Bowks Talking Bouts #15: Tyrell Fortune

I had decorated amateur wrestler and 3-0 Bellator heavyweight Tyrell Fortune on the show.

 

We discussed how he started wrestling in third grade through an after school kids program (0:42), His start in mixed martial arts training with the Blackzilians (1:38), the stress and adrenaline of mma fighting causing him to drop close to thirty pounds (2:55), Bellator's ahead of the curve grooming process for blue chip wrestling prospects (5:49), close ties to Chael Sonnen and predictions for the Bellator MSG card (9:48), the advantages of Bellator's presentation style as compared to UFC's uniform look (12:05), getting a WWE tryout and gaining respect for what pro wrestlers do (13:47), dedicating his last fight to the memory of his late childhood friend Tim (17:39), crossover combat news outlets getting more mma fans into amateur wrestling in recent years (18:27), the camaraderie of competition in wrestling and how that doesn't exist for him in mma competition (20:08), training to hip hop and salsa (22:07), being a Daniel Cormier fan and thoughts on his summer rematch with Jon Jones (23:04), recapping the Stipe/ JDS title fight (24:08), if he would rather rock a patchy hair style for a year or take another Will Johnson style nut shot (25:50), and more!