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UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Penn is in the books, and UFC legend B.J. Penn went down hard to the up-and-coming Yair Rodriguez. We begin this episode by recapping all of the results from that event. In the second half of the show we discuss last weekend's Invicta FC 21: Anderson vs. Tweet, the upcoming Bellator 170: Ortiz vs. Sonnen, Mark Hunt's lawsuit, and the announcement of yet another UFC In...

The UFC will be returning for it's first show of 2017 with UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn on Sunday, January 15th. This will be the long-promised return of BJ Penn, and this episode we preview all of the fights on the card. Some more in-depth than others. This will also be the first UFC event to feature the 2017 changes to the MMA rules and judging systems, so we try to make sense of the chan...

We're kicking off the New Year on the scene in Las Vegas, breaking down the results of UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey. This episode is sloppier than an Edmond Tarverdyan corner, but we have some fun discussing Amanda Nunes' first successful title defense, what may be next for Ronda Rousey following a second devastating loss in a row, the rise of Cody Garbrandt, some bad weight cuts, some rough judging,...

Ronda Rousey returns this week following a thirteen month hiatus to face UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey. In the first half of this episode we preview all of the UFC 207 main card, that also includes a heated UFC Bantamweight Championship grudge match between Dominick Cruz and Cody Garbrandt. In the second half of the episode we take a look at the UFC 20...

This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Seventh Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2015's Best Fight, Best Knockout, Best Submission, Fighter of the Year, and many more. In the second half of the show we take a look back at last weekend's UFC On Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson, as well as some of the week's MMA news including the announcement of the new UFC Women's Featherweight division,...

We're back from UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis in Toronto, and we have post-fight interviews with UFC 206 winners Emil Meek, Misha Cirkunov, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Viviane Pereira, Matthew Lopez, Lando Vannata, Rustam Khabilov and Dustin Ortiz, along with discussion of the entire night of fights. Later in the episode we briefly look at last Friday night's UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov from...

We are currently in Toronto covering the upcoming UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis event, and this is our massive episode full of pre-fight interviews with many of the fighters competing on the show. Throughout the episode we have exclusive one-on-one interviews with UFC 206 competitors Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway, Donald Cerrone, Matt Brown, Cub Swanson, Kelvin Gastelum, Jordan Mein, Emil Meek, Mish...

The UFC returns to Toronto for the first time in over three years, and we're recording this week's episode a few days early because The Hammer MMA Radio will be there all week covering the event. We start off with an extended preview of the UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis main card, including the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship fight between Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis, and exciting matchu...

The stream of weekly UFC events continues with the upcoming The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale. We spend the first half of this week's episode previewing the event including Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson defending his title against the show's winner, the coaches fight between former former "Mighty Mouse" victims Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejedo, and a solid Welterweight fight beween Jake Ellenber...

The UFC returns to Australia this weekend for UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson. The card was hurt by losing the originally scheduled main event, but the current main event of Robert Whittaker vs. Derek Brunson is an intriguing fight. During the first half of this week's episode we preview most of the fights on the card. In the second half of the show we look back on one of the busiest MMA we...

We begin this week's episode by breaking down the most interesting fights taking place this Saturday during the UFC double-header of UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2, and UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2. In the second half of the show it's our UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor recap. It was an eventful night of fights that featured Conor McGregor becoming the first simultaneous two-division c...

It took 23 years to the day, but the UFC is finally holding an event in New York City. UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor is stacked with must-see fights and we spend the first half of the episode discussing the three title fights on the card including UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor vs. UFC Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez, UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley vs. #1 contender Stephen "...

The UFC returns to Mexico this weekend for The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson. Raphael Dos Anjos vs. Tony Ferguson, Ricardo Lamas vs. Charles Oliviera, and the UFC debuts of Marcin Held and Alexa Grasso should be a welcome sight for MMA fans following the UFC's three week hiatus, and we preview the entire card this week's episode. In the second half of the show we...

