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…
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…
This BTB installment is all about the premier showcase of the summer so I had to welcome Jon and Sal back….….Bowks Talking Bouts #100 We talked about our all time favorite Summerslam event, picked who we thought the all time Summerslam MVP is, HBK comedically overselling for Hogan at Summerslam 2005, Chris Benoit’s exploits at past…
On Bowks Talking Bouts #99, I caught up with AJ Matthews ahead of his Bellator 204 co-main event bout with Logan Storley. We discussed his prep/ thoughts on his opponent on August 17th, going back and forth between 170lbs and 185lbs (2:10), defeating Kendall Grove and how MMA has changed (3:15), overcoming a bit…
On this BTB installment, I had a great time talking with KOTD/ GZ battler and Ruin Your Day contributor Laugh N Stalk………..Bowks Talking Bouts #98 We discussed his first exposure to hip hop as well as battle rap, LNS’ love for Taylor Swift (2:41), we discussed the overlap between battle rap and pro wrestling…
ONE Reign of Kings goes July 27th and the Friday card is stacked. Some of the prime features of this event include Lightweight bouts that could establish the next #1 contender. Shannon Wiratchai takes on legendary submission artist/ former ONE titlist Shinya Aoki and Eduard Folayang steps into the cage with the dangerous sambo practitioner…
ONE returns to Mall of Asia Arena and Manila will witness arguably the promotion’s biggest card of the year. Topping this marquee event is a title bout of tremendous importance. Concurrent two division titlist Martin Nguyen is vying for an unprecedented third ONE Championship belt in the main event. Also in the interim Bantamweight title…