The Valor Hour

Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine are joined by cutman Mark Laws on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour and the kick off the podcast by recapping what happened this past Saturday night in Nashville, Tennessee at UFC Fight Night 108.

After discussing those fights, the guys turn their attention to next week’s Valor Fights 43, which will be a co-promotion event with Valor Fights and Warrior FC. First, they bring in Brandon Bell about his matchup against Jason King, Next, they talk with main event fighter Dustin Long about his fight against Ben Rowland and then they bring in David Robins to preview his fight against Ryan Driskell.

Next, the guys are joined by Brock Walker to discuss his fight against Mike Thomas on Friday at 50 Fifty Fight Night. Walker responds to comments made by Thomas on last week’s podcast and what his preparations have been like for this fight. After talking with Walker, Tim and Casey talk with Garry Bell about Contender Promotions. Gary explains how he got the Contender brand started and his next event, which takes place next weekend. And in the final interview on this week’s podcast, Casey talks with Helio Soneca about his recent grappling victory and the guys wrap up this episode of The Valor Hour by previewing Friday’s 50 Fifty Fight Night card.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine welcome Allan Poole back to the podcast as a special guest co-host to give their unique look into the world of mixed martial arts on this episode of the podcast.

To kick off this week’s podcast, the guys are joined by Mike Thomas, Shamir Peshewa, Ruben Warr, Lindsey Jones, Ben Sergent and Melvin Manhoef. They talk with Thomas, Peshewa, Warr and Sergent about their upcoming fights, while Jones recaps his win last weekend and Manhoef previews his K-1 show he is putting on this weekend.

Following all of the interviews, they give a preview of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville, Tennessee and they finish off the podcast by recapping what happened last weekend at Valor Fights 42.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine get you ready for Saturday’s Valor Fights 42 as they are joined by Valor Fights play by play announcer Vince Ferrara to give a complete breakdown of the entire fight card that will take place in Newport, Tennessee.

Along with giving their unique breakdown of the fights that will be streamed live on Flo Combat, the guys are joined by Valor Fight 42 fighters Steven Haag and Cole Ferrell. Haag gives his thoughts on his fight against Quinten Culpepper in the main event of the fight card and Ferrell talks to the guys about his catchweight bout against Bruce Duckett.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine kick off this week’s episode of The Valor Hour by recapping what happened last weekend at the Warrior FC show and giving their thoughts on Bellator announcing their partnership with Monster Energy to put on fights at select NASCAR events in 2017.

On the interview portion of this week’s podcast, the guys continue their preview of next week’s Valor Fights 42 on Flo Combat as they are joined by Quinten Culpepper, Travis Conner, Lindsey Jones, John Henning, and Ace Samples.

To wrap up this week’s podcast, the guys give a preview of Friday’s Legacy Fighting Alliance 8 event that will air on AXS TV and give their predictions for the fight card.

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Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine kick off this week’s episode of The Valor Hour by discussing the upcoming 50Fifty Fight Night card that are apart of and give their thoughts on Bellator returning to pay-per-view later this year for a card set to take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Then, the guys are joined by Warrior FC promoter Jimbo Collins to preview his upcoming fight card and the other interviews on this week’s show are with fighters that will be on the upcoming Valor Fights 42 event as they talk with Josh Cumbee, Ahva Mayi, and John Hall.

Finally, the guys wrap up the podcast for this week by previewing Friday’s Bellator 175 as they breakdown the five fights that will be part of the main card on Spike and give their thoughts on what may happen in those fights.

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Valor Fights 41 took place this past Saturday night and get a recap of the event on this week’s episode of The Valor Hour as Valor Fights President Tim Loy and color commentator Casey Oxendine are joined by Valor Fights staff writer Allen Poole to breakdown the event.

After going through all of the fights that took place last weekend at Valor Fights 41, the guys are joined by five fighters who walked out of Valor Fights 41 with victories. First, they welcome in the new Valor Fights bantamweight champion Dylan Cala as he recaps his victory over Chris Wright in the main event of the fight card.

Next, Kobe Wall comes on the podcast to discuss his triangle choke submission victory over Zach Cook to remain undefeated in his young career. Then, Luis Pena jumps on the show to recap his victory over Damir Ferhatbegovic in the co-main event of the fight card.

After hearing from Pena and the potential of having Wall and Pena fight in the future, the guys bring in Jason King to discuss his stoppage victory over David Suter. And in the final interview of this week’s podcast, Chase Boutwell comes on the breakdown his submission victory on the amateur portion of Valor Fights 41.

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It’s fight week for Valor Fights and Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine get you ready for Saturday’s Valor Fights 41. The guys kick off the show by recapping what happened last weekend in MMA and give breaking news regarding Valor Fights 41 main event.

