuff by submission in the second round lost to Jamal Patterson by submission in the first round * def Kazuhiro Hamanaka by submission in the first round lost to Aaron Stark by submission in the second round lost to Mike Ciesnolevicz by decision def Brian Ebersole by decision def Allan Goes by KO in the first round lost to Mike Ciesnolevicz by decision lost to Vladimir Matyushenko by decision GP
Krzysztof Soszynski
lost to Ben Rothwell by TKO in 1st round def Tom Howard by TKO in the first round def Devin Cole by submission in the second round lost to Mike Whitehead by unanimous decision * was supposed to fight Ben Rothwell on 2/02/07 but was injured during training. Alternate Matt Thompson took the fight instead. def Dan Christison by decision lost to Reese Andy by decision lost to Ben Rothwell by TKO in the first round
Matt Thompson ALTERNATE
lost to Ben Rothwell by TKO in the second round
Former Fighters
John Shackelford
lost to Bart Palaszewski by TKO in 2nd round left to fight for Elite XC
Mike Pyle
lost to Rory Markham by KO in the first round 1 def John Cole by submission in the first round lost to Matt Horwich by submission in the second round Left to fight for Elite XC
