By now we all know Alan Shearer refused to wear a red and white strip on The One Show.

I'M currently in the middle of my training ahead of my next fight on March 31st in North Carolina, USA. I'm fighting Dennis Siver from Germany and know that it's going to be one of the hardest tests of my career to date.

As a result, I'm training and preparing harder than ever. I'm leaving nothing to chance. Such is the nature of mixed martial arts, I'm working on pretty much every aspect of my game on a daily basis.

I work on my Thai-boxing first thing Monday morning, and that means I'll go through pads, sparring, clinch work and other drills. Then I do a weights power circuit, then Brazilian jiu-jitsu and wrestling.

CARLOS Checa took a shock win in the second World Superbike race at Phillip Island.

The Spanish Althea Ducati rider stormed through the field from way down to stop Britain's Leon Haslam taking his second victory of the day.

Haslam finished second and still walks away leading the championship, while Ducati Xerox' Michel Fabrizio crossed the line third.

EUGENE Laverty shrugged-off his qualifying woes to take the win in the opening World Supersport Championship round of the year.

The Parkalgar Honda star led from lights to flag in a restarted race at Phillip Island, Australia.

Starting from fourth on the grid, the 23-year-old had been leading from the first corner of the original race, which had to be stopped on Lap Three because of oil on the track from Chaz Davies' BE1 Racing Triumph.

LEON Haslam has won the opening World Superbike Championship race of the season after a photo finish at Phillip Island.

Haslam, who had led the from the green light, came under pressure just once in the 22-lap race - and that was from Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio as the pair crossed the line to take the chequered flag.

And while it looked for several moments that Fabrizio had actually taken the win, a photo finish quickly revealed that the victory belonged to the Brit.

LEON Haslam has claimed his maiden World Superbike Championship pole at Phillip Island, Australia.

The 26-year-old recovered from a crash in this morning's free practice to dominate from start to finish, topping the time sheets at the end of each of the three sessions.

His fast lap of 1.31.229min early in Superpole Three was to be the quickest lap of the weekend, as he powered his Alstare Suzuki to a pole which was to go unchallenged.

Complete the well-known saying.

Too many cooks...

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WELCOME to February!

As every two-wheeled motorsport fan knows, this is the month when it all kicks off again.

While the rest of our racing series won't be roaring into action until March and April, we can always rely on the World Superbike boys who line up for their first round at the end of the month.

By UFC fighter Ross Pearson

I HAD a little bit of a lay-off over Christmas, but I'm back in the gym now preparing for my next fight - wherever and whenever that may be. I'm currently training six days a week with two sessions per day. That's pretty normal for me in between fights and it's nice to just keep ticking over and stay fit. I know that whenever I get the call with details of my next UFC fight I'll be more than ready for it.

It's all just about waiting for the call now. To be honest, I could be ready to fight next week if the UFC asked me. That's just the way I go about things. I like to stay in decent shape all year round and I like to feel prepared whenever the opportunity does arrive.