Dylan James Bowker

Alex Gluzman on his path to featherweight gold at MFL 19

Alex Gluzman tests skills with ranked provincial featherweight Olivier Poisson for the featherweight title belt at MFL 19. The latest event from Montreal Fight League transpires on Saturday, July 24th.
Gluzman came on Bowks Talking Bouts to cover a myriad of topics including: -thoughts on the Poisson fight coming together
-his history with Joslin's MMA and training adaptations amid a pandemic
-receiving his blue belt ranking in jiu-jitsu and medaling in competition
-having more than a handful of K-1 rules contests
-competing in MMA for the first time since November 2019

Anthony Perosh: UFC career of an Australian pioneer

Anthony Perosh is a pioneer of MMA in Australia. He has competed at both light heavyweight, as well as heavyweight and is a UFC veteran.
Perosh came on Bowks Talking Bouts to give a full career retrospective with notable highlights including: -watching MMA VHS' in 1995 as a BJJ player
-his MMA debut being a one-night heavyweight tournament vs three men
-the timeline of getting the call up for his UFC debut to fight Jeff Monson in the heavyweight ranks
-fighting at heavyweight on huge cards like UFC 61: Bitter Rivals and UFC 66: Liddell vs Ortiz II
-his return to the Australia MMA circuit in between UFC tenures
-how meeting Joe Silva in a hotel lobby lead to fighting Mirko Cro Cop
-his biggest UFC victories w/ a myriad of domestic wins in Australia
-getting knocked out by Ryan Jimmo in 7 seconds at UFC 149. But KOing Vinny Magalhães in 14 seconds during his next fight at UFC 163
-his MMA sendoff at the blockbuster UFC 193 Holm vs Rousey card

Anthony Perosh: UFC career of an Australian pioneer

Anthony Perosh is a pioneer of MMA in Australia. He has competed at both light heavyweight, as well as heavyweight and is a UFC veteran.
Perosh came on Bowks Talking Bouts to give a full career retrospective with notable highlights including: -watching MMA VHS' in 1995 as a BJJ player
-his MMA debut being a one-night heavyweight tournament vs three men
-the timeline of getting the call up for his UFC debut to fight Jeff Monson in the heavyweight ranks
-fighting at heavyweight on huge cards like UFC 61: Bitter Rivals and UFC 66: Liddell vs Ortiz II
-his return to the Australia MMA circuit in between UFC tenures
-how meeting Joe Silva in a hotel lobby lead to fighting Mirko Cro Cop
-his biggest UFC victories w/ a myriad of domestic wins in Australia
-getting knocked out by Ryan Jimmo in 7 seconds at UFC 149. But KOing Vinny Magalhães in 14 seconds during his next fight at UFC 163
-his MMA sendoff at the blockbuster UFC 193 Holm vs Rousey card

Amanda Serrano: 100% submission rate and champion boxer

Amanda Serrano is a boxing world champion across seven weight divisions but also has a one hundred percent submission rate. This flawless finishing metric extends crossing both MMA and Jiu-Jitsu competitions.
Serrano came on Bowks Talking Bouts to cover a myriad of topics including: -If the Valentina Garcia win at iKon 7 was as comprehensive of a performance as possible
-The first moment that MMA emerged as a possibility for Serrano
-Thoughts on Claressa Shields' PFL debut and how it mirrored her own
-What aspects of her training she credits for her increased grappling comfortability
-Fighting for Combate Global previously and Pearl Gonzalez's role in the iKon signing
-Thoughts on the domestic rise in popularity of bare-knuckle boxing as a decorated gloved boxer
-The dynamics of working with her sister Cindy Serrano who also has world title boxing accolades
-Training in pro wrestling with Amazing Red and dreams of wrestling
-The pride in her Puerto Rican heritage and how that galvanized her performances
-Capturing Muay Thai and Kickboxing titles being goals Serrano wants to achieve

Kiamrian Abbasov on ONE welterweight belt and eyeing middleweight gold

Kiamrian Abbasov is the reigning ONE Championship welterweight world titlist.
Abbasov came on Bowks Talking Bouts for the first time and we covered multiple topics including: -when will Abbasov be in the ONE Circle next?
-the champion grit he displayed in his victory over James Nakashima
-fighting in front of no fans. If he's next looking to defend his welterweight belt or if he wants a high profile middleweight bout
-where Raimond Magomedaliev stands as a welterweight title contender
-fighting Aung La N Sang and how it needs to be title fight
-providing his family a great life after his tumultuous upbringing
-Abbasov's uncle Yakub Aliev and the positive influence he had in his fighting endeavors

Samuel Giguere on Islam Taisumov fight at Trophee des Etoiles 15

Samuel Giguere takes on Islam Taisumov on Friday, July 2nd at Trophee des Etoiles 15. The featherweight fight emanates from Arena Du Pays D'Aix in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Giguere covered several subjects on Bowks Talking Bouts such as:
-Working with Prana Family in Montpellier and fighting in France
-This being his first time fighting out of the country
-Competing in France with the sport's relatively recent legalization
-Lessons learned from his last fight at BTC 8 against Cody Kent
-Thoughts overall on Islam Taisumov based on the minimal footage
-His nickname being Goku plus, our mutual love of Rap and Megadeth

Hector Lombard on cruiserweight world title bout at BKFC 18

Hector Lombard takes on Joe Riggs at BKFC 18 on Saturday, June 26th. This prizefight goes down at 205 pounds and is for the BKFC cruiserweight world championship.
Lombard came on Bowks Talking Bouts to cover a few topics such as:
-working with Police Gazette/ BKFC heavyweight Joey Beltran
-Josh Barnett's Poland bare-knuckle bout, the infamous blood-drenched gym fight with Barnett, and if he would want to fight Barnett in bare-knuckle
-Out of the ring respect and in-ring disrespect with opponent Joe Riggs
-His performance last time out against Kendall Grove
-Stories from past sparring partners about Hector Lombard going too hard
-Lombard's skeptical optimism around bare-knuckle MMA

Timothy Johnson on being fully optimized ahead of Bellator 261 title bid

Timothy Johnson takes on Valentin Moldavsky for the interim Bellator MMA heavyweight championship on Friday, June 25th. It all goes down at Bellator 261 from the Mohegan Sun Arena and broadcasts on Showtime.
Johnson came on Bowks Talking Bouts to cover several subjects such as:
-Champion Ryan Bader's light heavyweight grand prix involvement
-This recent career stretch showcasing the most optimized version of Timothy Johnson and the mental game improvements
-The training at Xtreme Couture and preparations for Valentin Moldavsky
-Having a young daughter and the dad energy from Timothy Johnson
-The redemptive win over Cheick Kongo in their rematch during Kongo's big Paris fight