On this BTB installment, I welcomed influential Canadian MMA veteran Bill Mahood……Bowks Talking Bouts #69
We talked about his experiences recently coaching at UFC London for Kajan Johnson, his pro debut in 1999 and the growth of the sport (2:37), fighting Forrest Griffin in UFC (5:00), how Bill was supposed to be on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter (6:13), Bill’s past gym wars with Denis Kang (7:35), how some of his trainees at Champion Gym performed at XFFC 17 (9:40), how his coaching role has informed his martial artist mindset (11:39), being a blackbelt under Bibiano Fernandes and what it’s like training with him (12:55), the evolution of amateur MMA and Bill’s role in it growing (15:36), Amateur MMA Nationals in Lethbridge ahead of the IMMAF’s (18:47), Bill’s experience as a promoter and matchmaker (20:58), Bill’s thoughts on Edmonton’s short lived combat sports moratorium (24:21), production and distribution being the hardest aspects of growing a fight promotion (25:54), Bill’s Boxing experience and the crossover with MMA (32:03), taking fights overseas and the great memories from the trips (34:19), partying with Vladimir Putin as well as Jean Claude Van Damme in Russia (35:22), and more!
https://dylanjamesbowker.podbean.com/e/bowks-talking-bouts-69-bill-mahood/
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