Bowks Talking Bouts #14: Victor Valimaki

I spoke to light-heavyweight and heavyweight mma fighter Victor Valimaki. I asked the MFC and UFC veteran about kidney damage from cutting 37 lbs (1:10), fighting for Unified MMA on June 9th (2:10), fighting for free in his next fight to prove a point to promoters that he's coming abck for the right reasons (8:12), thoughts on GSP vs Bisping (12:04), the turning point from training jiu jitsu for fun to becoming a professional full time fighter (13:54), being of Finnish descent and getting a big submission win in Finland (15:47), playing a big role in building up MFC and the overall grassroots mma scene in Canada (17:24), being inactive for three years then fighting mma legend/ a man who inspired him to enter the sport in Dan Severn (19:42), what it was like fighting at a military base during his UFC run (23:02), a detached retina in the Roger Hollet fight that he calls his most painful injury (24:23), taking part in a U of A study on the rate of injuries among boxers and mma fighters (25:42), whether men's mma will get a cruiserweight division in the next few years (27:13), what kind of music he trains to (29:49), the five round war with Lew Polley that he considers his benchmark fight (30:57), and so much more!