To be fair, people are right when they have mentioned that I have gone on about what is regarded as 'Kickboxing' in this modern day, as used by the main Kickboxing promotions across Europe ( K-1, ItsShowtime, GLORY, SuperKombat, KRUSH, etc.. ).

Point taken guys - happy to wind it down now - this may well be my last essay on the subject, as at the end of the day some people simply do not like change of any sort, and changing opinions can be one of the hardest things in the world once someone has decided not to even give something due consideration.

There are however some people that have also emailed me saying that there were NOT AWARE of that there were even events of such scale in $ purses / venue size / audience sizes due to television coverage to millions, going on anywhere in the world - and thanked me for posting!

Some people in the U.K. have only been exposed to small hall events, and know or knew little more.

It is unfortunate how some people have reacted, ( personal comments or just plain stupid ones to try and inflame ), as I have no ill feeling towards anyone, and on many posts have wished UK fighters the best of luck for their Kickboxing bouts - because hopefully if they win, will help to take the sport forward in the U.K. and more inline with the rest of the world.

However, and this is seen on other threads, when someone posts something that is incorrect about a subject, it is not uncommon for another person that is involved to offer the correct information.

If someone was posting threads on Muaythai scoring that were not correct, or allowed techniques of Muaythai that were not correct ( Plough - yes / no ) etc.... there would be plenty of people that may feel the need to offer the correct information should they be involved in that sport either as a competitior, trainer, promoter, or simply an avid fan.

K-1 now markets itself as Kickboxing, as do the other big promotions I have mentioned ( and there events are watched by millions of fans ). So, just as people should respect Muaythai rules, scoring criteria and traditions etc... people should respect how the sport of Kickboxing is growing - because believe me, it is - these are exciting times for fans of the format.

Boxing / M.M.A. / Kickboxing is where the $Dollar is for main athletes of combat-sports.

If someone calls a K-1 rules contest, a Kickboxing bout, they should not get attacked for it - because they are in fact correct to do so. As posted at the beginning of this thread, the K-1 Global official website this week stated..."K-1 is the Largest kickboxing Promotion in history."

Again, best wishes to Tim Thomas, Howsen and Watson. Hopefully they will do very well from their bouts and additionally I hope that more U.K. fighters get similar opportunities as we have some great Muaythai and also Full-Contact Kickboxing talent that could easily cross over into the sport.

To help support U.K. fighters my next show on the 28th October at the Parr Hall - Warrington, could help to give potential fighters K-1 style tournament experience, as it is the same Kickboxing rule format plus... £6'000.00 prize money, £1'000.00 of which is for best K.O. of the night ).

Hopefully it will be an exciting event, with fighters chasing the £1'000.00 K.O. bonus and we wil get some explosive K-1 style Kickboxing knockouts!