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26 Be: Sport Step aside soccer, football and tennis, there is new competition in town. From the weird and the wacky, to the immensely popular and downright brutal, writer Martin Elms takes a look at the new sports that are taking the world by storm. ISSUE 13
27 Gustavo-Falciroli-vs-Soo-Chul-Kim CAGE FIGHTING For those unfamiliar with the sport, cage fighting involves two fighters – of any discipline – stepping into a caged “octagon” and hurting each other as best they can. Fighters are judged on how well they inflict pain and suffering on their opponent, and very few rules apply. But it is more than just two pub fighters throwing haymakers in a cage. Like any professional sport it involves dedication, training and skill. Cage fighting is officially the fastest growing sport in the world. The most popular competition, UFC, beams live fights each week to 150 countries in 22 different languages to an audience of millions. CQUniversity’s Professor Pierre Viljoen is perhaps Central Queensland’s biggest UFC fan. “I suppose people are so taken with the sport because of the ‘reality’ of the encounters – they only use four ounce gloves and just about everything goes.” LINGERIE FOOTBALL Say what you like about the overtly sexist sport of lingerie football, but it is hugely popular, seriously competitive and it is big business in the US. Like it or not, lingerie football is officially the fastest growing sports league in the US, drawing sell-out crowds and attracting millions of TV viewers. And don’t be fooled into thinking the players are just pretty faces having a playful giggle on the field – these girls are super fit, super competitive and superskilled at their sport. It’s a shame they aren’t taken more seriously! ROLLER DERBY Once popular in the 1950s, this grudge match on wheels is making a huge comeback as an underground cult sport for women. With the trademark fishnet stockings and tongue-incheek stage-names like “Cybil Disobedience”, “Hanna Belle Lector” and “Elleanor Bruisevelt”, it’s easy to see why this colourful game of skill, speed and strength is snowballing in popularity today. Sabrina “Rink Bitz” Toby from Rockhampton Roller Derby says the local league has gone from strength to strength since starting over a year ago. “Some of our players have progressed extremely well. We started with a bunch of ladies with few skills – some couldn’t even skate – and now have players fully bout worthy.” CHEESE ROLLING Once a year for the past 200 years, a large, round block of Double Gloucester hard cheese is rolled down a seriously steep hill on the outskirts of Brockworth in England. 50 brave (or stupid) individuals fearlessly tumble 200 yards down the hill after it. The first to the bottom with the cheese assumes victory, glory, and presumably the cheese. It may not be a new “sport”, but in recent years the spectacle has expanded beyond the local townsfolk to draw huge crowds from around the world. It’s even taken off in Canada. Dairy farmers use the event to market Canadian cheeses to the world. ISSUE 13
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