Dylan James Bowker

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

Joey Beltran on making history and Sam Shewmaker BKFC 18 title fight

Joey Beltran is the defending Police Gazette and BKFC heavyweight champion. He defends these prized pieces of hardware at BKFC 18 against Sam Shewmaker on Saturday, June 26th.
I spoke with The Mexicutioner ahead of his sophomore championship defense against the hard-hitting Hillbilly Hammer and Beltran covered a few topics including: -His bare-knuckle boxing hall of fame induction
-Learning the deeper history of the Police Gazette title that he holds
-Finishing Marcel Stamps for that history-making title defense
-Topping the marquee of a card like BKFC 18 with four title fights
-The dynamics of dating fellow BKFC fighter Britain Hart
-Training with Hector Lombard who also is in a BKFC 18 world title bout
-Saw Shewmaker as a BKFC and Police Gazette title opponent 

Alex Martinez discusses Anthony Pettis PFL bout

Alex Martinez vs Anthony Pettis goes down on June the 10th. This is a PFL lightweight clash with an unbeaten pro-MMA fighter clashing with a former WEC and UFC champion.
Martinez came on Bowks Talking Bouts to cover several subjects including:
-what he has been getting up to in the PFL bubble
-the timeline for how Martinez began training with Syndicate MMA
-previous experiences in iKon Fighting Federation and Brave CF 
-initially eyeballing UFC but pivoting his focuses to PFL
-his taekwondo master father who moved from Paraguay to Canada
-finding his passion for martial arts competition living in Grande Prairie
-working with Raphael Bergmann and Bill Mahood at Champion Gym
-how important losing his first amateur MMA fight was for him
-fighting a guy he has looked up to in Anthony Pettis
-fearing losing more than anything else and more!