Category: Bowks Talking Bouts
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Bowks Talking Bouts #45: Darren Cliffe
On this BTB episode, I had on XFFC promoter/ president Darren Cliffe. We discussed a few different topics. We talked about XFFC 16 Festival of Fists 2, the unfortunate mess going on in Edmonton with their combative sports moratorium, goals for XFFC heading into 2018, and much more!
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Bowks Talking Bouts #44: Stephane Patry
On this BTB installment, I spoke with the president of TKO MMA Stephane Patry. We previewed the upcoming TKO 41: Champions which goes December 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The stacked card features multiple title fights, some of the brightest prospects on the Canadian MMA scene, and promises to be the biggest event in…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #43: TJ Laramie
I spoke with TJ Laramie ahead of his featherweight title fight with Charles Jourdain at TKO 41. We spoke about his mentality heading into a main event bout that he always figured would happen eventually, how he’s built up his skills from an early point (3:10), being sent to Japan where he made his…
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Lush One “I feel like this music saved all of our lives”, his role in battle rap history, and the Cadalack Ron connection
On this BTB episode/ Liberty Music co-feature (Bowks Talking Bouts #42), I had the pleasure of speaking to Lush One. I covered quite a few topics with the hip hop musician/ battle rap OG. We discussed working on Bobby Bucher’s record, “I feel like this music saved all of our lives”(1:45), maintaining contact with Caddy’s…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #41: Shinju Auclair
On this BTB episode, I spoke with rising prospect Shinju Auclair ahead of her new years eve fight with Rizin. We discussed Shinju’s early experience in athletics, training behind a deer meat processing place in the owner’s garage (1:17), working with El Nino training center (2:02), the rematch with Chelsea LaGrasse and the unfortunate nature…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #40: Teddy Ash
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker spoke with Teddy Ash ahead of his light-heavyweight title bid against Jared McComb at Unified MMA 33. We discussed the mentality heading into his first career rematch, the streak he’s built up in Unified MMA leading into this title fight (2:28), going into this title match having already gone 25 minutes in…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #39: Michael Hay
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker spoke with Michael Hay ahead of his Bantamweight title fight at Unified MMA 33 against Noah Ali. We discussed the ever changing Jiu Jitsu game within both MMA and submission grappling, not being able to appreciate the pageantry of big events he’s competing on (1:55), certain pressures he’s facing going into the…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #38: Noah Ali
Liberty’s Dylan Bowker had a great talk with Noah Ali ahead of his Unified MMA 33 Bantamweight title fight with Michael Hay. We discussed taking fights at Featherweight on short notice, prior experience going five rounds in a 135lb title fight helping him going into this championship effort (1:51), not letting the surrounding excitement of…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #37: Chris DeJoseph on Lucha Underground returning for Season 4
Great talk w/ tenured WWE writer and co-executive producer for Lucha Underground, Chris DeJoseph. SPOILERS AHEAD……What the pre-production processes currently look like for Lucha Underground’s fourth season, if monetary issues will change the presentation of the product, Johnny Mundo’s involvement with LU, the relationship with AAA going forward, the current landscape being similar to…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #36: Saad Awad
I had KOTC, Strikeforce, and Bellator veteran Saad Awad on the show and we talked about a few intriguing topics. Thoughts on his Bellator 186 opponent Zach Freeman [intro and at 3:49], why he took so many catchweight fights in recent years (1:38), the desire to add new weight classes going forward [ie/…