Dylan James Bowker

Liz Carmouche on Cyborg, Ditcheva, PFL 2025 Tournament

Liz Carmouche tests skills with Elora Dana as part of PFL's 2025 World Tournament on June 20th in the co-main event.
Carmouche appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts to discuss several subjects, such as: -awarding out her first blue belt as a jiu jitsu instructor recently, and how teaching grows her as a fighter
-how she felt she was just getting used to the PFL's prior points-based format and thoughts on the new single elimination, defined tournament bracket style PFL is doing for this season
-securing a succinct finish in her last fight inside the PFL smart cage to advance in the tournament
-how being a wife and a mother in recent years has shifted her mentality as a professional mixed martial artist
-having a win over Valentina Shevchenko in MMA, and how sometimes tunnel vision in her own pursuits have ended up in her missing out now watching certain fights that she wanted to watch
-fighting an unbeaten pro MMA fighter here in this PFL bout
-the importance of winning a PFL title someday considering she has already been a Bellator MMA champion and contended for UFC titles across multiple weight categories
-Cris Cyborg being a huge career inspiration for Carmouche
-what Dakota Ditcheva has been able to do in the PFL cage
-PFL getting her tickets to an AEW show and what her thoughts were on taking in the show froma  ringside perspective

DBX 2 Fighter Wants Perry Bout, Moving W/ Aspinall, Dvalishvili and Rountree Training Work

Sasha Palatnikov does battle with Phile Hawes at DBX 2 on June 14th.
Palatnikov appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts and addressed multiple topics like: -finding out about this fight while cornering Daniel Rodriguez, Rodriguez previously beating Mike Perry in the UFC, and wanting to fight 'Platinum' in the DBX ring someday
-Jon Jones having an ownership stake in Dirty Boxing Championship
-the over saturation and monopsony in the MMA industry creating opportunities for promotions like DBX, BKFC, etc to possibly flourish
-being illegally spiked on his head in Karate Combat and the confusion of it being ruled a win for his opponent as opposed to a no contest with a process to appeal the verdict still ongoing
-vehemently disagreeing with Karate Combat's decision in more recent times to include submission grappling into their shows
-his past training history with Blackzilians, Syndicate MMA, etc
-Merab Dvalishvili being a notable name from Syndicate MMA who Palatnikov has worked in the gym with in the context of the incredible UFC championship run that the Georgian has been on
-the old Syndicate training photo with Patchy Mix, his personal experiences with the former Bellator champion, and thoughts on how Mix's UFC 316 performance belies his overall skillset
-Khalil Rountree being one of his favorite people to train with in the context of his thoughts on Rountree's fight with Jamahal Hill
-previously fighting in Gamebred Bare Knuckle MMA, working for Jorge Masvidal while he was in the promoter role, and the rumblings of Masvidal potentially returning to the UFC this year
-wishing the Global Fight League hired him for consulting and his thoughts on the GFL cancelling their May cards as a fighter who was on the promotion's radar
-moving around with Tom Aspinall at Xtreme Couture in the past and thinking that the interim UFC heavyweight champion has the chance to become the GOAT of his weight category someday

Tanner Boser: UFC Departure, PFL Ghosting, GFL Cancellations

Tanner Boser takes on Vinicius Moreira at UAE Warriors 60 on June 13th.
Boser appeared on MMA Canada to cover several subjects, such as: -signing on with Ali Abdelaziz's Dominance MMA as his management, receiving this offer a few weeks ago, and returning after a lengthy hiatus from competing inside the cage 
-receiving a PFL offer when he was fresh out of the UFC and feeling like he was ghosted a bit after PFL acquired Bellator MMA
-the prior processes of preparing for his GFL debut and thoughts on the Global Fight League cancelling their cards in May
-the UFC ending up not re-signing him after beating Aleksa Camur inside the octagon and why he feels like talking about the promotion's sponsorships in a negative way played a role in that
-Not knowing where the line is in the UFC's free speech policies between "Pro-Hitler and The Rock's shoes"
-not having any issues with the UFC directly and how he would be willing to go back to fight for them if they extended an offer
-fighting a former UFC veteran and Jungle fight champion here
-being open to light heavyweight and heavyweight gold in UAEW
-some Reddit users thinking he would pursue a Francis Ngannou PFL fight when he entered free agency and thoughts on Ngannou's coach discussing 'The Predator' being open to a UFC return despite Dana White pretty recently putting the kibosh on that
-how everybody and their dog would want Jon Jones vs. Ngannou but that they would also have a healthy appetite for a long awaited Tom Aspinall vs. Jones title unification bout
-doing some commentary work for Unified MMA as well as Rumble in the Cage and if other broadcasting gigs are lined up for him
-being part of Cody Krahn's food reviews and getting greasy with it
-his experience fighting Andrei Arlovski in the UFC, thoughts on Arlovski's BKFC debut against Josh Copeland at BKFC Texas, and Arlovski's biggest win being against father time
-having his own interest in bare knuckle boxing, being willing to fight in any combat sport that will pay him well, and his old manager not telling him about the bare-knuckle boxing contract offer he received as it would just make him mad
-foreseeing a knockout victory coming in this UAE Warriors contest

