I spoke with Canadian MMA veteran Cody Krahn ahead of his co-main event bout at XFFC 17 Brawls Deep. We discussed the skill set of his opponent Michael Hill, stepping back into the XFFC cage again and briefly stepping down from his commentary role with the promotion (3:38), focusing on refining and polishing the basics…
On this BTB episode, I spoke with Unified MMA Heavyweight champion and top ranked ACB competitor, Tanner “Bulldozer” Boser. His early days learning Karate in Bonnyville and his initial efforts in MMA, his win over DJ Linderman and how he’s finding traction within ACB (3:34), Traveling to Dubai and finding a Tim Horton’s during…
I spoke with rising battle rapper and President of Talkback, Rahney aka Rahn “Bones” Jones. The Red Hat OG also took me along on his route to get more hats made. We got into quite a few topics including: Rahney’s first exposure to battle rap, his debut against Emotionz where his opponent fell off…
On this BTB episode, I had on TKO/ Fight Night/ Hard Knocks bantamweight champion (and Hard Knocks 145lb titlist) Jesse Arnett. Myself and Big Cat discussed quite a few things including: Fallout from his in ring promo at the January Dekada card and wanting another pro Boxing bout in September, getting locked up in a…
I had a great talk with Jay Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel. Here are some rough notes for the topics we covered: -Loves folk tunes…..Lots of older brothers…….60’s tunes……..Brian Wilson, Neil Young,…..Joni Mitchell……Drawn to a lot of Canadian artists…..Leonard Cohen….. -The journey is to be original and to be authentic -Key record stores…
On this BTB installment, I welcomed on K1 World Grand Prix finalist and UFC veteran Antoni Hardonk. We discussed quite a few topics including: Transitioning from being a black belt martial artists to a white belt coach at Dynamix MMA, opening an MMA gym as a basically bankrupt fighter (7:08), Luke Sanders and other…
Grey Eagle Resort and Casino played host to a historic night of fights in Calgary, Alberta. Multi time titlist Zab Judah made his debut on Canadian soil after a two decade plus career as a prize fighter. The undercard also showcased quite a few promising prospects who are expected to make a mark on both…
I spoke with the immensely talented Lisa Said and here are some rough notes of what we discussed…… -Formative records= early Beatles, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon……..more folk in high school…….Elvis Costello and the Attractions from there………..CBGB’ punk phase after that………Velvet Underground, The Who, Neil Young, -Started wanting to play bass in a band……A…
I spoke with battle rapper and hip hop artist, Frak on this episode. We chopped it up about quite a few topics…….. We talked about his early days as a 14 year old in his first rap group, rapping on a Kanye West forum back in the day with Kevin Abstract of Brockhampton (2:17), how Frak…
I spoke w/ KOTC champion and Bellator fighter Henry Corrales before his Bellator 192 fight about quite a few things……. How he pulled a mystic mac and predicted this fight with Georgi to his trainer, Henry gets shouted out by some excited Bellator 192 fans in the streets, Henry shows love to the recovering Daniel Straus,…