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UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje has been rescheduled for May 9th, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida, and it actually seems like it's going to happen this time.  Coronavirus be damned.  In this week's episode we take a break from discussing MMA in a state of quarantine, and instead preview the entire scheduled UFC 249 card, currently including a UFC Interim Lightweight Championship fight between Tony Fer...

As quickly as UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje was announced, it was just as quickly cancelled once the UFC was unable to run their April 18th event in Lemoore, California. In this week's episode we get together on Skype (unfortunately) to discuss the cancellation of all UFC events going forward during the COVID-19 quarantine, and the various positions and reactions occuring in the world of MMA. You...

There may not be any MMA fights happening in the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but the usual players continue to keep things interesting.    In the first half of this week's episode we discuss UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones' DWI arrest and guilty plea, as well as Khabib Nurmagomedov officially confirming that he will not be fighting on April 18th's potential UFC 249 card. In the se...

Since our radio station and studio are under quarantine, it looks like we're doing podcasts from a living room for the moment. In the first half of this week's episode we run down the effects that coronavirus had on MMA this past week, including empty arenas, cancelled shows, and transplanted fighters. Then in the second half of the show we recap last weekend's UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliviera, a...

The UFC heads to Brasilia, Brazil this weekend for UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliviera. Headlined by a Lightweight fight between Kevin Lee and Charles Oliviera, this card looks to be about as a strong of a free TV card as we've seen in a while, and we preview most of the fights in the first half of this week's episode. In the second half of the show we discuss the results of last weekend's UFC 248:...

UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo is over, and we're recapping all of the results from Norfolk, Virginia including post-fight comments from Deiveson Figueiredo, Felicia Spencer, Kyler Phillips, Brendan Allen, Marcin Tybura, Luis Pena, Jordan Griffin, Spike Carlyle, and Sean Brady. Then we have a few words with former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski, who was backstage at UFC Norfol...

We're on location in Norfolk, Virginia for UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo, and in this episode we have pre-fight interviews and comments with Joseph Benavidez, Deiveson Figueiredo, Felicia Spencer, Zarah Fairn Dos Santos, Ion Cutelaba, Megan Anderson, Tom Breese, Luis Pena, and Spike Carlyle, all of whom are fighting on this Saturday night's card. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:3...

The main event of UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker was expected to be an exciting one, and it more than delivered. In the first half of this week's episode we recap the entire event including Dan Hooker's razor close victory over Dan Hooker, Paul Felder's possible retirement afterwards, and big wins for Jimmy Crute and Yan Xiaonan. Then in the second half of the episode, we preview the upcoming...

The UFC heads back to New Zealand this weekend for UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker, featuring a main event between dark horse Lightweight contenders Paul Felder and Dan Hooker. In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card. In the second half of the show we discuss some of the week's MMA news, as well as last weekend's UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2, an event t...

There's more to the UFC Light Heavyweight division this week than just poorly judged title fights, but we do get into that this episode.  First up though, the UFC heads to Rio Rancho, New Mexico this Saturday night for UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2, and we preview that card in the first half of the show. Then once that's clear, we get all worked up about the main event of last weekend...

We unfortunately had to skip our regular weekly episode this week due to illness, but we just couldn't let a Jon Jones fight week go without at least some discussion. So here is a quick preview of UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes on the morning of the fight, and we'll be back next week with a full length regular episode. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www...

Curtis Blaydes picked up a big win over former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos last weekend at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos. In the first half of this week's episode we recap that event, and discuss what's next in the Heavyweight division with Stipe Miocic currently out of the picture. In the second half of the show we discuss last weekend's Bellator event, some recent UFC re...

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos is coming up this weekend, and is the UFC's debut in Raleigh, North Carolina. In the first half of the episode we preview the entire event, including the main event between Heavyweight contenders Curtis Blaydes and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos. Then in the second half of the show....Conor McGregor returned last weekend at UFC 246, knocki...

We're back in studio for our first live show of 2020, and it's just in time for Conor McGregor's return to the cage. This episode we preview the entire UFC 246 event, including the main event between Conor McGregor and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, Pay Per View bouts for former UFC Champions Holly Holm and Anthony Pettis, and potential showcases for up-and-coming prospects such as Maycee Barber and Sod...

Our first episode of 2020 is spent looking back on the UFC in 2019. We run down all of the major UFC fights from last year, from the most improved fighters, to the biggest upsets. We also compare our year of fight picks against each other, as well as to our friends at Sherdog, MMA Fighting, and Bloody Elbow. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.theh...

This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Tenth Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2019's Best Fight, Best Knockout, Best Submission, Fighter of the Year, and many more. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , The Itunes Store , Stitcher , MMAPodcast.com , Player. FM , find  @SteveJeffery on Twitter , or  just email us .

In the first half of this week's show we discuss "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung closing out the last UFC event of 2019 with a huge knockout win over Frankie Edgar, Bellator 235 and 236 from Hawaii, the upcoming Bellator & Rizin: Fedor vs. Rampage, the PFL finals on New Year's Eve, and the announcement of a new fight for the vacant UFC Flyweight Championship. Then, just because, we try to deter...

The upcoming UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie is the last UFC event of 2019. Sure it's in South Korea, and it's airing at 5:00am Eastern Standard Time, but it does have a must-see Featherweight main event between Frankie Edgar and "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung.  In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card, although we can't promise that we'll actually watch...

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington is coming up this weekend, and is headlined by a rare night of three UFC Championship fights. In the first half of this week's show we preview the entire card, including UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington, UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski, and Amanda Nunes defending her UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship again...

After a couple of weeks hiatus, the UFC is back on December 7th with UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik. In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card, including the Heavyweight main event between Alistair Overeem and Jairzinho Rozenstruik, as well as a couple of high ranking Women's Strawweight and Women's Bantamweight fights. In the second half of the show we recap th...

We start this week's show catching up on the week's MMA news, including the announcement of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson, Jon Jones vs. Dominick Reyes, and Valentina Shevchenko vs. Katlyn Chookagian, Kyoji Horiguchi's injury issues, changes to the USADA testing program, Mark Hunt's lawsuit, and some recent UFC releases and retirements. Then in the second half of the show we speak with BTC...

The UFC's run of twelve events in twelve straight weekends did not end on the strongest note with last weekend's UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare. In the first half of this week's episode we recap that event, and discuss some of the week's MMA news including Ben Askren's retirement from MMA, Paulo Costa, and a couple of recent fight announcements. Then after the break we're joined by BTC Fig...

UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare takes place this weekend in Brazil, and it's headlined by Light Heavyweight contender Jan Blachowicz welcoming yet another former UFC Middleweight to his division with Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza. We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's show, including fights for long-standing Brazilian fighters Shogun Rua and Charles Oliviera. In the second ha...

The UFC heads back to Russia this weekend for UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar, an event that looks a lot different today than when it was announced. In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card, including the main event Featherweight contenders fight between Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar, and a Heavyweight co-main event between Alexander Volkov and the...

It almost fell through last week, but as of this recording, thankfully Nate Diaz will still be fighting Jorge Masvidal this weekend at UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz for the BMF title, which is a thing that now exists. In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card which also includes Darren Till's move up to Middleweight, as well as high opportunity fights for Vincente Luque, Gre...