The Valor Hour

It’s International Fight Week for the UFC and before he heads out to Las Vegas, Valor Fights President Tim Loy chats about what’s going on in the mixed martial arts community with his Valor Hour co-host Casey Oxendine and they are joined by special guest co-hosts Allan Poole and Mark Laws.

They get the show kicked off by talking about what’s going on in Las Vegas for International Fight Week and discuss the fights that will take place inside the T-Mobile Arena on Friday and Saturday night. Plus, they recap last week’s Fight Night at The Shed and Tim answers listener questions in the Q&A segment.

Following the Q&A segment, Conflict MMA matchmaker Jared Williams (20:49) comes on the podcast to break some news about a fighter that is stepping up on short notice to fight on the inaugural episode of “Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series” on Tuesday in Las Vegas and they talk about the upcoming co-promotion event between Valor Fights and Conflict MMA in Rome, Georgia on July 22.

Then the guys turn their attention to Friday’s Strikefest in Johnson City, Tennessee as they are joined by the promoter of the event, Dustin Long (27:16). For those who are not aware, Dustin is a professional mixed martial arts fighter and he’s putting on a hybrid event that will see MMA, boxing, and Muay Thai fights. Following their conversation with Long, Mike Thomas (44:16) comes on the show to preview his professional boxing debut on the Strikefest card and talks about his preparations for the fight.

Now before the guys give their full preview of Strikefest (1:12:46), they are joined by the two fighters that will be in the main event of the July 22nd fight card in Rome, Georgia as they talk with Kobe Wall (51:52) and Luis Pena (1:03:51). Both fighter talk about their upcoming bout and what they have been working on in their training camps for this matchup.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play

Tim and Casey are joined by special guest co-host Allan Poole to get you ready for Friday’s Fight Night at The Shed presented by Valor Fights. Now before the guys give you the official preview of the fight card, they recap this past weekend’s MMA and Tim answers listener questions.

Following the Q&A session, Warrior FC President Jimbo Collins (17:29) joins the program to recap his event that took place last weekend and talks about what happened in the main event involving Nick Baker and Chachi Tabor. Then the guys are joined by two fighters that will be fighting on Friday night at Fight Night at The Shed presented by Valor Fights as they are joined by Alannah Arnett and Olivia Parker. The guys chat with Arnett (32:16) about her fight in the main event against Emilee Prince and then Parker (39:53) comes on to preview her fight against Tracie Starks.

Following their interview with Parker, they begin the official preview (52:42) for Fight Night at The Shed presented by Valor Fights. Tim, Casey, and Allan are joined by Jimbo Collins to break down the fights and they give their predictions on who they think will walk away with victories on Friday night in Maryville, Tennessee.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play

Tim and Casey start off this episode of The Valor Hour by recapping what happened last weekend at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia and 50Fifty Fight Night II. Then they get into questions submitted online via the Valor Fights social media accounts and one of the questions has to do with rising Valor Fights prospect Ahva Mayi.

After answer the questions submitted by listeners, Tim and Casey have two fighter interviews as they are joined by Kobe Wall (24:21) and Jakob Clemons (24:21). Wall previews his boxing bout on Friday and Clemons talks about his fight against Diego Bautista at Fight Night at the Shed on June 30.

Following those interviews, they preview this weekend’s Conflict 43 and Warrior FC cards that will be streamed on FloCombat. Conflict MMA matchmaker Jared Williams (32:32) joins the guys to preview his fight card and then they are joined by Warrior FC promoter Jimbo Collins (1:00:23) to get you ready for his event that will also take place on Saturday.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play

Tim and Casey are joined this week by Valor Fights cutman Mark Laws to discuss some of the news coming out of the national mixed martial arts scene and they answer questions submitted online by The Valor Hour listeners.

