Well done Dixon on an AWESOME show... hope everyone enjoyed the TV2 coverage.

My thoughts:

BEST FIGHT

Slowinski vs Sefo was a cracker... Sefo looked sharp and rattled Paul with some real thumping punches (even perferated his eardrum), but this was Slowinski at his brutal best... his workrate was astonishing, like a middleweight, and his kicks were so incredibly powerful it was scary to watch. Slowinski has improved in leaps and bounds and really is right up there now... I'd love to see him rematch and BEAT Ignashov in July at the Oceania show.

Chrisopoulidis vs Suttie... another cracker... Chris won't mind me saying that when he took this fight, he almost defeated himself mentally. Suttie is an intimidating fighter, and though Chris has fought Graham x 2, Slowinski x 2, TeRangi, Musashi, etc, I dont think he has ever been as "nervous" before a fight as taking on Suttie in front of Suttie's home crowd... but the thing that we said to Chris was that to beat Jason you have to bully him and not be intimidated by him... take it up to him from the outset, show him who's boss, dont take a backward step and make him back up... this is what Chris did exactly. His leg kicks really hurt Jason, and Jason's rib kicks realy hurt Chris... I thought Chris had won it after 3 rounds, but they gave an extension, which was close, and another extension in which Chris took out Jase's legs... first time I have seen the towel thrown in for Suttie.

Tai vs Pixie... wow what a Max fight... I love Jordan Tai but he was schooled here by Pixie... have to admit I thought Tai would have had Pixie's measure as I was not impressed by Pixie under K-1 rules last time out against Kojiro, but with more knees allowed, Pixie took Tai to town... the eight count was a bit premature I believe and after three rounds I had Pixie winning it... most everyone I spoke to thought that Pixie was hard done by with this decision... a rematch would be fantastic.

IMPRESSIVE FIGHTERS

POLA MATAELE... the Cassius Clay of Kickboxing... The Tongan Tornado... he took the next step up in his blossoming K-1 career by taking on 36 year old legend Mitch O'Hello... now Mitch is a big banger who can take a knock, but he just couldn't contend with the sheer size, power and ferocity Mataele... I spoke to Mitch after the fight and he was stunned that Mataele went after his legs! "I didn't expect him to do that at all," said Mitch. "He started the fight with a leg kick and it just threw me."... trust me folks, there is a good reason why Pola is being groomed as the NEXT BIG THING

PAUL SLOWINSKI... I thought this was his sharpest and most brutal performance yet.

CHRIS CHRISOPOULIDES... big Chris had a game plan and stuck to it... he took some hard shots from Jase but was constantly backing up Jason and also defeating him psychologically by calling him on -- I have never seen someone call on Jason Suttie like that. Interesting to note that Chris ALWAYS performs better against the opponents we all think will hand him his ass (Musashi, TeRangi, Suttie) and struggles against the ones we think will be walk-overs (Samoa, Kemp)

RON SEFO... yes he was beaten, but Rony looked powerful and his hands were excellent... some more kicks wouldn't have gone astray, but this was Rony looking very sharp

PETER GRAHAM... his was a slow-burner of a fight but the Chief withstood an early assault in the second from Iggy and stuck to a game plan that negated a lot of Iggy's technique. Clever fight from The Chief... is Ray Sefo next?

PIXIE... awesome performance... he owned Tai in the clinch and kicking

JOE WHITE... wow, haven't seen much of this lanky light heavyweight but he totally blew us all away with his power and technique against the White Sniper... let's get this guy to Oz!