The Valor Hour

This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, and Greg Hopkins start to look back on 2019 to preview the end of the year 2019 Valor Hour Awards!

Also, the guys do a brief recap of UFC San Paulo and start looking ahead to Valor Fighting Challenge’s final event of the year, VFC 67 in Knoxville, TN on Friday, December 13th.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, and Greg Hopkins recap Friday’s full VFC 66 fight card from top to bottom and share their thoughts on everything that went down at the “All Pro Show At The Joe!

Also, the guys recap UFC 244 and give their thoughts on everything that went on at Madison Square Garden in NYC!

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, Greg Hopkins, Jeff Hobbs, and “Big Sexy” Billy Swanson preview Friday’s full VFC 66 fight card from top to bottom and share their thoughts on what will happen as VFC goes All Pro At The Joe!

Tickets are still available at FighterTix.com and if you can’t be there in person, make sure to catch Greg Hopkins with the call on FloCombat!

Here’s the full card:

Catchweight – Majin Durham v James Adcock

Catchweight – Billy “Two Tone” Combs vs Tom Theocharis

Catchweight – Shawna “Bam Bam” Ormsby v “The Valkyrie” Emilee King

Featherweight – Jamie Driver v Morgan Hickam

Lightweight – “The Ninja Turtle” Paul Teague v Logan Neal

Welterweight – Trukon Carson v Arthur Ceesay

Welterweight – Brian “Stone Hands” Jackson v “The Asian Persuasion” Jason King

Lightweight – “Showtime” Steven New v Keith “KO” Olson

Main Event for the VFC Bantamweight Championship: Cody Durden v Dre “Dreku” Miley

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, Greg Hopkins and Jeff Hobbs recap the action that took place last weekend at Valor FC 65 in Nashville.

Now before they get to recapping those fights, they kick off the show by discussing what happened last weekend at UFC Boston and preview Saturday’s UFC Singapore.

Then they are joined by a pair of fighters that will be part of next week’s Valor FC 66 as they chat with Paul Teague and Jason King. Teague previews his fight against Logan Neal, while King previews his matchup against Brian Jackson.

Following those interviews, the crew recaps and give their thoughts on what happened last Saturday night in Nashville at Valor FC 65. They break down all of the fights and have a discussion about the main event between David Robins and Charlie Alexander. After breaking down the main event, Robins joins the show to give his thoughts on his decision victory against Alexander.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, and Greg Hopkins are joined by Bubba Cruz and Kyle Lee to talk about their upcoming fight before Jeff Hobbs and Billy Swanson jump aboard for the Picks Panel for VFC 65 in Nashville Saturday night.

Here’s the full VFC 65 fight card:

Welterweight Muay Thai: Blake Keene vs Cody Smith

Flyweight Muay Thai: Frank Thavonesiri vs Jonathan Guzman

Welterweight: Anthony Rodgers vs Taylor Hood

Bantamweight: Andrew Porritt vs Joey Torres

Lightweight: Mitchell Murray vs Cody Toungett

Catchweight Muay Thai: Andrea Leese vs TBD

Bantamweight Lucas Farough vs Javonte Myles-Trowel

Lightweight: Clay Malone vs Clint Odom

Bantamweight: Kiara West vs Michael Cribb

Light Heavyweight: Chad Finnerty vs Travis Gregoire

Bantamweight: Caleb Austin vs Jose Molina

Catchweight: Jeremy Rogers vs Nathan Lindsay

Catchweight: Zac Ort vs Seth Sirgo

Catchweight: Bubba Cruz vs Kyle Lee

Bantamweight: David Lewis vs Tyler Edwards

Co-Main Event – Bantamweight: Anthony Jones vs Ronnie Lawrence

Main Event – Lightweight Title Fight: David Robins vs Charlie Alexander

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy and Justin Watson recap all of last weekend’s MMA action and look ahead to next weekend’s VFC 65 fight card at the Nashville Fairgrounds Sports Arena in Nashville, TN.

After previewing UFC Tampa, Seth Sirgo joins the guys to discuss his training and preparation for his upcoming fight at VFC 65 at the Nashville Fairgrounds. He talks about his background, his expectations for his pro debut, and what he’s been doing to get ready for Zac Ort.

