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Last weekend's UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz was a wildly entertaining and successful event. Unfortunately, since their fight it has come out that both Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz have failed drug tests.  On t his week's episode we discuss all of the news surrounding these guys over the last few days. Then we check in with Kurt Holobaugh, who is challenging Desmond Green at Titan FC 33 for the Titan FC...

This week host Rob Veevers is joined by Josh Hill, the former Ultimate Fighter contestant, and curren t World Series of Fighting title contender.  Josh will be facing Marlon Moraes for the WSOF Bantamweight Championship on the main event of WSOF 18 on February 12th, 2015. Also during this episode, Rob previews the rest of the fights coming up on that WSOF 18 card. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6...

UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz takes place on January 31st, 2015.  Former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva returns from a broken leg to face briefly retired former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz. It's a strange fight, but an absolutely intriguing one, and this episode we discuss just where these two fighters are at going into Saturday night's main event. Following that, we break down...

The UFC returns to Sweden this Saturday for UFC On Fox: Gustafsson v s. Johnson. We begin by previewing all of the fights on the card, including the main event Light Heavyweight title eliminator between Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony "Rumble" Johnson. Then we recap last weekend's record breaking UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver event, and last weekend's Bellator and World Series of Fighting c...

On this week's show host Rob Veevers welcomes Battlefield Fight League Featherweight Jeremy Kennedy, who will be facing Mario Pereira for the Featherweight title on January 24th. Rob also runs down the rest of that card, as well as the January 30th, 2015 Hard Knocks event, and February's World Series of Fighting 18: Moraes vs. Hill. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and onli...

UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver is coming up this Sunday night, and We're back live in studio to break down all of the fights including the Conor McGregor vs. Dennis Siver main event, and the Donald Cerrone vs. Ben Henderson co-main event. We also discuss all of the week's MMA news including more on the Jon Jones cocaine story, a ton of interesting fights booked for the UFC Welterweight divisi...

Rob Veevers is back discussing all of the news in Canadian MMA.  This week he takes a look at upcoming Battlefield Fight League, Hard Knocks fight cards, the future of Maximum Fighting Championships, the return of Ne w Brunswick MMA. Also, even though it's not exactly Canadian Mixed Martial Arts news, Greg Persson joins the show to discuss the biggest news story of 2015 so far, the Jon Jones cocai...

The news of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones failing an out of competition drug test for cocaine broke right in the middle of broadcasting t his week's episode.   So in addition to recapping the massive main event of last Saturday night's UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier, we obviously have a lot to say about that surprise piece of news. We also have breakdowns of all of the rest of the UFC 182 f...

This week, host Rob Veevers is joined by World Series of Fighting COO Darren Owens to discuss recent developments with WSOF, the best moments of 2014, as well as the promotion's plans for Canada in 2015 Afterwards, Rob takes a look forward at what else to look forward to in Canadian MMA in the New Year. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma....

The biggest UFC event of 2015 appears to be taking place during the very first week, as UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier is coming up on Saturday, January 3rd.  Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship has everyone talking, and we brought in Stand And Bang Radio's Aaron Robbins for a nearly hour-long preview of the entire card. Following that, we run down some of this week...

Th is week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Fifth Annual Awards Show. As usual we debate 2014's Best Fight, Best Knockout, Best Submission, and many more.  There is also a ton of MMA news including Rampage Jackson returning to the UFC, unfortunate injuries to most of the top UFC Bantamweights, more class action lawsuits, Titan FC results, Canadian TV deals, and more. Finally we take a look back at last w...

It was looking like a quiet fight week, right up until a handful of current and former UFC fighters announced a Class Action Lawsuit against the UFC this past Tuesday. While it's still early in the process, we spend the first part of this week's show discussing some of the allegtions. Following that we look to Brazil for this weekend's UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway, a fun event that also i...

Rob is joined this week by Canadian fighter "The Savage" Nick Hrabec, who will be facing Liam McGowan this weekend on December 19th, at Unified Fighting 21 in Edmonton. In additional to the Unified MMA event, later in the show Rob also previews this weekend's promising Havoc FC 7 and Titan FC 32 events. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma....

