Hey Kahstallion,

Yeah I agree in terms of great promotors Asutralia has had some brilliant promotors with a string of firsts, these are the guys who I many ways laid the foundation for guys like Dixon to come along and succeed - with out the guys who cam before there is no way the "new breed" of promotors if you like could have achieved what they have:

Aussie Promotors were the first to bring us fights like:

Stan vs Dennis Alexio, Stan vs Sataki, Stan vs Maurice Smith, , Super Kick Vick Vs Hector Penna, Tsoca vs Mike Cole, Kash Gill vs Alex when he became the first Aussie to win a world title etc etc.... huge pioneering stuff. And of course Tarik's intitial foray into K-1 culminating in the K-1 Melbourne, seeing MArk Hunt as Oceania Champ winning the grand prix, Rays shows are top class, as are numerous other promotors - In many ways Dixon couldn't have achieved what he had without these guys. So this is deffniately not an Aussie bashing excercise -

Politics wise - I am certain that Politics internationally and in Aussie is and will continue to be more devisive and destructive than in NZ - thats simply the product of a bigger country with a number of strong willed promotors each with their own agenda ... in NZ there aren't as many fish in a much smaller fish bowl so there are less complications...and to be honest fewer people to point the finger at. On a personal note Jase is one of our most active fighters as well as one of our best, he is, if not the most pure fighter I have ever seen, certainly no one has more pure fighting instinct and drive to will - I hope to see him get some big opportunities this year.

And I agree with Aaron that on the whole Aussies Mauy Thai scene is bigger and better organised (we have great fights and promtors in NZ but not quite the scale of what Aust has)

But I think to deride with Dixon achieved with f--k all budget, sponsorship etc over 5 years is a bit rich. Having said that no one is perfect and there are bound to be gripes and sometimes valid ones I'm sure but ScotOrcer or what ever his name was, his comments were just plain ignorant... and deisgned to elicit a response...

Anyway after yet another Angove novel - I'm looking forward to ANZACS and the great fights it promises.