The Valor Hour

It’s fight week for Valor Fights as Valor Fight 49: Fight Night at The Shed will take place on Friday night (streamed on FloCombat) and Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are joined by the picks panel to preview the entire fight card.

Now before the complete picks panel joins this week’s podcast, Tim and Casey start off the podcast with the weekly Q&A segment as Tim answers listener submitted questions.

Then it’s on to the interview portion of the podcast as they chat with Megan Poe, Morgan Hickam, and Josh Formont. Up first is Poe (6:35), who will be facing Christina Ricker in the main event of Friday’s fight card. Then they are joined by Hickam (11:19) to preview her matchup against Wenona Daniel at Valor Fights 49 and in the final interview, they chat with Formont (20:56), the Entertainment Director at The Shed about Friday’s fight card.

Up next is the main event of this week’s podcast, the official preview of Friday’s Valor Fights 49: Fight Night at The Shed. This portion of the podcast is presented by TN Top Roller and Tim and Casey are joined by the picks panel (Jeff Hobbs, Sawyer Rich, Billy Swanson, Mark Laws, and Allan Poole) to preview the fight card. Listen to find out who the picks panel picks for Valor Fights 49: Fight Night at The Shed and if you are not in the Maryville, Tennessee area, you can watch the fight card on FloCombat.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are joined this week by Allan Poole to recap what happened last Saturday night in Knoxville at UFC 223 and they have interviews with Christina Ricker, Jakob Clemons, Aaron Phillips, Randall Austin, and Chris Curtis.

At the beginning of this week’s Valor Hour, Tim, Casey, and Allan give their thoughts on what happened at UFC 223 and Tim answers questions submitted by listeners including a question on which Valor Fights vets he would want to see in the WWE.

Then it’s one to the interviews and up first is Christina Ricker (10:25), who will headline next week’s Valor Fights 49: Fight Night at The Shed as she will take on Megan Poe in a flyweight bout. Up next is one of the men that will be in the co-main event of that card as they speak with Jakob Clemons (20:05) about his Muay Thai flyweight title fight against Walter McCord.

After speaking with Clemons, they are joined by Aaron Phillips (27:08) to preview his 160 pound catchweight bout against Chase Wender. Then in the final Valor Fights 49 interview on this week’s podcast, they chat with Randall Austin (34:50) about his bantamweight bout against Javier Carbajal. And in the final interview, they bring in CES MMA welterweight champion Chris Curtis (40:24) to recap his successful title defense last week at CES MMA 49.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are joined this week by Sawyer Rich and Allan Poole to recap what happened last Saturday night in Knoxville at Valor Fights 48.

Now before the guys get to what took place at Valor Fights 48, they preview Saturday’s UFC 223. After they discuss the fights that will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Tim answers listener questions about various mixed martial arts topics.

Up next is the interview portion of the podcast as they guys are joined by Ben Sharp and Rahman Howard. Sharp (12:48) recaps his victory from Valor Fights 48, while Howard (21:31) talks about the victory by his fighter, Martavious Mitchell.

Then it’s on to the main event of this week’s Valor Hour as Tim, Casey, Sawyer, and Allan recap what happened at Valor Fights 48. The guys discuss all of the fights that took place in Nashville and following the recap, Tim talks about some of the matchups that will be on the next Valor Fights card.

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Valor Fights 48 will take place on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee and get ready for the fight card by listening to the official preview on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour hosted by Valor Fights President Tim Loy and Valor Fights color commentator Casey Oxendine.

How before they bring in the picks panel to go through the entire event, Casey opens up the show by asking Tim questions that were submitted by the listeners and the questions range from the Drew Chatman incident at LFA 36 to which Valor Fights veteran would Tim like to see get an opportunity on the next season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.

Up next on the podcast is three interviews with fighters that will be competing on Saturday at Valor Fights 48 and up first is Ian Lawler (8:40), who will be facing Cromwell Stewart in a lightweight matchup. Ian previews the matchup and talks about balancing his career as a fighter and coach. Then the guys welcome Emilee Gettys (17:57) to the podcast to preview her strawweight bout against Shannon Gougary. Emilee previews the matchup, her experience fighting in Invicta, and her recent trip to California to get some training in. And in the final interview, Nick Jewell (28:18) joins the podcast to discuss his amateur Muay Thai title fight against Timmy Eisenbraun. Find out what Nick’s been doing to prepare for the matchup and everything else going on in his fighting career.