After giving the breaking news on Valor Fights 41, Tim and Casey are joined by Valor Fights 41 headliner Dylan Cala. They talk to Cala about his fight against Chris Wright and his training for this fight. Then the guys bring in Kobe Wall to preview his fight against Zach Cook and then they welcome in amateur featherweight champion Thomas Wooley, who will be defending that title against Preston Schick. Then in the final fighter interview, the guys talk to undefeated amateur Steven Stevens about his fight on Saturday against Bubba Cruz.

In the final segment of this week’s Valor Hour, Tim and Casey are joined by Mark Laws to preview this weekend’s MMA action. Tim, Casey and Mark give an in-depth preview of Valor Fights 35 and they also preview UFC Fight Night 107 and World Series of Fighting 35.

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Valor Fights President Tim Loy and Valor Fights color commentator are back for the second episode of “The Valor Hour” and they kick off this week’s podcast by recapping what happened last weekend at Warrior FC, Bellator 174 and UFC 209. They give their take on multiple fight that took place last weekend including the controversial UFC welterweight title fight and are joined by Warrior FC President Jimbo Collins to recap his fight card that took place in Kentucky.

After having a conversation with Collins, Loy and Oxendine turn their attention to next week’s Valor Fights 41 event that will be streamed live and exclusively on Flo Combat. First up, they talk with Jason King about his fight against David Suter. They talk to King about his preparations for his fight set for next Saturday night and he talks about working with current UFC light heavyweight Ovince St-Preux. After talking with King, the guys bring in Valor Fights 41 headliner Chris Wright. They talk to Wright about his upcoming fight against Dylan Cala and the role Wright had in bringing Gerald Meerschaert to Valor Fights last year. Then in the final interview on this week’s podcast, they talk with Jakob Clemons about his UMMAF qualifier against Shane Shaffner.

To wrap up this episode of “The Valor Hour,” Loy and Oxendine preview this weekend’s events. They discuss Friday’s Legacy Fighting Alliance 6 and Saturday’s UFC 210.

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On the debut episode of “The Valor Hour,” Valor Fights President Tim Loy and Valor Fights color commentator Casey Oxendine give you an inside look into Tennessee mixed martial arts promotion Valor Fights and everything else going on in the mixed martial arts community.

They begin the podcast by talking about what happened last weekend at Bellator 173 and Legacy Fighting Alliance 5. They break down fights that took place on both fight cards and talked about whether Adam Townsend will be able to parlay his victory at Legacy Fighting Alliance 5 into a contract offer from the UFC.

Then the guys begin the interview portion of the podcast as they are joined first by Warrior FC promoter Jimbo Collins to preview his fight card on Saturday, which Tim and Casey will be calling on FITE TV. After talking to Jimbo about the fight card, the guys are joined by Warrior FC headliners Nick Baker and Ken Beverly.

The final two interviews on this edition of the podcast are with Valor Fights 41 fighters Chandler Cole and Billy Swanson. Cole talks about his fight against Phillip McGlothlin and Swanson previews his fight against Kelly Payne in a UMMAF qualifier.

To wrap up the podcast, Tim and Casey preview this weekend’s UFC 209. They break down the five fights that will be part of the main card on pay-per-view and also preview Friday’s Bellator 173.

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REGIONAL MMA POWERHOUSE VALOR FIGHTS BRINGS

“THE VALOR HOUR” TO THE RADIO INFLUENCE FAMILY

Radio Influence is very pleased to welcome “The Valor Hour,” hosted by Valor Fights’ President/Matchmaker Tim Loy and color commentator Casey Oxendine to the Radio Influence family.

Valor Fights, founded in 2007 and based in Tennessee, is an MMA promotion streamed live on FloCombat that takes pride in showcasing the top rising talent in the Southeast while providing first class live events for their rapidly growing fan base.

“The Valor Hour” will focus on the current happenings within Valor Fights, the Southeast region, and national MMA scenes. The show will feature recaps, previews, predictions, interviews, and much more.

“We are very excited to kick off The Valor Hour podcast. Casey and I talk so much MMA anyway, it felt like a natural transition to do this in a public forum where we can engage our fans and keep them up to date on what’s going on locally, regionally, and nationally in the MMA world,” said Tim Loy, President of Valor Fights.

“I have been coordinating interviews with Valor Fights for the past couple of years and I’m excited to welcome Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine to the lineup of Radio Influence podcasts,” said Jason Floyd, CFO of Radio Influence. “Tim and Casey will give listeners a unique look into Valor Fights and Tim will be able to give listeners a look into what goes through the mind of a promoter when putting together a fight card.”

“The Valor Hour with Tim Loy and Casey Oxendine” will debut in March on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and RadioInfluence.com.

The Radio Influence family of shows include a variety of both terrestrial radio hosts and established internet providing a great mix and different perspectives on sports, entertainment, lifestyle, and more. All programs can be found on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and RadioInfluence.com.

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