David Robins, one half of the main event for VFC 65, checks in as he battles Charlie Alexander for the 155 strap. He talks about his last fight, the difficulties of fighting in C4’s backyard, how this is a fight he’s been really looking forward to, and how much he respects Alexander. He adds that while Alexander is really good, he feels he’s the better overall fighter and the only finish he sees is a victory and a first round win would be even sweeter.

Finally, Tyler “Nyquil” Edwards touches base to talk about his fight against David Lewis at VFC 65. He talks about being from Lebanon, TN and fighting close to home, how got his nickname, Lewis’ submission wins, some of the big fights he’s been in, and what he expects to happen in the fight. He says that he may not be the main event but when it’s all said and done, he’ll be the people’s main event.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy and Justin Watson kick off the show looking back at last weekend’s UFC and Bellator fight cards.

Then, the guys are joined by Greg Hopkins to recap the full fight card for last weekend’s VFC 64.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy and Justin Watson kick off the show by taking a look back at last weekend’s UFC Mexico and previewing this week’s UFC and Bellator fight cards.

After recapping and previewing those fights, Tim brings on this week’s guest as he chats with Roy Sanders, Tanner Poe, Greg Hopkins and Shannon Goughary. Sanders, Poe and Hopkins preview their fights on Saturday at Valor FC 64 and Goughary talks about her fight on Saturday at Bellator 228.

Following those interviews, Tim is joined by the picks panel (Hopkins, Mark Laws and Jeff Hobbs) to preview Saturday’s Valor FC 64 and give their picks for all of the fights.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, and Greg Hopkins recap UFC Vancouver, preview UFC Mexico City, and look ahead to next Saturday night’s VFC 64: Fight Night At Soddy Daisy event.

First up, Logan Neal joins the guys to talk about his upcoming fight next week at next Saturday at VFC 64: Fight Night At Soddy Daisy where he battles Tanner Poe. Neal discusses being 3-0 in his last three fights, his training coming into this fight, battling back from an injury that kept him out for quite awhile, coming in as a big underdog, fighting at home, and his expectations for next weekend’s fight.

“El Hefe” Terrance Hodges touches base to discuss his main event battle against “Big Sexy” Billy Swanson at VFC 64 in a heavyweight duel. This fight has been a few months in the making and with Hodges coming off a big win in just 40 seconds, it should be a slugfest. He talks about his last fight, transitioning from pro football to the cage, his training coming into next weekend’s fight, coming in as the underdog, fighting in Swanson’s backyard, and knowing what he’s getting into.

Hodges’ opponent, “Big Sexy” Billy Swanson, who is coming off a devastating loss in his last bout. He talks about what went wrong in that fight, how he’s turned things around and changed up his training coming into the fight with Hodges, and he knows he has a lot to prove. He also says that Hodges is no different than any of his other opponents who question his jaw and yet haven’t put him to sleep.

Finally, “Bloodaxe” Eric Olsen talks about his fight with Ian Stephens next weekend. While he beat John Hall in his last fight, he wasn’t happy at all with his performance so he’s coming into the fight looking to make an impact. He says it’s going to be a fight, not a wrestling match. He talks about his recent fights in bare knuckle boxing, his training for the fight, his opinion that Stephens is a one dimensional fighter, and how fighting kept him out of prison.

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This week on The Valor Hour, Valor Fighting Challenge’s matchmaker Tim Loy, Justin Watson, and Greg Hopkins recap last weekend’s VFC 63 and take a look back at UFC 242 and preview UFC Vancouver.

First, “Stone Hands” Brian Jackson joins the guys to discuss his big submission win in his pro MMA debut over the then undefeated Caleb Miller at VFC 63. Jackson talks about his big the win was and how euphoric it’s been since. Jackson, a former pro boxer, talks about the work he’s put in on his ground game and defense, the difference in rounds in boxing and MMA, being ready for the longer fight, and how he didn’t come to play. He also talks about how he’s itching to get back in the cage and is gunning for the strap.

Next up, Jackson’s training mate, Bradley Breakfield, touches base following his decision victory over “The Sea Goat” Anthony Cochran at VFC 63. Breakfield talks about thinking the fight was a lot closer than the judges had it, the change in altitude affecting him in the cage and not being able to breathe, knowing he was in some tough spots in the fight and battling back, winning the “Fight Of The Night” award, and more.

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