Winning the Betfair Trainers Championship these days is virtually on a par with winning the Derby, or being crowned Champion Trainer, such is the fierce rivalry between handlers to reach the top six and even earn the right to a place in the annual showdown. But in the eyes of Darrell Williams there’s only one man to follow.

Just an update on the status of the legalization of pro MMA in New York: There are currently two bills in play that could bring sanctioned cage fighting back into the Empire State, one penned by the embattled Governor Paterson and included within his 2010-2011 budget proposal, and one penned by the legislature. (As you may remember, the State Assembly came damn close to passing their MMA bill last year, but an unforseen senatorial coup derailed that train.) The status of both the Governor’s bill and the legislature’s bill? Who the hell knows

Just an update on the status of the legalization of pro MMA in New York: There are currently two bills in play that could bring sanctioned cage fighting back into the Empire State, one penned by the embattled Governor Paterson and included within his 2010-2011 budget proposal, and one penned by the legislature. (As you may remember, the State Assembly came damn close to passing their MMA bill last year, but an unforseen senatorial coup derailed that train.) The status of both the Governor’s bill and the legislature’s bill? Who the hell knows

Kind of a weird story from Cake Poker — a site on which I do not play, although have thought about opening an account there. Apparently during a microstakes no-limit hold’em hand played yesterday afternoon, the pot was shipped to the wrong player

After a late night out, I only managed to get a few hours sleep but for some weird reason, felt really refreshed. Around 10:00, I met up with John, Tristan and Barry for breakfast and after finishing a very good meal, Barry headed to the Spa for a massage (lucky sod) whilst Tristan & I headed to Studio 3 as the last 18 of the Main Event were soon to start playing.