Also on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour, the guys have interviews with Fotini Kandris, Christina Ricker, Stone Beverly, Frankie Padilla, and Aalon Cruz. The first interview is with Kandris (24:07) as she previews her fight against Ricker in the main event of 50Fifty Fight Night II. Following the conclusion of her appearance on the podcast, Ricker (33:47) comes on to give her thoughts on the fight against Kandris.

Up next is Beverly (44:53), who is also on Friday’s 50Fifty Fight Night II card. Then the guys are joined by Padilla (54:51) to talk about his gym, Frankies Body Show COMBAT Strength and Conditioning. And in the final interview, the guys are joined by Cruz (1:06:28) to preview his fight next week at Conflict MMA 43.

Following the conclusion of the interview with Cruz, the guys give their complete preview of 50Fifty Fight Night II and they would like to thank Frankies Body Shop COMBAT Strength and Conditioning for presenting this week’s episode of The Valor Hour on Radio Influence.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play

Tim and Casey are joined by special guest co-host Ben Sergent on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour to discuss some of the hot topics in mixed martial arts including the situation involving UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw.

Then on the interview portion of this week’s podcast, the guys are joined by Adrian Henderson, Chris Buttry, and Carman Carroll. Henderson comes on the podcast to preview his upcoming fight against Brandon Sayles at Conflict 43. Then, Buttry joins the program to preview his upcoming fight at 50Fifty Fight Night 2 against Billy Combs and in the final interview of this week’s podcast, the guys talk with Carroll about his matchup at 50Fifty Fight Night 2 for welterweight title against Jordan Weeks.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play

The UMMAF National Championship Tournament took place last weekend at the Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tennessee and this week’s episode of “The Valor Hour” is the official recap podcast of the event. Tim and Casey are joined by special guest co-host Mark Laws to help break down this event as they let you know which fighters have advanced to the World Tournament later this year in Bahrain.

Now before they get into recapping the event, the guys are joined by four fighters to discuss their tournament winning victories. First, they bring in Genia Goodin (3:24) to talk about winning the female strawweight tournament and what happened in the final of that tournament. Next, they are joined by Billy Swanson (11:29) to discuss the heavyweight tournament and he talks about the head kick he threw in the fight. Then, Chase Boutwell (23:16) talks about winning the bantamweight tournament and how his hometown has reacted to him advancing to the world tournament. And in the final fighter interview, they chat with super heavyweight Michael Snapp (32:38) about winning his tournament and his plans for the world championships in the fall.

After hearing from Snapp, UMMAF South East Director Justin Brown (41:13) comes on the podcast to give his thoughts on what happened last weekend at the National Tournament. After having a twenty minute conversation with Justin, they guys breakdown all of the tournaments and give their thoughts on all of the fights.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play

Tim and Casey are joined by Valor Fights play by play announcer Vince Ferrara on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour to get you ready for this weekend’s UMMAF National Championship Tournament that will take place in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Now before the guys start getting you ready for the UMMAF National Championship Tournament, they hit on the hot topics of Cody Garbrandt being out of UFC 213 main event due to an injury and the incident involving Cris Cyborg in Las Vegas which saw her get cited for misdemeanor assault.

After touching on those topics and Casey asking questions submitted by listeners to the podcast for Tim, they get into the interview portion of the podcast. This portion of the podcast has interviews with six fighters that will be competing this weekend in the UMMAF National Championship Tournament. First, they talk with Nick Jewell (13:47) and get his thoughts on this weekend’s tournament. Then, they are joined by Trea Wills (19:10) to discuss his spot in the bantamweight tournament. After chatting with Wills, the guys are joined by Angelo Rivera Jr. (24:45) and he talks about his preparations for his spot in the welterweight tournament. Next, Quentin Thomas (34:55) comes on to discuss the lightweight tournament that he will be taking part in and then Alvin Miller (40:20) comes on to give his thoughts on competing in the lightweight tournament. And in the final interview, Hawaii Perez (47:48) talks to the guys about his place in the flyweight tournament.

