The Valor Hour

On the 69th episode of The Valor Hour, Valor Fights President Tim Loy is joined by Ed Kapp and Allan Poole to answer listener questions. Plus, they have interviews with David Oblas, Chandler Cole, Charlie Alexander, Joe Pegg and Julia Moore.

They kick the podcast off by getting straight into the questions that were submitted by listeners. This week’s questions range from Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series to the retirement of former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks.

After they answer all of the listener questions, they move to the interview portion of the podcast and up first is NFC promoter David Oblas to recap his event last weekend. After chatting with Oblas, the guys talk to four fighters that will be on next month’s Valor Fights 51.

The first Valor Fights 51 interview is with Chandler Cole, who previews his fight against Aaron Bush in the main event for the vacant Valor Fights heavyweight title. Then they are joined by Charlier Alexander to discuss his fight against Keith Olson. Up next is Joe Pegg, who talks about his fight against Cole Ferrell and in the final interview, Julia Moore joins the podcast to preview her matchup against Christina Ricker.

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On episode number 68 of The Valor Hour, Valor Fights President Tim Loy is joined by Ed Kapp and Allan Poole to answer listener questions. Plus, they have interviews with NFC promoter David Oblas, NFC Fight Night 108 headliner Robert Hale, and Valor Fights 50 winner Greg Hopkins.

At the start of this week’s episode, the guys answer multiple listener submitted questions and the topics of the questions include Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series and if Tim would ever consider offering Greg Hardy a contract to fight in Valor Fights.

Up next is the interview portion of this week’s podcast and the first conversation is with Oblas, who previews Friday’s National Fighting Championship (NFC) 108. Oblas talks about all of the fights on the card including the main event bout between Robert Hale and John Cobb.

And speaking of Hale, he’s the next interview as he joins the guys to discuss his rematch against Cobb. The first meeting against Cobb comes up in the conversation with Hale and he also talks about what the future could hold for him. Then in the final interview, Hopkins jumps on the show to discuss his recent win at Valor Fights 50 and his background in wrestling.

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Get a recap of last week’s Valor Fights 50 as Tim Loy is joined by Ed Kapp, Billy Swanson, Chandler Cole, and Allan Poole to discuss what happened in Knoxville last Saturday night.

Now before they get into the Valor Fights 50 recap, the guys start off this week’s by answering listener submitted questions which range from last week’s UFC 225 to which professional wrestlers they would like see compete inside the Valor Fights cage.

Following the Q&A segment, the guys get into all of the fights that took place at Valor Fights 50. From the opening fight to the main event, the guys touch on all of the fights and they are joined by Sam McAlpin, who defeated Frankie Padilla on the fight card.

After they recapped all of the fights, Tim brings in Dustin Koppel of Tennessee Top Roller to preview his next event, which is next Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee.

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It’s fight week as Valor Fights 50 will take place on Saturday night in Knoxville, Tennessee and get ready for the event by listening to this week’s episode of The Valor Hour.

Tim Loy is joined by Ed Kapp, Mark Laws, and Allan Poole at the beginning of the show to answer listener questions, which includes a question from a listener about weight cutting and what could be done to ensure fighters are coming in on weight and healthy.

Up next is the interview portion of the podcast as the guys have conversations with Frankie Padilla, Javier Carbajal, Chase Boutwell and Van Hickman. The first interview is with Padilla, who will be facing Sam McAlpin in a amateur heavyweight fight on Saturday night at Valor Fights 50. He speaks about deciding to take an amateur fight, working with Knoxville Mixed Martial Arts, and his matchup against McAlpin.

Then they are joined by Boutwell, who will be defending the Valor Fights amateur bantamweight title against Carbajal. Boutwell talks about his fight on Saturday and being a two-time national amateur champion. Following the conversation with Boutwell, Carbajal comes on to give his thoughts on the fight. Along with talking about the fight, he talked about his wrestling background and being excited for the challenge in fighting Boutwell for the Valor Fights title. And in the final interview on this week’s podcast, new Valor Fights cage announcer Van Hickman joins the show to discuss how he got into being a MMA cage announcer and being a stand-up comedian.

After having their chat with Hickman, it’s on to the main event of this week’s podcast as the picks panel (Mark Laws, Allan Poole, Billy Swanson, Sawyer Rich, and Jeff Hobbs) tell you their picks for the eleven fight card that will take place inside The International in Knoxville on Saturday night.

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Tim Loy is joined this week by Allan Poole, Mark Laws, Jeff Hobbs, Billy Swanson, and Sawyer Rich to get you ready for this week’s Showcase MMA in Johnson City, Tennessee. Along with previewing that fight card, the guys have interviews with Jason King, James Conway, Jennifer Hauss Nixon, and Dustin Long.

Now before they get to the interviews and the picks panel for Showcase MMA, Tim kicks off the show by answering listener submitted questions. This week’s questions range from fighters missing weight, who will win in the main event of Friday’s UFC fight card, and what fans can expect to see at Valor Fights 51.

Following the Q&A segment, it’s on to the interviews and up first is Jason King (6:18), who will be fighting for the Valor Fights welterweight title next Saturday night in the main event of Valor Fights 50 against James Conway. After King’s appearance on the show, Conway (17:23) comes on to give his thoughts on the matchup. Then the guys are joined by Jennifer Hauss Nixon (23:03), who will be in the co-main event of Valor Fights 50. And in the final interview, Dustin Long (29:05) comes on to discuss the recent Strikefest event and his upcoming boxing match.

