On this BTB episode/ Liberty Music co-feature (Bowks Talking Bouts #42), I had the pleasure of speaking to Lush One. I covered quite a few topics with the hip hop musician/ battle rap OG. We discussed working on Bobby Bucher’s record, “I feel like this music saved all of our lives”(1:45), maintaining contact with Caddy’s…
On this BTB episode, I spoke with rising prospect Shinju Auclair ahead of her new years eve fight with Rizin. We discussed Shinju’s early experience in athletics, training behind a deer meat processing place in the owner’s garage (1:17), working with El Nino training center (2:02), the rematch with Chelsea LaGrasse and the unfortunate nature…
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker spoke with Teddy Ash ahead of his light-heavyweight title bid against Jared McComb at Unified MMA 33. We discussed the mentality heading into his first career rematch, the streak he’s built up in Unified MMA leading into this title fight (2:28), going into this title match having already gone 25 minutes in…
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker spoke with Michael Hay ahead of his Bantamweight title fight at Unified MMA 33 against Noah Ali. We discussed the ever changing Jiu Jitsu game within both MMA and submission grappling, not being able to appreciate the pageantry of big events he’s competing on (1:55), certain pressures he’s facing going into the…
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker had a great talk with Noah Ali ahead of his Unified MMA 33 Bantamweight title fight with Michael Hay. We discussed taking fights at Featherweight on short notice, prior experience going five rounds in a 135lb title fight helping him going into this championship effort (1:51), not letting the surrounding excitement of…
Great talk w/ tenured WWE writer and co-executive producer for Lucha Underground, Chris DeJoseph. SPOILERS AHEAD……What the pre-production processes currently look like for Lucha Underground’s fourth season, if monetary issues will change the presentation of the product, Johnny Mundo’s involvement with LU, the relationship with AAA going forward, the current landscape being similar to…
I had KOTC, Strikeforce, and Bellator veteran Saad Awad on the show and we talked about a few intriguing topics. Thoughts on his Bellator 186 opponent Zach Freeman [intro and at 3:49], why he took so many catchweight fights in recent years (1:38), the desire to add new weight classes going forward [ie/…
I spoke with RFA title challenger and Bellator fighter Zach Freeman ahead of Bellator 186. We got into a number of cool topics. Feeling the love from the promotion this time out, training with a relative of the legendary Cassius Clay (1:13), MMA being a team sport if you’re a top level fighter (1:51),…
I caught up with WSOF, TUF 16, and Bellator competitor Matt Secor ahead of his big fight at Bellator 186. We discussed quite a few interesting things. His thoughts on his opponent Logan Storley at Bellator 186, competing in an actual weight division instead of taking a catchweight bout this time (1:10), whether his…
I spoke with highly regarded prospect Tywan Claxton who’s making his pro debut at Bellator 186. We discussed quite a few things. Tywan seeing his upcoming opponent as a stepping stone fight, how mma went from an “amateur wrestling escape” to being his main focus in life (2:35), his main training partners in this…