Author: Matthew.marcone
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Live Play By Play: Unified MMA 34 at River Cree Resort and Casino
Fight 1: Harley King vs Isaiah Bean – Amateur Flyweight R1: A low kick from King gets the fight started. He throws another, which is caught by Bean who shoots for a single leg takedown. After a little work with the single leg, King winds up on the bottom. Bean passes to side control and…
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Unified MMA 34 Weigh-In Results and Photos
Matthew Marcone and Dylan Bowker Two bouts were cancelled following the official weigh-ins for Unified MMA 34 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch First Nation on Thursday, September 27, 2018. The highly anticipated return of Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford was postponed after Ford missed weight at 173.8lbs. He was scheduled to…
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Unified MMA 34 and RITC 59 preview w/ Joel from MMA Empire
It was great to welcome on fellow Canadian MMA media member Joel Griffith (MMA Empire) onto BTB (Bowks Talking Bouts #109). We broke down the Unified MMA 34 and RITC 59 cards going on September 28th and 29th. Some of the topics we addressed include: Ryan Ford’s mma return on the 28th, the UFC…
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Kolton Menzak previews his Unified MMA 34 fight against Neal Anderson, the tight knit bonds at Progressive Fighting Academy, and the possibility of a Hannibal Lecter style entrance
Bowks Talking Bouts #108 featured Kolton Menzak ahead of his Neal Anderson bout at Unified MMA 34 on September 28th. We discussed how his pro Muay Thai experience as of late has informed his MMA game, how important it is for him to be a part of the PFA team and the tight knit…
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Fred Stonehouse previews his big RITC 59 fight against Maged Hammo, being part of that Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu lineage, and his Youtube videos playing acoustic guitar
Bowks Talking Bouts #107 featured Fred “The Surge” Stonehouse ahead of his big RITC 59 fight against Maged Hammo on September 29th. I spoke to Fred about what you learn in your own efforts from teaching people martial arts and how his objective in life is to inspire people, training at so many high…
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Rory MacDonald and Wanderlei Silva talk Bellator 206, Rizin’s New Years Eve show, and more
Bowks Talking Bouts #106 featured a couple of prolific fighters on the show as I took part in the Bellator 206 media call. Rory spoke about the coming year providing an opportunity to galvanize his MMA legacy and also the mindset of having two fights lined up. Wanderlei Silva touched on whether or not…
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Adam Dyczka talks about his TKO 44 Heavyweight title fight, not being part of the Gucci Gang, and Adam’s thoughts on his Kung Fu Panda nickname
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…
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Jesse Ronson previews his bid for a second TKO title at TKO 44 in the Welterweight division, being part of that rich London Ontario MMA lineage, and what it means to him to be apart of that legacy
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…
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Liberty Music: Elk City ft Dylan Bowker
It was great talking to Elk City and we managed to cover multiple topics. We discussed Elk City being informed by dance tracks and experimental rock in prior projects, having a multi-year gap between records and why it felt right to craft another record now, auditioning in dank basements, their latest album Everybody’s Insecure, their improvisational-heavy…