The Valor Hour

This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s Tim Loy and Justin Watson recap last weekend’s UFC Greenville, Bellator cards, and the Bare Knuckle Fighting card along with looking ahead to the full UFC Minneapolis card headlined by Francis Ngannou and Junior dos Santos.

Also, the guys talk to Adam Denton, who battles David Robins at VFC 61: Fight Night At The Joe July 12th in Knoxville.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s Tim Loy and Justin Watson are joined by Taylor Turner, who shocked the world with her first round TKO of Heather Hardy at Bellator 222 last Friday night at the historic Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Taylor talks about knowing she was going into the fight as a massive underdog and that she was basically being fed to Hardy but they fueled her fire. She talked about knowing that Hardy was coming into the fight looking to take her head off because of her boxing background so she knew she had to get the fight to the ground, which is right in her wheelhouse. She talked about being well prepared, watched a ton of tape, but she worked a lot on being patient, keeping distance, and using her range in training, which was the difference in the fight.

She also talked about the thrill of fighting at MSG, her potential future in Bellator and what’s next, the attention she’s gotten since the fight, training with her teammates and some of their upcoming fights, and more.

The guys wrap up the show by recap the full Bellator 222 card, the Chael Sonnen retirement, the UFC Contender Series, and a look ahead to UFC Greenville and Bellator London this weekend.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s Greg Hopkins is joined by Mark Laws and Jeff Hobbs to give a recap last weekend’s VFC 60: Fight Night At The Joe card and then Justin Watson checks in for a recap of UFC 238.

Before the guys get to the recaps, Greg is joined by Darren Hastings, who is coming off a huge win over Drew Czornohus at VFC 60. Hastings talked about the controversial stoppage of the fight and said that although he likes Drew a lot personally, it pisses him off that Czornohus feels it was a fluke. He also discusses his preparation heading into the fight, what his future, and the incredible story that of personal triumphs that led to this 46 year old getting the win.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge matchmaker Tim Loy is joined by the crew for their “Picks Panel” leading into Friday night’s VFC 60: Fight Night At The Joe.

Before the guys get to VFC 60, Tim, Justin Watson, and Greg Hopkins recap UFC Stockholm and give a brief preview of UFC 238.

Then, Tim and Greg are joined by Mark Laws and Jeff Hobbs to give their thoughts on each fight of VFC 60.

Here’s the card:

Bantamweight Thai – Nick Ferguson v Franklin Brown

Lightweight Advanced Thai – Jose Rodriguez v Joseph Long

Amateur Catchweight – Drew Czornohus v Darren Hastings

Amateur Lightweight – Anthony Rodriguez v Anthony Bryant

Amateur Catchweight – Robert Hall v Josh Miller

Amateur Featherweight – Dustin Morrison v Nick Wigley

Amateur Catchweight – Allen Miller v Parker Wadman

Amateur Catchweight – Akeem McAfee v Coalton Dunn

Amateur Bantamweight – Frank Thavonesiri v Jackson Donovan

Bantamweight Valor Title Fight – Caleb Austin v Amun Cosme

Grappling Catchweight – Keith Olson v Dylan DeAngelo

Pro Bantamweight – Jeremy Rogers v James Adcock

Co-Main Event: Catchweight – Nick Jewell v Greg Hopkins

Main Event: Lightweight – Daishaun Middleton v Arthur Walcott-Ceesay

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge matchmaker Tim Loy is joined by the cutman Mark Laws to chat with Greg Hopkins and Caleb Austin, each of whom have fights at VFC 60: Fight Night At The Joe next Friday night in Knoxville, TN.

Greg is no surprise to The Valor Hour as he normally co-hosts with Tim but this week, the scripts are flipped as Greg joins the show as a guest to talk about his pro debut next Friday night at VFC 60 against Nick Jewell. He talks about how he’s been training for the fight, the year layoff following his loss to Trevor Peek, recovering from breaking both of his hands in that fight, his respect for Jewell, and his expectations for the fight.

