The UFC heads back to Seattle after twelve years, with a Bantamweight main event of Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong. We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then we look back at the results of UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues, and wonder what's going on with some insane proposed GFL fights. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:…

Both champions defended at UFC 312, so we start this week's show discussing the results of that show, including what's next for UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus du Plessis and UFC Strawweight Champion Zhang Weili. In the second half of the episode we look at the week in MMA news, as well as take a look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs.…

The UFC heads back down under with two title fights at UFC 312: du Plessis vs. Strickland. Will Sean Strickland regain the UFC Middleweight Championship from Dricus du Plessis? Can Zhang Weili defend the UFC Strawweight Championship against the oft-injured but still dangerous Tatiana Suarez? We preview all of the fights in the first half of the sho…

The UFC returns to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a better than usual televised card on February 1st, headlined by former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya facing top five contender Nassourdine Imavov. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show. Then afterwards we take a look at the very strange Global Fight League draft. Catch us…

UFC 311 took quite the turn one day before the event. With Lightweight challenger Arman Tsarukyan out with a back injury, long-time contender Renato Moicano had a last minute switch into the title shot. We discuss that first, the UFC Bantamweight title fight, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of…

It's looking like wrestle-mania at this weekend's UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Tsarukyan 2, is the two title fights are any indication. We preview the main card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half we look at the UFC 311 preliminary card, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm o…

The first UFC event of 2025 is a rematch between Strawweight contenders Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas, and we preview the card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half we catch up on some of the MMA news from over the holidays, but really we're just killing time until the PPV next weekend. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm…

This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Fifteenth Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2024's Best Fight, Best Knockout, Best Submission, Fighter of the Year, Prospect of the Year, and many more categories.. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, MMAPodcast.com, …

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura is the last UFC PPV of 2024, and it's a strange one. UFC Flyweight Champion Alexandre Pantoja defends his title against a debuting UFC fighter, Shavkat Rakhmonov is fighting Ian Garry instead of for the Welterweight title, and there are two completely weird and random Featherweight fights on the main card. We preview th…

We start off the show looking at the results of UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueredo from Macau, featuring a strong performance from former UFC Bantamweight Champion Petr Yan. Then in the second half of the show we talk the week in MMA news, including the 2024 PFL finals at PFL 10, and Conor McGregor's civil trial in Ireland. Catch us Wednesday night…

To no one's surprise, Jon Jones defended his UFC Heavyweight Championship against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309. We discuss that fight, the looming UFC Interim Champion Tom Aspinall, and the rest of the card in the first half of this and what's next for all involved. Then in the second half of the show we talk the week in MMA news, including the upcoming…

It's a big one this week in New York, as at UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic, UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones looks to defend his Heavyweight title for the first, and possibly only time, against former champion Stipe Miocic. We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news…

Neil Magny continues along in his never-ending duty of defending a UFC Welterweight top 15 ranking spot against all up-and-comers. This week it's Carlos Prates taking a shot at him in the headliner of UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates, and we preview that card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss …

Okay, so UFC 308 was nuts. Not only did UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria cement himself with a first his title defense, he also became the first man to knock out Max Holloway. And Robert Whittaker was submitted by Khamzat Chimaev. At least the judging was bad, so something felt familiar. We discuss the results of the whole card in the first …

We start off this week's show looking at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira, headlined by a solid fight between top 15 UFC Middleweights Anthony Hernandez and Michel Pereira. Then in the second half of the show we discuss settlement request statements from the UFC anti-trust suit, the upcoming PFL PPV headlined by Francois Ngannou …

UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. was a land of contrasts. One one hand a main event war where Alex Pereira defended his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against game contender Khalil Rountree Jr. On the other hand, some very rough judging and referee work in some very important fights. At least there's a lot to talk about. Then in the second hal…

UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. is coming up this weekend from Salt Lake City, and we get in the spirit by getting a little salty about some of the matchmaking, but there are a lot of fun fights for us to preview in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we briefly look at the week in MMA news, as well as the r…

In the first half of this week's show we discuss the happenings from UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili at The Sphere in Las Vegas, including two new champions and a whole lot of very fancy video packages. Then we wrap up the show with the week in MMA news, including updates on November's UFC 309 card, and the results of Bellator Champions Series 5:…

This weekend Saudi Arabia presents Riyadh Season Noche UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili at The Sphere in Las Vegas to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. Yes, it's a mouthful. We preview the card in the first half of the show, including the UFC Bantamweight Championship fight between Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, and the UFC Women's Flyweig…

The UFC returns September 7th with UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady, as rising Welterweight Sean Brady looks for the biggest win of his career over former title challenger Gilbert Burns. We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:…

This week Dave and Greg recap the results of UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho, including a huge win for Caio Borralho over the highly ranked former title contender Jared Cannonier. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, …

They took the long road getting there, but this weekend at UFC 305 we get the highly anticipated UFC Middleweight Championship fight between Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. We preview the card in the first half of this week's show. Then we run down the week in MMA news, the upcoming PFL 10 and the results of UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivak 2,…

The UFC Apex Center in Las Vegas really puts the term "Apex" to the test this weekend, hosting the UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivak 2 fight card. We reluctantly preview that event in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the rest of the week in MMA including the announced UFC 306 card, the return of PFL, a…

In the first half this week's episode we run down the results of UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 including UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad, another dominant performance from Tom Aspinall, and Paddy Pimblett's best win yet. Plus, Muhammad Mokaev won so many fights in a row that he's not welcome anymore in the UFC. Then in the second half of…

UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 is coming up this weekend from Manchester, England. We preview the UFC Welterweight Championship main event, the UFC Interim Heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes, the return of Paddy Pimblett, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the sho…