Bowks Talking Bouts #60: TJ Laramie

I spoke with TKO champion TJ Laramie ahead of his Featherweight title defence against Joao Luis Nogueira at TKO 42.

 

We talked about how the mentality doesn't differ between vying for a title or defending one, the dominant performance in his title winning effort (1:39), working with Jeremy Kennedy and Bibiano Fernandes recently (2:23), feeling supremely confident heading into his fight with Nogueira (3:21), the benefits to his mental game of being put in another main event spot (6:13), getting a lot of online hate from Quebec MMA fans lately (8:03), the plans for TKO to have further drug testing of their fighters (10:38), getting more into country music lately (12:19), living with a young puppy (13:48), why he won't have his girlfriend corner him any time soon (14:38), TJ's efforts as a barber and crazy barbershop stories (15:54), and more!