Caleb Austin comes into VFC 60 contending for the amateur bantamweight championship in his fight against Amun Cosme. Austin has his sights set on turning pros after a few more fights, especially since he’s been training with many of them, but he isn’t overlooking Cosme at all. He knows that this is a much needed step up in competition and he hopes Cosme is ready to stand up and bang since he’s sticking to his usual game plan of getting after it and being aggressive.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge matchmaker Tim Loy and fight judge Justin Watson are joined by Arthur Walcott-Ceesay, who battles Daishawn Middleton at VFC 60 on June 7th at the Cotton Eyed Joe, and recap VFC 59 that happened last Saturday night at Smokies Stadium in Sevierville, TN.

The guys open the show chatting with the charismatic Arthur Walcott-Ceesay, who talks about his upcoming fight at VFC 60 against Daishawn Middleton. Walcott-Ceesay talks about his expectations for the bout, how he can fight any style that any fighter wants to come at with, how he’s improved his striking, his short term and long term goals in the fight game, his alter-ego “DJ Bout It,” how his given up everything to pursue his fight career, and how he’s “looking to put on a hell of a show, build a fan base, and sell tickets.”

Then, Tim and Greg are joined by Greg Hopkins, Mark Laws, and Jeff Hobbs to look back at last weekend’s incredible night of fights at a wet and wild Smokies Stadium for VFC 59.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge matchmaker Tim Loy and Greg Hopkins are back in the saddle to chat with bantamweight Cody Durden and look ahead to Saturday night’s VFC 59 card of fights at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN.

The guys open the show chatting with Cody Durden, who talks about how he’s trying to elevate his game and evolve as a fighter, attending a recent Bellator event and making a ton of connections that should help him go to the next level with a win Saturday, his expectations for the fight, and more.

Then, Tim and Greg are joined by Mark Laws and Jeff Hobbs to look back at VFC 58 and for their VFC 59 Picks Panel.

Here’s the full card for Saturday night’s VFC 59 event at Smokies Stadium:

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This week on The Valor Hour, Shamir Peshewa, Caleb Miller and Chase Wender are joined by Valor Fighting Challenge 59 fighters Eric Olsen, Hope Chase and David Robins.

Before chatting with the Valor Fighting Challenge 59 fighters, the crew previews Saturday’s UFC 237 pay-per-view. They discuss multiple matchups on the card including the main event title fight between strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade.

After discussing the UFC fights on Saturday and other UFC notes, the crew is joined by Eric Olsen to preview his light heavyweight bout at Valor Fighting Challenge 59 against John Hall. Following the chat with Olsen, Hope Chase joins the show to preview her bantamweight fight against Morgan Hickam. And in the final interview on this week’s podcast, David Robins chats about his fight against James Conway in the main event of Valor Fighting Challenge 59.

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Valor Fighting Challenge 58 will take place on Friday night at the Cotton Eye Joe in Knoxville, Tennessee and get ready for the fight card by listening to this week’s episode of The Valor Hour hosted by Shamir Peshewa, Caleb Miller and Chase Wender.

At the start of the show, get to know about Shamir, Caleb and Chase as they discuss being the new co-hosts of the podcast and they give you insight into their lives.

Up next is the picks panel as Shamir is joined by Valor Fighting Challenge matchmaker Tim Loy, cage announcer Jeff Hobbs, commentator Greg Hopkins and cutman Mark Laws. They discuss all of the fights on Friday’s Valor Fighting Challenge 58 and the panel gives Shamir their picks for all of the fights.

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This week on The Valor Hour as Valor Fighting Challenge matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, and Greg Hopkins recap last weekend’s Valor Fighting Challenge 57: Fight Night At The Joe in Knoxville and preview this weekend’s UFC 236 in Atlanta.

Before that, the guys are joined by Jason Knight, fresh off his debut at the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships where he fought and lost a decision to Artiv Lobov. Knight talks about his philosophy entering the fight, being surprised by Lobov’s boxing ability, his thoughts during the match, and thinking he won the fight but understanding it was very close. He talks about the possibilities of him returning to the promotion and setting the bar that other fighters have to top. He also has a very candid conversation about judging being swayed by a fighter bleeding and how it doesn’t always tell the whole story.

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