Then it’s on to the official Valor Fights 48 Preview presented by TN Top Roller as the picks panel (Mark Laws, Roy Sanders, Sawyer Rich, Chandler Cole, Allan Poole, and Jeff Hobbs) joins Tim and Casey to get you ready for the fights. The crew goes through all of the fights that will take place on Saturday at the Sports Arena at the Nashville Fairgrounds and tell you their picks for the fights.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Casey Oxendine and Tim Loy of Valor Fights are joined by Mark Laws and Allan Poole to discuss head gear and combat sports. Plus, they have four interviews on this week’s podcast as they are joined by Zak Ottow, Lindsey Jones, Chel-C Bailey, and Kelly D’Angelo.

At the beginning of this week’s podcast, the guys look ahead to this weekend’s mixed martial arts action as they discuss Friday’s LFA 36 on AXS TV and Satruday’s Invicta FC 28 on UFC Fight Pass. Then it’s on to the weekly Q&A segment as Tim answers listener submitted questions and one of the questions he answers is about which fight at next week’s Valor Fights 48 might be flying under the radar.

Then it’s on to the interview portion of the podcast and up first is UFC welterweight Zak Ottow (16:15), who is coming off a big win earlier this month at UFC 222 against Mike Pyle. Zak talks about the victory, his experiences fighting in different parts of the world, and being a promoter in the Milwaukee area. Following the chat with Ottow, Valor Fights 48 headliner Lindsey Jones (27:02) joins the podcast to discuss his matchup against Robert Hale. Jones admits that he listened to what Hale stated on last week’s podcast and he discusses what he will need to accomplish next week to get the victory.

After their conversation with Jones, Chel-C Bailey (35:51) joins the program to discuss her matchup next week against Kelly D’Angelo. Along with previewing her matchup against D’Angelo, Bailey tells the crew about her experience on The Ultimate Fighter 23. And speaking of D’Angelo (43:20), she is the final interview on this week’s podcast as she talks about the matchup against Bailey.

After wrapping up the interviews, it’s main event time and the crew has an interesting conversation about head gear in combat sports. Tim, Casey, Mark, and Allan offer a unique look into this topic on whether or not head gear should be required in a fight.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Casey Oxendine and Tim Loy of Valor Fights open the show talking about the latest news in the MMA world and hit on Valor Fights 48, the chances Nick Newell ends up in the UFC, Strikefest 3 last weekend, UFC London, UFC 223, and more.

Then, they chat with Shannon Goughery, who is battling Invicta’s Emilee Gettys in Nashville at Valor Fights 48. She talks about her background as an amateur, fighting at 115 pounds rather than 105 pounds, and how she’s preparing for this upcoming fight.

Next, Robert Hale joins the guys to discuss his #1 Contender fight against Lindsey “Sweet T” Jones, which is the main event of Valor Fights 48. Hale is riding a two fight win streak and has a ton of momentum coming into this battle. He says that he fought a little too cautious in his last fight and needs to be much more aggressive against Jones. He also says he “will finish Lindsey Jones in devastating fashion.”

Speaking of devastating fashion, Logan Crowley joins Casey and Tim to discuss his monster upset victory at Strikefest 3 over Julius Bowling last weekend in his first fight. Being a relative unknown coming into the fight, Crowley talks about his amateur boxing background and his strategy going into the fight. He has a quick turnaround and he is fight Cody Sprague next month at 155 pounds at The Shed.

The guys wrap up the show recapping last weekend’s entire Strikefest 3 fight card from top to bottom with Sawyer Rich and Mark Laws.

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This week on The Valor Hour, the crew recaps what happened last weekend in Las Vegas at UFC 222 and they preview this weekend’s Strikefest 3.

Up first on the podcast is their recap of UFC 222, which saw Cris “Cyborg” Justino retain the UFC women’s featherweight title and Brian Ortega claim a title shot in the men’s featherweight division. The Valor Hour crew gives their take on the fights, plus they discuss what happened in Atlanta on Saturday at the Monster Energy Bellator MMA Fight Series.

After recapping all of those fights, Tim answers listener submitted questions about topics related to the UFC and Valor Fights. Some of the topics in the Q&A segment include the UFC paying Tim Means his win bonus after losing a decision in his last fight and the Valor Fights 48 main event matchup between Lindsey Jones and Robert Hale.

Up next is an interview with Strikefest 3 fighter James Cody Bowens, who previews his matchup against Cecil West. Bowens talks about his preparations for the matchup and following the interview, the picks panel joins the show to preview and give their selections for Saturday’s Strikefest 3.