This week we have UFC fighter Robert Whiteford on the show and he came to speak his mind.  This is a fun one, so put the kids to bed and tu rn the volume down at work. We also invite a special co-host, Jade Elizabeth Morris, from the UK's Bay TV. Topics this week include the new class action law suit brewing against the UFC, the whole Nate Diaz fight week fiasco, and the weight cutting issue that...

So it's a pretty busy week in the MMA world. This episode we preview both of the weekend's upcoming UFC events, The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale, and UFC On Fox: Dos Santos vs. Miocic. Then we take a look back at last weekend's excellent UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler 2 card, which was a night full of great fights, two Championship matches, a new Welterweight Champion, and the controversial announcem...

This week on Stand and Bang Radio we are joined by UFC fighters Colby Covington from American Top Team, and Mike Rhodes from Roufusport.  Colby gives us a review on his last fight, where he hopes to go in the UFC, and officially calls out CM Punk. Mike "Biggie" Rhodes lets us know that he is going to surprise everybody when he faces Erick Silva at the UFC Fight Night coming up on December 20th.  W...

This week Rob is joined by Canadian Welterweight MMA fighter Matt MacGrath, who is currently on a five fight winning streak. Also, stick around until the end of the show as well for a quick discussion about the completely non-Canadian MMA news story of pro-wrestler CM Punk coming to the UFC in 2015. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com...

UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler 2 is this weekend featuring Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler for the UFC Welterweight Championship, and Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez for the UFC Lightweight Championship. This looks to be one of the most exciting MMA events of 2014, and we break down all of the fights on the card. Then we spend some time on the biggest MMA news story of the week. The UFC has s...

This week Rob is joined by Lightweight fighter Jose Rodrigeuz to discuss Jose's upcoming Havoc FC fight on December 19th against Derek Boyle. Afterwards Rob takes a look at some of the recent MMA news including the already controversial implementation of a standard Reebok uniform for all UFC fighters. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.co...

The Hammer MMA is hosting a brand new show. On the first episode of Stand and Bang Radio we welcome Bellator fighters Liam McGeary and Linton "The Swarm" Vassell, both of whom will be part of the British Invasion event at Bellator 133.  Liam is fighting for the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship against Emanuel Newton, and Linton is facing dangerous striker Sokoudjou. We discuss the boys havi...

A s it's a rare weekend with no upcoming UFC or Bellator events, we spend some time this episode discussing the current state of the major MMA promotions.  We touch on the growing competition between UFC and Bellator, the volume and presentation of televised fight cards, possible market oversaturation, and more. Then we get into more of the week's news including newly signed UFC fights, the Roufus...

Following last weekend's UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt, the UFC has a new Interim Heavyweight Champion. We discuss Fabricio Werdum's big win in front of a huge crowd in Mexico, as well as how the rest of the fights on a pretty solid card went down. We also discuss the results of Bellator 131: Ortiz vs. Bonnar and World Series of Fighting 15: Branch vs. Okami, preview next weekend's UFC Fight Night: Edg...

We have a packed show this week with UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt, Bellator 131: Ortiz vs. Bonnar, and World Series of Fighting 15 all taking place on Saturday November 15th, and we preview all of the major fights across all three events. Also later in the show, our regular guest host Aaron Robbins has a lengthy interview with Jacob "Stitch" Duran, the cutman for the UFC. Finally we discuss the big ne...

Rob is joined this week by Canadian Women's Strawweight Kara Kirsh, who will be fighting Katie Howard at Hard Knocks FC 39 in Calgary this coming weekend. Following that is a recap of last weekend's Hybrid Pro Series 2 which took place in Gatineau Quebec. 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 , a...

It's yet another weekend with two UFC cards within 24 hours.  First up is U FC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping from Australia, followed the next day by UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. St. Preux, airing live from Brazil. We've brought in guest host Aaron Robbins from Last Word On Sports again, to help us preview both shows. We also have a few minutes with UFC Heavyweight Travis Browne prior to his up...