After chatting with Long, it’s main event time as Tim is joined by the entire picks panel to preview this weekend’s Showcase MMA in Johnson City. They go through the entire fight card and the entire picks panel gives you their picks for all of the matchups that will be part of Showcase MMA.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine of Valor Fights are back with an all new episode of The Valor Hour. Tim is actually in Las Vegas this week with Chandler Cole for his tryout for The Ultimate Fighter. The guys will be joined by Preston Schick, Mike Douglas, Brett Bryan, and Cole who talks about his experience.

The guys open the show with their Q&A segment where they discuss Cole’s tryout, what it’s like to try to find a replacement fighter on short notice, and the big TV deal that UFC just signed with ESPN.

Featherweight Preston “The Ice Pick” Schick kicks off the interview portion of the show (7:06) by talking about his upcoming fight on June 2nd at Showcase MMA in his first Main Event against Da’Quane Sutton. Although he hasn’t had an official fight in 10 months, he’s been busy working to improve his ground work and his grappling.

Next, Mike Douglas (13:57), who is on a two fight win streak by finish, battles Logan Crowley, who is also on a two fight win streak by finish, at Valor Fights 50 coming up June 9th. Douglas is really confident going into the fight and says that it will be a fight that will be talked about for a long time.

Chandler “The Hammer” Cole joins the show next (19:26) to talk about his experience in Las Vegas at The Ultimate Fighter tryouts. Cole looked phenomenal but wasn’t chosen. It was quite a learning experience for Cole who talks about being surprised he wasn’t chosen for the show, meeting Cris Cyborg, and staying behind in Las Vegas to train.

Finally, heavyweight Brett Bryan checks in (25:27) to talk about his Muay Thai debut at Showcase MMA on June 2nd against Adam Williams. He talks about what to expect from the fight, working hard to be technically sound, and whether or not MMA is in his future.

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On this week’s episode of The Valor Hour, Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are joined by special guest co-host Allan Poole to discuss the latest in mixed martial arts and they have interviews with Chandler Cole, Jenna Baines, Brandon Watts, and Joseph Long.

At the beginning of the podcast, the guys take a look back at last weekend’s mixed martial arts action as they discuss UFC 224 and Bellator 199. They talk about the controversy surrounding Raquel Pennington in the main event of UFC 224 and Ryan Bader’s 15-second win against King Mo Lawal in the main event of Bellator 199. Then it’s on to the weekly Q&A segment as Tim answers listener questions submitted on social media.

Up next is the interview portion of the show and up first is Valor Fights vet Chandler Cole (17:59) to discuss his decision to try out for The Ultimate Fighter 28 next week in Las Vegas. Then they are joined by Jenna Baines (26:00) to talk about her Muay Thai bout against Jordan Sexton at Showcase MMA on June 2. Speaking of Showcase MMA, up next is Brandon Watts (29:56) to preview the event. And in the final interview, Joseph Long (39:24) comes on to preview his upcoming fight at Valor Fights 50 against Caleb Miller.

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Get a recap of last week’s Strikefest 4 on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour, plus the guys are joined by The Ultimate Fighter 27 contestant Luis Pena.

Before they get to the Strikefest 4 Recap and the interview with Pena, Casey Oxendine gets the show started by getting into the weekly Q&A segment as Valor Fights President Tim Loy answers listener submitted questions.

Up next is the interview with Pena (5:04), who was part of Team Cormier on the current season of The Ultimate Fighter. He talks about his experience on the show and what’s happened so far this season.

Following the conversation with Pena, the interviews roll on as the guys chat with Strikefest 4 winning fighters David Robins (16:28), Andrew Graves (22:47), and Aaron Phillips (28:42). After those interviews, Billy Swanson and Mark Laws join Tim and Casey to recap everything that happened last weekend in Johnson City, Tennessee at Strikefest 4.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are on the road this week podcasting from Johnson City, TN., home of this weekend’s Strike Fest 4 event. The guys are joined by “The Usual Suspects” of Allan Poole, Jeff Hobbs, Sawyer Rich, Mark Laws, and Billy Swanson for the breakdown of each fight and their predictions as to how things will play out.

Tim and Casey also answer your questions about Chandler Cole and The Ultimate Fighter and the upcoming Valor Fights 50 event coming up on June 9th at “The International” venue in Knoxville, TN.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are joined this week by Mark Laws and Billy Swanson to recap last week’s Valor Fights 49: Fight Night at the Shed. Along with recapping the fight card and previewing Saturday’s Bellator 149, the crew talks about the judging criteria in mixed martial arts competition.

In the opening round of this week’s podcast, the guys get straight into the recap of Valor Fights 49: Fight Night at the Shed. They breakdown the entire fight card and offer up their thoughts on how the fights went down. Following their recap of Valor Fights 49, they preview Saturday’s Bellator 198: Fedor vs. Mir, and Tim answers listener questions during the weekly Q&A segment. Then it’s on to the main event as Tim, Casey, Mark, and Billy have a debate about the current state of mixed martial arts judging criteria and each offer up their unique view on this topic.

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