Teshay Gouthro on BFL debut, Kwiatkowski Beef, and More

Teshay Gouthro does battle with Josh Kwiatkowski at BFL 83 on April 10th in a featherweight fight.
Gouthro appeared on MMA Canada to cover several subjects, such as: -returning to competition after almost two years on the sidelines
-previously being with Unified MMA and how he came to sign a contract to compete under the Battlefield Fight League banner
-being out in Thailand training at Bangtao Muay Thai recently
-working with Merab Dvalishvili and Patchy Mix in Vegas before
-Mix's dissatisfaction w/ his PFL inactivity since they bought Bellator
-thinking Mix should go to the UFC and how it would be a sad inevitability that Mix would fight his friend Dvalishvili for the belt
-Niagara Top Team fights that are coming up around the same time with names like Zack Powell and Aaron Jeffery working hard
-thoughts on NTT teammate Jasmine Jasudavicius preparing to take on a former champion in Jessica Andrade at UFC 315 in Montreal
-there being talks of fighting Ali Wasuk on this BFL 83 card at first
-some burgeoning bad blood that exists between the two fighters heading into their looming contest in the coming days
-thoughts on NTT teammate Mike Mallott's upcoming fight in Montreal against Charles Radtke at UFC 315
-Dillon Danis not having fought in MMA since Gouthro made his professional debut in the sport at BTC 6 in Burlington, Ontario

Dylan Bowker 107.5 Dave Rocks mock show

I am hoping to become the new afternoon host and music director for 107.5 Dave Rocks.
Papa's looking to get up in that Kitchener and Guelph area and would love it if you gave this a sweet lil listen.

Blake LaCaze on Fighting Former Champ at Last BKFC Card of 2024

Blake LaCaze collides with Francesco Ricchi at BKFC on DAZN 3 on December 21st. 
LaCaze appeared on Bare Knuckle Bowker and covered the most pertinent topics possible ahead of this bout with a former middleweight champion in the promotion.

Caio Machado Sees Striking-Centric UFC Fight vs Don’Tale Mayes

Caio Machado collides with Don'Tale Mayes at UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs Perez on April 27th.
Machado appeared on episode 20 of MMA Canada Radio.
Several subjects were touched on such as: -Being a fighting father nowadays and how being a dad has changed him as a person
-The excitement for a game and experienced Don'Tale Mayes
-The lessons learned from his UFC debut fight last time out
-Gibson's MMA work and journeying outside of British Columbia to Las Vegas for heavyweight-specific work at Xtreme Couture
-Fighting someone who has clashed with former lineal and interim UFC heavyweight champions in Andrei Arlovski and Ciryl Gane
-Representing Brazil and Canada in a strong way within the octagon

Gustavo Trujillo: I'm The "Best P4P Bare Knuckle Fighter"

Gustavo Trujillo collides with Levi Costa at BYB 25: Brawl on the Bay on April 4th.
Trujillo appeared on episode 74 of Bare Knuckle Radio and touched on: -now facing Costa here after the Ryan Barrett bout fell out
-debuting in BYB Extreme after over two years away from bare knuckle boxing
-racking up multiple gloved boxing wins as of late
-beating BKFC number one pound for pound ranked Lorenzo Hunt and if Trujillo sees himself as the best bare knuckle boxer today
-wanting to become a multi-division champion in BYB Extreme
-thoughts on Ike Villanueva winning the BYB heavyweight title
-working with WBC heavyweight title challenger Luis Ortiz
-all of his bare knuckle fights ending via first round knockout