‘Battling beefcake’ sums up the mixed martial arts sport of K-1 for Richard Douglas. The fight for credibility will the biggest scrap in the sport of K-1 for the foreseeable future. The organisation was formed in 1993 by Kazuyoshi Ishii and within a decade had become one of the many mixed martial arts events trying to usurp boxing from its position as the world’s No 1 combat sport.
Don’t bet on it. In case you missed it, things already got underway in the West as far as the conference finals in the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is concerned with the Detroit Red Wings humbling the Chicago Blackhawks with a devastating 5-2 beatdown. Inexperience was clearly on display as the Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the Blackhawks’ ineptitude.
It seems the only thing constant in the NBA playoffs lately is King James and his court. Yup, the Cleveland Cavaliers have been dominant so far after two rounds in the 2009 NBA Playoffs .
Brian and Ben have been the buzz names in racing’s latest attempt at a rebrand this week, but a couple of Dicks could come to the fore at Newbury on Saturday, writes Racing UK and betmaverick.com analyst Graham Cunningham as he runs the rule over the jolly and nominates a live longshot for one of Europe’s flagship mile events. Paco looks the boy now his Lockinge price has drifted Connections have billed it as the race in which Paco Boy can finally “put his critics to bed.” I must admit I was one of the doubters at the start of this week, but it is all a question of price when you are a punter and there is a strong case for arguing that Paco Boy is now very backable for the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes now.
Ben Caudell picked another winner yesterday when he predicted Gilles Simon’s demise and he’s back again today looking at who our money should be on as the Madrid Masters reaches the quarter-final stage.
Well, the flight is booked. Still a few details to be ironed out, but I’ll be back in Las Vegas this summer, again helping PokerNews cover the World Series of Poker. Will be arriving in LV in just a week-and-a-half (no… really?), and once more I’ll be there for the duration, all the way ’til mid-July when the new November Nine is set
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Monte Cox’s Extreme Challenge and the World Cagefighting Alliance are teaming up to create “Caged Combat” - a mega-grand-superduper-doubleheader MMA marathon on June 5th and June 6th at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City.
One more photo from Bwin’s coverage of WPT Venice where Swedish player Sven Ragnar Åström won the title in his first ever live poker tournament. Nice one to start your career with and even after he blows the $530,000 first place prize on Swedish fish and pants labeled Alpine and Skytopper, he will still have the Tiffany bracelet to prove he’s a champ.
After four action packed races, Formula One descends on Europe as Spain plays host to Round Five of the Championship. Tom Cowie provides the lowdown on the Circuit de Catalunya… Bahrain was undoubtedly Brawn GP and Jenson Button’s most satisfying victory