From the Servus Sports Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta for Rumble in the Cage 59 Fight 1: Carter Wozny vs Brandon Conway – Amateur Bout R1: Wozny attempts a takedown and succeeds against the cage. He takes his back and works toward a rear naked choke. Wozny transitions to an armbar but Conway manages to escape…
Two wildly entertaining championship bouts headlined Unified MMA 34 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch Friday, Sept 28, 2018. Fort McMurray’s Teddy Ash won the vacant middleweight title after finishing Seth Baczynski via strikes with just two seconds remaining in the fifth and final round. The crowd was on its feet cheering…
Fight 1: Harley King vs Isaiah Bean – Amateur Flyweight R1: A low kick from King gets the fight started. He throws another, which is caught by Bean who shoots for a single leg takedown. After a little work with the single leg, King winds up on the bottom. Bean passes to side control and…
Matthew Marcone and Dylan Bowker Two bouts were cancelled following the official weigh-ins for Unified MMA 34 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch First Nation on Thursday, September 27, 2018. The highly anticipated return of Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford was postponed after Ford missed weight at 173.8lbs. He was scheduled to…
It was great to welcome on fellow Canadian MMA media member Joel Griffith (MMA Empire) onto BTB (Bowks Talking Bouts #109). We broke down the Unified MMA 34 and RITC 59 cards going on September 28th and 29th. Some of the topics we addressed include: Ryan Ford’s mma return on the 28th, the UFC…
Bowks Talking Bouts #108 featured Kolton Menzak ahead of his Neal Anderson bout at Unified MMA 34 on September 28th. We discussed how his pro Muay Thai experience as of late has informed his MMA game, how important it is for him to be a part of the PFA team and the tight knit…
Bowks Talking Bouts #107 featured Fred “The Surge” Stonehouse ahead of his big RITC 59 fight against Maged Hammo on September 29th. I spoke to Fred about what you learn in your own efforts from teaching people martial arts and how his objective in life is to inspire people, training at so many high…
Bowks Talking Bouts #106 featured a couple of prolific fighters on the show as I took part in the Bellator 206 media call. Rory spoke about the coming year providing an opportunity to galvanize his MMA legacy and also the mindset of having two fights lined up. Wanderlei Silva touched on whether or not…
I spoke with influential Canadian combat sports figure/ TKO promoter Stephane Patry ahead of a huge card in the form of TKO 44 on September 21st (Bowks Talking Bouts #105). I spoke with Stephane about the Hunter vs Barriault fight in the main event and how the winner could well be going to UFC…
On this BTB episode, I welcomed Adam Dyczka ahead of his TKO 44 fight for the Heavyweight championship. On Bowks Talking Bouts #104, we talked about the mentality of getting his belt back in this next fight, getting coverage and attention from some of the biggest MMA news outlets (2:50), not feeling like he’s…