Valor Fights 33 Official Card Preview

Valor Fights 33 Official Card Preview

Valor Fights 33 will stream live on FloCombat from Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday, May 14 at 7pm.

May 11, 2016 by FloCombat Staff
Valor Fights 33 Official Card Preview
By Hunter Homistek

LIVE on FloCombat, Valor Fights 33 will invade the Camp Jordan Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday, May 14.

The 17-fight card features some of Tennessee's finest up-and-coming talent, including four title fights (two amateur, two professional). The strength of these matchups alone warrants your attendance, but if you can't make it in person, FloCombat has you covered.

You can watch all the action right here Saturday, as we live-stream the event. Just sign in with your FloPro account, grab a snack and a cold one, and enjoy.

Here's why you'll want to go ahead and do that:

1. The main event is going to rule

There's no doubt about it: Sid Wheeler (4-0) vs. Kendrick Miree (5-2) for the Valor Fights middleweight title is a beautiful matchup. Wheeler is the 19-year-old champion; a fast-rising star on the local scene who's already the second-ranked 185-pounder in the state. He combines a lauded high-school wrestling background with ever-improving kickboxing and Muay Thai skills, and the results are stellar. He's looking at the UFC, and for good reason. He's young, he's hungry, and he's supremely talented.

Miree doesn't care. The 33-year-old was once in Wheeler's position—undefeated, hyped, and focused on a bright future. Then he lost under the World Series of Fighting banner.

Then he lost again.

The fight game can take unexpected twists and turns—a point Miree understands all too well. Refocused and motivated, Miree wants to give Wheeler the same lesson he once learned. He wants to show the wunderkind what it's like to lose.

Miree won an amateur title in the Camp Jordan Arena, and he looks forward to doing it again in front of the youngster's home-state crowd. What will take it—youth or experience? Tune in Saturday to find out.

2. Four title fights

You caught that part about four title fights, right? Oh, good. Just checking.

There's a special little somethin'-somethin' added when a title's on the line, even at the regional level. The fighters get more hyped. The crowd gets more pumped. The ring announcer discovers a new octave in the pre-fight intros.

With the amateur light heavyweight and heavyweight titles, as well as the pro bantamweight and middleweight titles up for grabs, Valor Fights 33 will bring the gold in a big way.

That's just fun.

3. Amy Coleman vs. Annie DeCrescente

Who doesn't love a good scrap?

Amy Coleman (1-0) will face Annie DeCrescente (0-0) just before the night's co-main event, and these two figure to adequately set the stage for the back-to- back title-fight finale.

Coleman's professional debut was successful: a second-round TKO of Jessica Zomcik at Valor Fights 18 in January 2015. Her amateur career, however, saw her lose twice—both times via submission—and now we get to see if she's righted the wrongs in her training or if her past missteps will surface once more. Fun fact: Coleman's second amateur loss came against Colbey Northcutt, sister to everybody's favorite UFC lightweight, Sage Northcutt.

DeCrescente, meanwhile, will make her pro debut. While her amateur career was successful—at one point she pieced together five straight victories—we've seen fighters flounder when there's a paycheck on the line.

Is she ready to make the leap? If so, just how good can she be? She's already ranked fifth in Tennessee's pound-for-pound female rankings. Can she climb even higher? Her journey begins Saturday against Coleman.

Catch it all right here at FloCombat.