Then to wrap up this week’s podcast, the guys give a full preview of this weekend’s UMMAF National Championship Tournament that will take place from the Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tennessee. They let you know the tournament field for each bracket and give insight into all of the fighters.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play

Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine kick off this episode of The Valor Hour by continuing their preview of next week’s UMMAF National Championships and recap what happened last weekend in MMA.

Speaking of the UMMAF National Championships, Tim and Casey are joined by four fighters that will be taking part in the tournament that will be streamed live on FloCombat on May 26-28.

First, they chat with Megan Poe (20:38) and get her thoughts on what she is expecting next week in Tennessee. Then, Ahva Mayi (26:35) returns to the podcast to discuss his preparations for the tournament. Next, Josh Cumbee (32:17) comes on to talk about his preparations for the middleweight tournament and their final guest is Chase Boutwell (41:45).

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play

With Valor Fights 43 in the books, Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are back for a new episode of The Valor Hour as they will let you know what happened last Saturday night in Corbin, Kentucky.

Now before they get to the official Valor Fights 43 recap, Tim and Casey answer listener questions submitted on social media and then they are joined by UMMAF Southeast Director Justin Brown (5:20) to discuss the National Championships that will be taking place at the end of this month. Following their conversation with Justin, they continue to discuss the UMMAF National Championships as they are joined by heavyweight Billy Swanson (17:28) to talk about his upcoming appearance at this event.

Then, the guys are joined by Kentucky MMA legend Scott Hope and Warrior FC President Jimbo Collins (25:49). They talk to Scott about his fight final that took place this past weekend at Valor Fights 43 and how his fight video has gone viral because of what happened at Valor Fights 43. And finally, the guys give a complete breakdown of Valor Fights 43 and Jimbo gives his thoughts on Warrior FC scoring more victories on the card than Valor Fights.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play

Tim and Casey kick off this episode of The Valor Hour by recapping what happened last week at 50 Fifty Fight Night and after discussing those fights, they are joined by Warrior FC President Jimbo Collins.

Tim, Casey, and Jimbo answer questions submitted by listeners via the Valor Fights social media pages and one of the questions was about which Tennessee and Kentucky based fighters will be the next fighters signed by the UFC.

After answering listener questions, the guys welcome in UFC lightweight Scott “Hot Sauce” Holtzman (38:42). They get Scott’s thoughts about his victory last month at UFC Fight Night 108 against Michael McBride and Scott reveals some breaking news on what’s coming up next for him. Then, the guys turn their attention to Saturday’s Valor Fights 43: Valor Fights vs. Warrior FC as they are joined by “The Asian Persuasion” Jason King (51:37). They get his thoughts on his fight against Brandon Bell on Saturday and he talks about working with Frankie’s Body Shop in Knoxville.

Following the interview with King, Taylor Turner (1:02:07) comes on the show to preview her fight against Gina Begley at Valor Fights 43. They talk to her about her fight against Begley and then they are joined by Knoxville MMA head coach Eric Turner (1:12:26). Eric talks about the fighters he has competing on the Valor Fights 43 event and talks about his top fighter, UFC light heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux. This is an interview you do not want to miss out on as Eric drops some information about how close Ovince was to a fight against Anderson Silva. Plus, Eric talks about his fighters working with Frankie’s Body Shop and how this was a key to victory for Ovince at UFC Fight Night 108.

Then in the final hour of this episode of The Valor Hour, the guys preview the entire Valor Fights 43: Valor Fights vs. Warrior FC (1:25:43). This event will come from the Corbin Arena in Corbin, Kentucky and will be streamed exclusively on FloCombat. Tim and Jimbo let you know what to expect from the fights and explain why their fighters will walk away with a victory on Saturday night.

Follow Valor Fights on Twitter: @ValorFights

Follow Tim Loy on Twitter: @TzLoy

Follow Casey Oxendine on Twitter: @CaseyOxendine

Subscribe to The Valor Hour on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play