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This weekend the UFC heads to South Korea for the first time for UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal. While the event has had some major injury issues at the top of the card, it still features a Benson Henderson vs. Jorge Masvidal main event and a selection of the UFC's most exciting South Korean fighters, and the first half of this week's episode is a preview of the entire Fight card. In the...

This week Rob is joined by TopMMANews.com's "Big Win" Don Wilson to cover as much of the week in Canadian MMA as they can in thirty minutes. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthletic on Twitter .  

Last weekend's UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm featured a shocking upset in the main event when Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey to win the UFC women's Bantamweight Championship in front of a record breaking 56,000 Australian fans. Needless to say there is a lot to digest from that night, and it takes up a big part of this week's episode. Although overshadowed a bit by the Rousey and Holm media explos...

After a brief hiatus Rob is back, and he is joined by Saturday Night Fights 10 promoter A.J. Scales to discuss how the first ever Pro-MMA event in Regina, Saskatchewan went last weekend. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthletic on Twitter .  

Ronda Rousey returns to the Octagon this weekend for UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm. This will be the first UFC event in Melbourne, as well as the first time that both the UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and the UFC Women's Strawweight Champion will be defending their titles on the same show. On this week's episode we break down all of the fights taking place that night. In the second half of the epis...

This weekend begins an insane schedule of nine UFC events in the next nine weeks. The first of these is Saturday night's UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3 from Sao Paulo, and we are joined by Kevin Ferreira from Fight Companions to help us break down the entire card. Also this weekend is Bellator 145: With A Vengeance, a horribly titled event that looks to feature some exciting fights inclu...

We kick off this week's show by looking back at the results of last weekend's UFC Fight Night: Smolka vs. Holohan, a show that still managed to be pretty fun despite losing both it's main event and the co-main event. Then we get into some recent MMA news including the impending return of Jon "Bones" Jones, a new opponent for Paige Van Zant, legal issues in World Series of Fighting, and Bellator 14...

This week Rob is back from vacation and looks back on the results of last weekend's Hard Knocks Fighting Championship 46 from Calgary, as well as the Prestige FC show from Weyburn, Sasktchewan. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthletic on Twitter .  

The UFC Fight Pass event taking place this coming Saturday has lost both it's main event (Dustin Poirier vs. Joseph Duffy), and it's co-main event (Ben Rothwell vs. Stipe Miocic) due to injury. On this week's episode we preview what's left of the newly titled UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka. Yeah we know. It's not that exciting. In the second half of the show we run down the long list of UFC f...

With no major MMA events this week (other than WSOF: Fitch vs. Okami) and no major MMA news, we had ourselves a Ronda Rousey movie marathon. We forced each other to watch Furious 7, The Expendables 3 and The Entourage Movie, and it wasn't always a great time. So in advance of next month's UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm Pay Per View, check out this week's episode to get our thoughts on some of the bro-ie...

This week Rob is joined by Canadian Lightweight Alexi Argyriou, to discuss his upcoming fight at Calgary's Hard Knock Fighting 46 on October 23rd, 2015. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthletic on Twitter .  

While there are no major MMA events coming up this weekend, we do have the results of last weekend's UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson, an event that featured more than enough excitement, storylines and controversy to keep us busy for a while. In the second half of the show we discuss some of the week's most notable MMA news including the likely opponent for Fedor Emelianenko's comeback fight, TJ Di...

This week Rob is joined by top ranked Canadian Welterweight Matt Macgrath following his huge title victory over former The Ultimate Fighter contestant Mike Hill, at Elite 1 MMA: Fall Brawl in Moncton, New Brunswick. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthle...

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson takes place this Saturday night in Houston, and this week we preview the entire card, which is headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship fight between Daniel Cormier and Alexander Gustaffson.  Whoever wins the Light Heavyweight Championship match may have former champion Jon Jones to worry about in the near future, as Jones will not be going any jail time fo...

This week Rob is on his own, and spends this episode looking ahead to three big upcoming Ca nadian MMA events. There's this Friday night's Rumble In The Cage 51 in Lethbridge, Alberta, this Saturday night's Elite 1 MMA in Moncton, New Brunswick, and XFFC 7 taking place October 9th, 2015 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and...

UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson takes place in Japan this weekend, and the first half of this week's episode is a preview of that event. Well, most of it at least. Even though the UFC are heading to Japan, it was actually last weekend's Bellator & Glory: Dynamite 1 event that really felt like the Japanese fight cards of old, and we recap the results of that monster sized MMA and kickboxing hyb...

This week Rob is joined by Canadian heavyweight Tanner "The Bulldozer" Boser ( @BulldozerBoser ) to discuss his number one contenders fight taking place this Friday September 25th, at Unified MMA 24 in Edmonton. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthletic...

Nick Diaz has been suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission for an unprecedented five years, following his marijuana test failure back in January of this year. On this week's episode we obviously have a lot to say ab out the prospect of spending half of a decade without Nick Diaz. Then we preview the enormous Bellator & Glory: Dynamite card taking place this Saturday night, featuring Tito Ortiz...

This week Rob is joined by Scott Zerr, Director of Media & Fighter Relations for Maximum Fighting Championship & Prestige FC, and the guy's chat about The Prestige FC 1 event in Weyburn, Saskatchewan on October 24th, 2015. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @Banzu...

This week Rob is joined by Canadian MMA journalist Shawn Smith (The Globe and Mail, Fightland, Bloody Elbow and Sportsnet) to discuss a stacked month of September in Canadian MMA. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthletic on Twitter .  

This week we are broadcasting live right in the middle of a university campus, because there is nothing that random students are more interested in than Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson.  During this episode we discuss the results of UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2 from last Saturday night, preview some of the fights from the upcoming Invicta FC 14: Evinger vs. Kianzad event, and then break down so...

UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2 is coming up this Saturday night on Pay Per View, and the main event is a UFC Flyweight Championship rematc h of the most competitive title defense that Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson has had so far.  On this week's episode we preview that fight, as well as the rest of the card including the Arlovski vs. Mir co-main event, Paige Van Zant's first fight on a major UF...

This week we are joined by UFC lightweight "The Quebec Kid" Olivier Aubin-Mercier, coming off of his third straight UFC win last weekend at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliviera.  Olivier discusses when he'd like to fight next, online criticism to his last fight, his Reebok spons orship, the videogame he's currently hooked on, and more.  In addition to Olivier's fight, we also recap the rest of t...

This week Rob is joined by Jamie Champion, the President and CEO of the Prospects Amateur Fighting Championships in London, Ontario.  The PAFC has their debut event this weekend in London, Ontario. Hosted by Rob Veevers. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The Itunes Store , and  @BanzukeAthletic on Twitter .  

The UFC is returning to Canada once again for UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliviera. This event from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan features a lot of the most promising Canadian UFC fighters, so we've asked The Parting Shot Podcast's Carlin Bardsley to help us preview the entire show from top to bot tom. We also briefly touch on some of the week's strangest MMA news including the latest on Anderson Silv...