I couldn't agree with Dixon and Kahstallion (and Angove, though agreeing with him frustrates me!) more!

The K-1 is a business, it is not a sanctioning body, and as a business they have to make money and keep growing.

Yes it does frustrate to see fighters like Suttie not getting a run in Japan, but this game is about a simple equation: Marketability + Fight Ability = K-1... not just Fight Ability + Fight Ability. What some fighters lack in fight ability (Akebono, Sapp, Toa) they more than enough make up for in Marketability.

And someone made the point of fighters not being similar (Mo, Kaoklai, Remy, etc)... well, what sports and entertainment business would want their stars to all be the same? They don't market clones. Remy is the slick, good looking former model and banker turned kick ass K-1 champion with awesome kicking and aerial kneeing ability... Botha is the former world class boxer who learns kickboxing and takes it up to the best including Hoost and LeBanner... Kaoklai is the former welterweight who defied the odds and commonsense to take on guys 30 or 40 kilos heavier and beat them (pure David and Goliath)... even Mark Hunt had an angle (streetfighter, short, stout, couldn't be knocked out and shocked the world... he was the anti-thesis of everything a "martial artist" should be, like the STONE COLD of K-1... a fuck everyone I'm gonna KO you and take the money attitude)... MIRKO had an angle (special forces Cop)... everyone has an angle - you GOTTA have an angle and be able to back it up with the ability.

There were some awesome fighters over the years who NEVER had a marketable angle, and thus could only go so far in K-1... Lloyd Van Dams, Matt Skelton to name but two.

I think Dixon has done a marvellous job with marketing and promoting K-1... in fact the best job of anyone outside Japan and he continues to create opportunities for ALL the fighters on his cards -- do you think Mr Ishii, Daisuke and Tanigawa haven't seen the ANZACS show? They watched it a few days after the event. They know the talent coming through the region and they are looking for the next big thing (which I say will be Pola).

Anyway, some interesting thoughts from everyone!