The Valor Hour

This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy is joined by Mark Laws and fight judge Justin Watson to recap last weekend’s PFL 7 and Invicta FC 31 cards and share their thoughts on how things went and if there were any surprises.

Then, the guys are joined by Chandler “The Hammer” Cole, who broke the news that he was forced to back out of his next fight due to a case of shingles. Cole said he’s still battling the illness and has lost 20 pounds because of it. As far as the cage goes, he said he’s really hoping to battle back from the illness and make The Contender Series next month and setting his sights on the 225 lb belt. He also talks about fatherhood, as he and his girlfriend are expecting in December.

Finally, the guys wrap things up by previewing this weekend’s UFC 228 card, both from the technical fight side of things and and from a gambling perspective.

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This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy is joined by Mark Laws and fight judge Justin Watson to recap last weekend’s UFC Fight Night 135 event in Lincoln, NE that saw Justin Gaethje knock out James Vick. The guys share their thoughts on the entire card.

Then, “King” Robert Hale joins the show to discuss his fight tonight in Atlantic City for PFL against Ramazan Kuramagomedov, who hasn’t lost a fight in three years. Hale says that it’s a good thing he’s always ready because he took this fight on just two weeks notice. He also talks about training for the fight, being very happy that the fight is at 170 lbs, keeping the fight on his feet as opposed to Kuramagomedov’s grappling style, how great his experience with PFL has been, and so much more.

Finally, the guys chat with “The Shanimal” Shanna Young. She’s battling Lisa Spangler at Invicta FC 31 Saturday night. Young is coming off a two year layoff after having surgery to repair a torn labrum in her hip. She says she’s coming back a changed fighter in spite of not really changing much training wise, his some kind words for Spangler, talks about her expectations, the change in her opponent in this fight, not being concerned about being rusty, and more.

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This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy is joined by Mark Laws and fight judge Justin Watson to recap the Valor Fights 52 card at The Shed in Maryville, TN last Friday night. Watson was also a judge for the event so he provides an interesting perspective on what went down.

The guys open the show looking forward to this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 135 at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. They preview the lightweight main event between Justin Gaethje and James Vick as well as the featherweight bout between Andre Fili and Michael Johnson.

Case Looper, fresh off his win at Valor Fights 52 over Andrew Sturdivant by split decision, talks about the last minute change to his fight and the changes he went through cutting weight and then putting some back on, getting into MMA after high school, being nervous about fighting Sturdivant, originally thinking he lost the fight, and more.

After their chat with Looper, the guys give their thoughts on the entire fight card of Valor Fights 52.

Here are the results:

Blake Randall knocked off Wes Sexton (Muay Thai)

John Codeville over Payton Hughes (Split Decision)

Cody Linder over Jonathan Romines (Unanimous Decision)

Christian Bradbury over Greg Cook – Muay Thai (Unanimous Decision)

Case Looper over Andrew Sturdivant (Split Decision)

Nick Wigly over Bud Cook on short notice (TKO)

Emory Norred over Joe Booher (TKO – Head Kick)

Travis Chitwood, who replaced Kevin Dyke due to injury, in a Muay Thai fight over Timothy Blevins (KO Of The Night)

Taylor Wilson over Steven Tanner in a big upset (Submission)

Rodrigo Martinez over Joseph James Arden in a middleweight slug fest in the Fight Of The Night (Submission)

Tevin Brown over Fred Harvey (TKO)

Co-Main Event: Caleb Miller over Logan Crawley to become the Lightweight Division’s #1 Contender (Decision)

Main Event: Charles Philpot becomes the first ever Valor Fights Cruiserweight Championship over Chad Finnerty (Unanimous Decision)

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This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy and Ed Kapp are joined by Billy Swanson and Mark Laws to preview the Valor Fights 52 card at The Shed in Maryville, TN Friday night, August 17.

Before the guys get to their Picks Panel, Tim and Ed are joined by undefeated amateur lightweight Caleb Miller, who fights out of KMAA. He’s fighting in the co-main event of Friday night’s card against Logan Crawley. Miller talks about preparing for the fight, how he’s more comfortable fighting from the ground, who he’s training with, feeling great at 155 lbs., and more.

After the conversation with Miller, the guys sit down for their Picks Panel and preview each of Friday night’s fights.