It's the third week in a row with no UFC events, but it's been yet another newsworthy week in MMA. In the first half of the episode we talk Georges St. Pierre's declaration of free agency, the release of many UFC fighters and executives, and rumored changes to the UFC schedule going forward. In the second half of the show we take a look back at last weekend's Bellator 162: Shlemenko vs. Grove, the...

With a lack of major MMA cards for the next few weeks, we're taking this opportunity to spend an hour examining some recent MMA news and controversies. We begin the show with the announced return of Ronda Rousey at UFC 207, the upcoming exit of UFC Vice President of Public Relations Dave Sholler, and the issues surrounding NFL player Greg Hardy's interest in MMA. In the second half of the episode...

This episode we are joined by UFC Hall of Famer Dan "The Beast" Severn to discuss how his fight with Ken Shamrock fell apart earlier this year, which opponents could bring him out of retirement, the early days of UFC, his pro-wrestling career including the origins of the infamous WWF Brawl For All Tournament, and his new book "The Realest Guy In The Room". In the second half ofthe episode we we br...

Seven years after their memorable first meeting, UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping rematches Dan Henderson this weekend at UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson in Manchester, England. While the 46 year old Henderson is an unlikely contender, we can't help but be excited for that fight, and to preview the entire UFC 204 card. But before we get to Manchester, we first discuss the results of last w...

It's a rare Sunday episode of The Hammer MMA Radio, and we are joined for the first time by Bloody Elbow and MMA Sucka contributor Nick Baldwin. We begin by running down the results of UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg, and discussing what could be next for Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino. In the second half of the show we get an early start on previewing next weekend's UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs....

Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino returns to the UFC this weekend to headline UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg in Brasilia, Brazil. The first half of this week's episode is a preview of the entire card, including Cyborg vs. newcomer Lina Lansberg, a must-win Heavyweight fight between Roy Nelson and Antonio Silva, and the return of Renan Barao. In the second half of the show we recap last weekend's UF...

With UFC 203 and CM Punk in the rear-view mirror, the UFC moves on to Hidalgo Texas for this weekend's UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson. We spend the first half of this week's episode previewing that event, including a promising Lightweight main event between Dustin Poirier and Michael Johnson, the Middleweight co-main event between Uriah Hall and Derek Brunson, and...some other fights. Then i...

UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem takes place this Saturday night, and UFC Heavyweight Champion and hometown fighter Stipe Miocic defends his title for the first time against the always dangerous Alistair Overeem. We spend the first half of this week's episode previewing that fight, as well as the Heavyweight co-main event rematch between Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne, and the long-promised debut of...

The UFC debuts in Hamburg, Germany this weekend with the Fight Pass Exclusive UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett. During the first half of this week's episode we preview the main card fights including Andrei Arlovski vs. Josh Barnett, Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jan Blachowicz, and Ryan Bader vs. Ilir Latifi. In the second half of the show we look back at the results of last weekend's UFC On Fox:...

Following one of the best MMA fights in recent memory between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, the UFC returns again this Saturday night for UFC On Fox: Maia vs. Condit. We spend the first half of this week's episode recapping some of the finer moments from UFC 202, but mostly we just argue about Conor McGregor. In the second half of the show we preview the entire UFC On Fox event, as well as discuss...

UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor is taking place this Saturday, August 20th. During the first half of this week's episode we preview the Welterweight main event rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, as well as the Anthony "Rumble" Johnson and Glover Teixeira co-main event and Donald Cerrone's third crack at the Welterweight division. In the second half of the episode we preview all of the prelim...

With no major upcoming MMA events to discuss, and with Greg stuck in traffic for the first half of the show, we kill some time looking back at the results of last weekend's UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Cacares. During the second half of the show we talk all of the recent news in MMA including the recently announced changes to the Unified MMA Rules, the increased USADA testing for UFC fighters, G...