I used to hate and ridicule it a couple years back but am a huge fan now. It is so much better organised than boxing. In boxing we look forward to big fights, but in the UFC its the entire show. They will have a half a dozen fights, all of them entertaining and the action is so much unpredictable than boxing, you really don't know what is going to happen.

I know there always used to be the argument that a really great boxing fight would be better than a really great MMA fight but even that isn't holding up any more.

Some of my favourite fights of the year have been MMA fights, and guys like St Pierre, Anderson Silva, Lyto Machida etc are right up there with the elite boxers in terms of talent and skills.

In fact I'm not sure if those three guys arn't actually more talented than any boxers right now, considering the variety and completeness of their skill sets.

It's a phenomenal sport imo and in another 10 years or so will be on an equal par with boxing, certainly in the US and maybe even the UK and Europe.