Here’s the card:

Main Event

Caleb Miller vs Logan Crawley

Tevin Brown vs Fred Harvey

Rodrigo Martinez vs James Arden

Steven Tanner vs Taylor Wilson

Kevin Dyke vs Timothy Blevins

Case Looper vs Andrew Sturduvant

Joe Booher vs Emory Norred

Nick Wigley vs Bud Cook

Jonathan Romines vs Cody Linder

Christian Bradbury vs Greg Cook

Payton Hughes vs John Codeville

Blake Randall vs Wes Sexton

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This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy, Ed Kapp, and Mark Laws open the show recapping last weekend’s UFC 227 main event between T.J. Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt and looking ahead to the upcoming action in Nashville with M1 Global USA, NFC 110 in Atlanta, the Premiere Fighting Championship in Covington, KY, and of course, Valor Fights 52 at The Shed in Maryville, TN on Friday night, August 17th.

The guys then chat with Dustin Koppel about National Top Roller 8 at Ridgeland High School in Rossville, GA this weekend. They preview the card, the big main event of Joe Baize and Breck Still, the Adam Fritz/Sterling Peace match, the future of National Top Roller, and more.

Then, the guys talk to Tevin Brown, who is coming off of a “Fight Of The Night” decision victory at Valor Fights 49 over Trevor Peek. He talks about his upcoming battle with newcomer Fred Harvey at Valor Fights 52 and what his expectations are, how his training is going, his uncle Rampage Jackson and the advice Jackson has given him, and so much more.

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This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy and Ed Kapp are joined by Mark Laws to talk about Valor Fights 52 coming up in two weeks.

Before the guys get to this week’s interviews, they answer your questions about the main event of UFC 227 this weekend, whether or not 12-6 elbows should allowed in the sport, and whether people who have violent crimes in their past should be allowed to compete.

The first guest this week is Chad Finnerty, who is battling Charles Philpot in the main event of Valor Fights 52 for the Cruiserweight Championship. The guys discuss his last fight, which occurred at the Alabama Fighting Championship, going back to the basics when it comes to training for this fight, the big difference between MMA and his collegiate wrestling past, and he said that he wants to make sure he comes in ready because he wants to give everyone a show.

Next, the guys chat with Diego Bautista, who is making his MMA debut after 12 amateur fights at NFC 110 in a bantamweight fight against Jose Medrano. Bautista said that Medrano is the perfect opponent for his debut because he wanted to battle with someone with a good pro career for themselves. He said that the biggest change in his training regiment has been sparring in the cage but outside of that, it’s been pretty much business as usual.

Finally, the guys sit down with the other half of the main event for Valor Fights 52, Charles Philpot. He’s coming off of a submission victory over Cal Gill in his last fight and talks about the quick turnaround between that fight and this one. Philpot discusses what weight class he’s most comfortable at, what Chad Finnerty brings to the table, and getting to fight in a main event so early in his career.

All of that and so much more on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour!

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This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy and Ed Kapp are joined by Mark Laws to recap last Saturday’s Valor Fights 51 event in Johnson City, TN and to chat with Angel Natal, founder of M1 Global USA.

The guys open the show by answering your questions about where things stand following Valor Fights 51. They field questions on new Valor Fights Heavyweight Champ Chandler Cole and how surprised they were by his first round knockout of Aaron Bush, Cole Ferrell’s total domination of veteran Joe Pegg, and the status of Charlie Alexander after suffering a broken hand during his bout.

Then, the guys visit with Angel Natal of M1 Global USA about bringing The Rage to the Global Mall in Nashville coming up August 11th. The card is headlined by “The Regulator” Reggie Pena (14-6) battling Douglas “Yamato” Usher (6-3) in a huge middleweight bout.

Finally, the guys wrap up the show by sharing their thoughts on the entire card of Valor Fights 51 and where things may be possibly headed.

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This week on The Valor Hour presented by O.E.B Law, Valor Fights President Tim Loy and Ed Kapp are joined by Allan Poole, Mark Laws, Jeff Hobbs, Sawyer Rich and Billy Swanson to preview Saturday’s Valor Fights 51.

Before Tim and Ed are joined by the picks panel to preview Saturday’s event that will be streamed on FloCombat, Tim answers listener questions submitted on the Valor Fights social media channels.

Following the Q&A session, Shamir Peshewa joins the show to discuss making her cage announcing debut on Saturday. Along with talking about her cage announcing debut at Valor Fights 51, Shamir gives an update on her fighting career.

Up next, Bubby Mitchell comes joins the guys to discuss Saturday’s Valor Fights 51 as he will join Vince Ferrera for the calling of the play-by-play action on FloCombat. In addition to talking about the fights, Bubby talks about fighters he’s working with including Chase Boutwell.

