Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Dekada Contender fallout ft. LMM’s Dylan Bowker
Dekada switched venues with this card and I noticed a difference right away. It was that classy, small room kind of environment. Deerfoot Inn and Casino had that exclusivity kind of feel but must have put a different kind of pressure on the pugilists. The nature of the event lent itself to creating a pressure…
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Jesse Arnett previews his TKO 44 title defense, the mindset of watching teammates fight, and possible ONE Championship/ UFC runs
On this BTB installment, I spoke with “The Big Cat” Jesse Arnett after Dekada Contender. I covered a few topics with Canada’s number one MMA Bantamweight including: what it’s like to represent with Champion pugilists from the West, how his training partners performed on the Dekada Contender card, his upcoming TKO title defense against Nate…
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Dwayne Lewis and Kandi Wyatt preview their respective Dekada Contender boxing bouts
On Bowks Talking Bouts #101, It was great having MMA veteran/ Boxing pro Dwayne Lewis and top ranked pugilist Kandi Wyatt on BTB prior to their respective fights set for Dekada Contender on September 8th. I spoke with Dwayne about taking on Anton Tokarchuk Sept 8th and how combat is his drug, differences between Boxing and…
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Liberty Music: Robert Poss ft. Dylan Bowker
I spoke with Robert Poss ahead of the release of his album, Frozen Flowers Curse The Day. We discussed writing music for modern dance companies, his prior efforts with Band of Susans, soundtrack efforts in composing for film and television, his methodology for field recordings, providing music for BBC /PBS /Discovery Channel/ National Geographic projects, providing…
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Jon and Sal return for a best of Summerslam show
This BTB installment is all about the premier showcase of the summer so I had to welcome Jon and Sal back….….Bowks Talking Bouts #100 We talked about our all time favorite Summerslam event, picked who we thought the all time Summerslam MVP is, HBK comedically overselling for Hogan at Summerslam 2005, Chris Benoit’s exploits at past…
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AJ Matthews previews his Bellator 204 co-main event bout with Logan Storley, wanting to tap into that Doc Holliday mindset by growing out his mustache, and how his upper lip garden may have ended a relationship for him
On Bowks Talking Bouts #99, I caught up with AJ Matthews ahead of his Bellator 204 co-main event bout with Logan Storley. We discussed his prep/ thoughts on his opponent on August 17th, going back and forth between 170lbs and 185lbs (2:10), defeating Kendall Grove and how MMA has changed (3:15), overcoming a bit…
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Laugh N Stalk talks the overlap between battle rap and pro wrestling, the hot air balloon battle with Thesaurus,+ LNS’ kushy/ dank idea for a battle concept involving Reverse Live
On this BTB installment, I had a great time talking with KOTD/ GZ battler and Ruin Your Day contributor Laugh N Stalk………..Bowks Talking Bouts #98 We discussed his first exposure to hip hop as well as battle rap, LNS’ love for Taylor Swift (2:41), we discussed the overlap between battle rap and pro wrestling…
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ONE Reign of Kings Q&A w/ Shannon Wiratchai and Eduard Folayang ft. Dylan Bowker
ONE Reign of Kings goes July 27th and the Friday card is stacked. Some of the prime features of this event include Lightweight bouts that could establish the next #1 contender. Shannon Wiratchai takes on legendary submission artist/ former ONE titlist Shinya Aoki and Eduard Folayang steps into the cage with the dangerous sambo practitioner…
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ONE Reign of Kings Q&A w/ Martin Nguyen and Kevin Belingon ft. Dylan Bowker
ONE returns to Mall of Asia Arena and Manila will witness arguably the promotion’s biggest card of the year. Topping this marquee event is a title bout of tremendous importance. Concurrent two division titlist Martin Nguyen is vying for an unprecedented third ONE Championship belt in the main event. Also in the interim Bantamweight title…
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Tanner Boser talks cringe dudes looking for vape pits, possibly competing against Frank Mir in ACB, Danger Cats, and more!
This BTB episode saw the return of top Canadian Heavyweight/ one of ACB’s top contenders, Tanner Boser. On Bowks Talking Bouts #97, Tanner finds it odd that he’s ranked at #2 in ACB, the assessment of Tanner’s performance in beating Chase Gormley at ACB 88 (2:46), his desire to re-sign with ACB and what…
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