Author: Matthew.marcone

I spoke with TKO champion TJ Laramie ahead of his Featherweight title defence against Joao Luis Nogueira at TKO 42. We talked about how the mentality doesn’t differ between vying for a title or defending one, the dominant performance in his title winning effort (1:39), working with Jeremy Kennedy and Bibiano Fernandes recently (2:23), feeling…

On this BTB installment, I spoke with rising flyweight contender Jordan Graham as he heads into a title bout against Malcolm Gordon at TKO 42.   We discussed working with Elevation Fight Team ahead of this fight (1:14), his lengthy resume at Muay Thai (2:12), how his gym teacher sparked his interest in MMA (4:09),…

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…