I agree Mike, for the pain and the effort these guys go through, the money just simply is not enough. My own two brothers have gone through 75 MT fights between them and the sacrifice, pain and effort they went through just was not worth the money.

With this 'MT needs more money' opinion, I'm against it, because I feel the sport will be diluted and disappear if access was gained to a wider and more commercial audience. People would be up in arms against the harshness of the sport and as a result new laws and legaslations will be introduced to kerb and ban the art.

K1 is an avenue for guys to put some green in their pocket, and I respect that principle, but it is limited to the super heavyweights and I believe that money has turned it into a freakshow.

Really, the situation is caught between the ocean and the deep blue sea. Our sports need more money but I believe that it will be of a detrimental affect to the sport, an option I am not in favour of. Cue, Bob Sapp. A steriod enhanced freak of science, here just for the money. I believe their is a lot more Bob Sapps to come. The public might want to see 8 Bob Sapps slugging it out, but not me.

Monkey, - I have no probs with the fact that Bob Sapp beat Hoost twice, in fact it did not surprise me at all. Hoost should have retired a while ago, but again the money element has over ruled common sense (imo). MT fighters are only at their best when they stick to MT. Good luck if they can deviate. Its the same in boxing - plenty of MT fighters who make the switch get beaten by boxers. However, It would be interesting to see the tables reversed, but saying that I probably still would not watch it.