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The Monster Energy Bellator MMA Fight Series will hit Atlanta this weekend and NFC Fight Night CEO David Oblas joins the Valor Hour crew to preview the fights that will be part of the Monster Energy Supercross event.

Now before they bring in David to preview those fights, they get the podcast started by recapping what took place last weekend at UFC on FOX 28 in Orlando. The panel gives their take on how the matchup between Jeremy Stephens and Josh Emmett ended, Jessica Andrade making her claim as the number one contender in the UFC women’s strawweight division, and Ovince Saint Preux falling short against Ilir Latifi.

After discussing those fights, they turn their attention to this weekend’s UFC 222, which will be headlined by Cris “Cyborg” Justino defending the UFC women’s featherweight title against Yana Kunitskaya. Casey and Tim discuss the fight card and find out if Tim plans to purchase this pay-per-view. Then it’s one to the weekly Q&A segment as Tim answers listener questions and one of the questions was about an under the radar fight at Valor Fights 48.

Following the Q&A segment, Oblas (22:54) joins the show to discuss the Monster Energy Bellator MMA Fight Series fight card. Oblas is working with Bellator to put on this fight card and he gives insight into the four fights that are scheduled to take place on Saturday in Atlanta. Up next, they switch their attention to next week’s Strikefest 3 as they are joined by Julius Bowling, Caleb Miller, and Dustin Long. Bowling (36:39) previews his matchup against Logan Crowley, Miller (43:50) talks about his fight against Bud Cook, and Long (50:51) previews the entire fight card as he’s the promoter of this event.

Then it’s on to the main event of the fight card as the guys discuss the death of amateur boxer Tanner Wray, who was competing last weekend at the Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament at the Knoxville Expo Center. According to the Knoxville Police Department, Wray collapsed around 9:26 p.m. and was taken to University of Tennessee Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The crew talks about this entire situation and what can be done to help prevent this from happening again.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Tim and Casey are joined by a panel of guests to make their picks for Saturday’s UFC on FOX 28 and they are joined by four southeast mixed martial arts promoters to have a roundtable discussion on the ethics of being a fight promoter.

To get the show kicked off, the guys bring in Mark Laws, Chandler Cole, Jeff Hobbs, Roy Sanders, and Sawyer Rich to give their picks for this weekend’s UFC on FOX 28 card. The panel give their thoughts on the fights that will take place on Saturday night in Orlando, which features former University of Tennessee football player Ovince St-Preux.

After everyone gives their picks, Tim and Casey are joined by Dustin Koppel to preview Tennessee Top Roller 6, which will take place on Saturday. Dustin tells you the particulars about the event and other aspects of his promotion. Then it’s on to the promoters roundtable as Tim and Casey welcome in George Shirer of 864 Fighting Championship, Kenny Letts of Fight Lab, David Oblas of NFC, and Andy Hall of Warfare MMA. The panel discusses the ethics side of the promotion business and at one point, the conversation gets heated between two of the four promoters.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Tim and Casey are joined by special guest co-hosts Allan Poole, Jeff Hobbs, Mark Laws, and Sawyer Rich to discuss the what’s going on in the MMA. Plus, they have a conversation with The MMA Lab head coach John Crouch about his fight team among other topics.

They kick off this week’s podcast by taking a look back at what happened last weekend in Australia at UFC 221. The guys offer up their thoughts on Yoel Romero’s TKO victory over Luke Rockhold in the main event and Mark Hunt falling short against Curtis Blaydes in the co-main event of the fight card.

After recapping what they saw at UFC 221, they look ahead to this weekend’s fights as the UFC and Bellator will both be holding events. The Bellator event will take place on Friday night and the UFC card will take place on Sunday. Find out what they think about these fights and then listen to Tim answer listener submitted questions, plus he gives you an update on the upcoming Valor Fights card that will take place in Nashville.

Up next is their interview with The MMA Lab head coach John Crouch. Some of the topics that they discuss with Crouch during his appearance on the show include the new facility that The MMA Lab just moved into, how Crouch met Ed O’Neil, the upcoming UFC card in Arizona, and how Crouch nearly moved to Tennessee. Then it’s on to the main event of the podcast as the guys discuss three hot topics in MMA: UFC television ratings last weekend, potential of Floyd Mayweather vs. CM Punk in the UFC, and Chuck Liddell’s appearance on Big Brother.

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