Then it’s on to the official Valor Fights 51 preview, brought to you buy National Top Roller. Tim and Ed bring in the picks panel (Allan, Mark, Jeff, Sawyer and Billy) to go through all of the fights that will be taking place on Saturday in Johnson City, Tennessee and they tell you who they think will walk away with victories at Valor Fights 51.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fights President Tim Loy is joined by Ed Kapp, Mark Laws, and Allan Poole to answer your listener questions about UFC 226, Daniel Cormier, and more. Plus, they have interviews with Chad Finnerty, Trevor Peak, Greg Hopkins, Rodrigo Gonzalez, and Adam Townsend.

The guys kick off the show by answering your questions about Adam Townsend’s long awaited return to Valor Fights for the Valor Fights 51 event coming up on July 21 and transition to UFC 226 and Daniel Cormier’s win over Stipe Miocic. The question posed is Daniel Cormier’s status among the greatest of all time of UFC fighters and his upcoming fight against Brock Lesnar is discussed.

First up, the guys are joined by newcomer Chad Finnerty. He’s making his MMA debut this weekend at the Alabama Fighting Championships 1 against the brawler Trent Anderson. If you aren’t familiar with Finnerty, he comes from a wrestling background where he finished his collegiate career at Purdue with a 192-8 record. He talks about the differences in training for MMA as opposed to college wrestling. He also discusses working with Sam McAlpin, John Fitch, and Trevor Peak.

Speaking of Peak, he joins the guys next along with Greg Hopkins, his opponent in the main event of the Alabama Fighting Championships 1. The guys are fighting at 170 pounds and each showed a mutual respect for each other. Hopkins has been impressed by Peak’s career and said he easily could be undefeated while Peak said that Hopkins has some pretty heavy hands but he’s never been in the cage with anyone quite like him before.

Then, Rodrigo “The Monster” Gonzalez checks in to discuss the change in his fight coming up at Valor Fights 51. Originally slated to battle Chase Wender, he’s now facing Paul Occhino in a total clash of styles Wender. Occhino is much more of a scrapper than Wender. Gonzalez talks about how his training has gone, having to change his gameplan so late in the process, having to go up a weight class to fight Occhino instead of Wender, and much more.

Finally, “Prime Time” Adam Townsend touches base with the boys to talk about his return to Valor Fights. He said he’s stoked to be back fighting for the local crowd again and looks forward to showing some of the new blood that has come in just who he is. At Valor Fights 51, he’s making his Muay Thai debut against Justin Hatcher fighting at 185 pounds. Townsend shares where his favorite and least favorite places to fight overseas were, the weight he’s most comfortable fighting at, expectations for his July 21 fight, and more.

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On the 70th episode of The Valor Hour, Valor Fights President Tim Loy is joined by Ed Kapp, Mark Laws, and Allan Poole to answer listener questions. Plus, they have interviews with Cole Ferrell, Christina Ricker, Jason King, and Aaron Bush preview Valor Fights 51.

The guys kick off the show by answering your questions about this weekend’s UFC 226 main event between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier, the announcement of a Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell fight, and more.

The smack talkin’ undefeated Cole Ferrell joined the guys next. He’s battling “Smokin'” Joe Pegg at Valor Fights 51 on July 21st in Johnson City, TN. He talks about his last Valor Fights appearance back on October 21, 2017 where he choked out Latrel Purdue just 22 seconds into the fight. He says that although Pegg is a friend and is a really good guy, business is business and he will end in the fight in the first round.

Christina “Roadhouse” Ricker checks in next. She’s having her first straight Muay Thai fight at Valor Fights 51 as she battles Julia Moore. She recaps her last fight MMA fight, a win against Megan Poe at Valor Fights 49, and talks about the difference in training for an MMA fight as opposed to having to tightening up her striking for her Muay Thai debut.

“The Asian Persuasion” Jason King joins the show next coming off of a very controversial loss to James Conway a few weeks ago at Valor Fights 50. King talks about the early stoppage in the fight and how he’s ticked off about it but he has to look forward to his next fight at Valor Fights 51. He says that even though he’s battling Jon Hughes, it doesn’t matter to him who his opponent is because no one can stand toe to toe with him. He’s been focusing a lot more on his wrestling skills in training and wants to be known as an all around fighter as opposed to just a striker.

Finally, Aaron Bush touches base with the boys to talk about his upcoming heavyweight title shot against Chandler Cole in the main event of Valor Fights 51.

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