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…
Bowks Talking Bouts #103, I had a great to have TKO Lightweight champion Jesse Ronson on the show ahead of vying for a second TKO title at TKO 44 in the Welterweight division. We discussed Jesse thinking his upcoming bout with Michael Dufort will end in a couple rounds, the Jonathan Meuiner fight not…
It was great talking to Elk City and we managed to cover multiple topics. We discussed Elk City being informed by dance tracks and experimental rock in prior projects, having a multi-year gap between records and why it felt right to craft another record now, auditioning in dank basements, their latest album Everybody’s Insecure, their improvisational-heavy…
Dekada switched venues with this card and I noticed a difference right away. It was that classy, small room kind of environment. Deerfoot Inn and Casino had that exclusivity kind of feel but must have put a different kind of pressure on the pugilists. The nature of the event lent itself to creating a pressure…
On this BTB installment, I spoke with “The Big Cat” Jesse Arnett after Dekada Contender. I covered a few topics with Canada’s number one MMA Bantamweight including: what it’s like to represent with Champion pugilists from the West, how his training partners performed on the Dekada Contender card, his upcoming TKO title defense against Nate…
On Bowks Talking Bouts #101, It was great having MMA veteran/ Boxing pro Dwayne Lewis and top ranked pugilist Kandi Wyatt on BTB prior to their respective fights set for Dekada Contender on September 8th. I spoke with Dwayne about taking on Anton Tokarchuk Sept 8th and how combat is his drug, differences between Boxing and…
I spoke with Robert Poss ahead of the release of his album, Frozen Flowers Curse The Day. We discussed writing music for modern dance companies, his prior efforts with Band of Susans, soundtrack efforts in composing for film and television, his methodology for field recordings, providing music for BBC /PBS /Discovery Channel/ National Geographic projects, providing…