I had a great talk with MFC, XFFC, and KOTC veteran Cody Krahn ahead of his Unified MMA 32 fight with Jeff Porter. We discussed the importance of body shots in this September 29th fight with Porter, returning to mma after almost two years of boxing and kickboxing (3:48), the excitement of performing for the Edmonton…
I’ve got a wild personal story for you that I’ve been eager to write about publicly for a few weeks. I’ve been mistaken for someone else in one of the weirdest possible ways, and it has been a major test to my philosophy that, “it doesn’t matter what other people think, so long as I…
For this episode of Bowks Talking Bouts, I spoke to elite camera man/ film maverick/ swag wizard Rob Duckworth. We talked about Bad Rap on Netflix and Bodied at TIFF, the competitive openess to battle rap, Rob bodying a battle rapper at a house party, the freestyles myself and Rob have dropped over the years, B Man’s…
Arrica Rose’s efforts as an artist have been fostered since birth. I mean Arrica did come from quite the family of performers. Her great uncle was signed to Reprise by Frank Sinatra and was a huge star in the Italian-American community. Rose’s father was also an actor perhaps most notably known for dying in a…
The DIY ethos of adapting and thriving as surrounding frameworks change has been a hall mark of Richard’s time as a musician. Richard became enamoured with drums when he saw bands performing on TV as a youth. At the age of five, things began to click on some level for Richard. A couple of…
On the latest BTB, I spoke with Bellator middleweight and welterweight competitor Chris Honeycutt. We covered quite a few topics: Thoughts on his Bellator 182 bout at 185lbs with Kevin Casey, the mma learning curve after being a lifelong wrestler (3:45), working with guys like Koscheck, Cain, DC, and Rockhold (5:46)…. Turning…
I spoke to Bellator featherweight competitor and former KOTC champion Henry Corrales. We talked about his upcoming fight with Noad Lahat, respecting Noad’s judo and jiu jitsu acumen heading into their Bellator 182 fight, thoughts on a rematch with Emmanuel Sanchez (1:45), breaking from his three fight losing skid recently to get his first Bellator…
Vanessa didn’t grow up with musicians in the family but music was always on. Fleetwood Mac and Prince were among some of the oft played artists in the Collier home. Jazz and country were also go-to’s that left an indelible mark on Vanessa. The catalyst for her life as a musician began when seeing he…
By: Matthew Marcone Could the next stage of economic and political evolution take place on water? That’s the goal of the Seasteading Institute, a group aiming to create small floating cities that are exempt from the government rules and regulations that exist on the mainland. It’s a concept that I’ve learned about recently and think…
I spoke with Bellator featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan and we got into quite a few topics: His fight with Daniel Pineda at Bellator 182, thoughts on his last fight (1:50), where he sees himself in the Bellator featherweight picture (3:13), thinking James Gallagher is a chump (3:47), not having much love for mma presentation in…