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K-1 Trivia 1993-Present
A year-by-year glance at the Grand Prix.

Spearmans rho
A yearly correlation of the CKO Ranking to the evaluations of independent kickboxing pundits.

A Serious Warning to Japanese Heavyweights
The K-1 is recruiting young Japanese hopefuls. Run for your lives!

K-1 Single-Match Titles
The K-1 goes from being a events promotion company with a belt to a company with two belts.

Fights That Gotta Happen!
A yearly survey of the fights kickboxing fans most want to see.

Measuring Grand Prix Talent
Champs and Finalists raise the quality of a Grand Prix tournament. Which were the most talent-packed?

Silly UFC Interview on the O'Rielly Factor.
Dana White and Rich Franklin endure a silly interview with Bill O'Rielly on FOX.

The 1-0 Club!
Undefeated and uncrowned in the Grand Prix. List of the fighters who had to withdraw due to injuries.

CKO Annual Top Ten Rankings
A quick look at the CKO Top Ten at the beginning of each year since 2001.

Best K-1 Reigns
Discussing the K-1 Champs through history and their dominance during their times as champs.

K-1 Trivia Quiz
21 questions to challenge the most knowledgeable K-1 fans.

Best Heavyweight High Kickers
Top 10 high kickers in heavyweight history.

The K-1 Is Bringing Back The Quality!
From terrific to terrible to terrific again. K-1 Matchmakers are due a kind word.

Heavyweight Kickboxing’s Hardest Heads
Some heavyweights through history have proven they can be very hard to put to the canvas with a hit to the head.

Kickboxing's Hardest Hitters
The bone crushing punchers in the heavyweight division throughout history.

Rankings Rankings Rankings 2007
Compare the CKO objective rankings to the subjective rankings in the IKF, ISKA, WKA, WAKO and WBC.

Teen Bum Fights in the USA
"Don't try this at home" falls on deaf ears as US teens engage in dangerous and criminal fights. Dumb!

The Best K-1 Wars
Over the course of 3 or more matches where each fighter has won at least on bout. Discussing the pairs who have put on the most exciting shows.

Jerome Wags the Dog!
The only fighter to ever have a fight result overturned in his favor. He has done it twice.

The Insane K-1 No Holding Rule
Discussing a snafu.

K-1 USA: Something Needs To Be Said
So little growth of the sport in the US since 1998.

WCL Team Kickboxing
Discussing the World Combat League's approach to the sport.

Metric Conversion
A playful article to help Americans understand international measurement.

Lost Weight Divisions
Why the CKO only ranks heavyweights.

Andy Hug: "Never Give Up!"
A retrospective of a legendary fighter.

Fake-Wrestling Graveyard
Listing all the fake-wrestlers who have participated in the WWE Wrestlmania and later died before age 50.

Central Kickboxing Organization Mission
Discussing the CKO ranking system.

IKF Nationals: Pipeline to the K-1 USA
Discussing the amateur tournament and the fighters who have advanced to the K-1 USA.

Tournament Measurement Theory
Is a tournament an individual sport or an accidental team sport?

Aesthetics
Creating rules in order to make the game more appealing to the viewers.

Reasons To Love Kickboxing
Comparing aspects of kickboxing to other sports.

Kickboxing Scoring Basics
A beginners guide to understanding how kickboxing rounds are scored.

Nevada Officiating: This Comedy Of Errors Is Not Funny!
Mistakes by Nevada State officials are too foolish to even ridicule.

The Best K-1 Fighters to Never win the Grand Prix
Some men have won fights in the Grand Prix and even defeated Grand Prix champions yet have failed to take the title.

Bring The Boxers!
Top ranked boxers may not fare as well as lower ranked boxers in the sport of kickboxing.

Damn There Are A Lot Of Southpaws!
Discussing left-handed fighters in the sport of kickboxing.

A Beast is Made (The Bob Sapp Story)
How the K-1 forced Bob Sapp on the kickboxing world.

Heavyweight or Overweight Part II
Examples of giants.