The Hammer MMA Radio

This week Rob is joined on-air by Yohann Dagenais to discuss Hybrid Pro Series 2 coming up on November 15th in Gatineau Quebec. Later in the show we take a look at the Titan FC event from last weekend, particularly regarding the last-minute cancellation of a Lightweight Championship fight between Mike Ricci and Yoshiyuki Yoshida. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online...

With no UFC event coming up this weekend, we have time to look back at last weekend UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 card in detail, including what may be next for Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. We also take a look at the upcoming all-women Invicta FC 9 card on UFC Fight Pass this Saturday night, last weekend's Bellator 130, and all of the week's MMA news (including the usual hirings, firings, matchm...

Rob is joined this week by Pat Wilson, the CEO of Ryse Management to discuss Michael Imperato's hiring and subsequent release from the UFC.   Also during the show we take a look at Excessive Fight Force event from Alberta, the possibility of amateur MMA coming to Ontario. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports ,  The...

This week we are joined in studio by UFC Middleweight and The Ultimate Fighter: Nations winner Elias "The Spartan" Theodorou.  Elias dropped in to talk about his fight a couple of weeks back at UFC Halifax, and when we may see him back in the cage next. Also joining us in studio is The Hammer MMA Canada host Rob Veevers, and we run down this week's MMA news, including the injury to Cain Velasquez....

It's the 25th episode of The Hammer MMA Canada, and Rob has two guests join him this week. First up is Canadian MMA journalist Carlin Bardsley to discuss the results of last Saturday's Provincial Fighting Championships 3 event from London, Ontario. Amongst other things, that event was noteworthy for being the first post-UFC fight for Jesse Ronson . Then Canadian Flyweight Eric Wilson joins the sho...

This week we are joined by The Ultimate Fighter 20 competitor Randa Markos, who tells us about her quest to become the first UFC Women's Strawweight Champion, and the many obstacles that she has faced to get to where she is today. Later in the show we also catch up with Tom Wright, UFC's Canadian Director Of Operations, and he speaks candidly as always about the company's current Canadian presence...

R ob is joined this week by Adam McEachern, owner of Martial Law Clothing, to discuss the MMA apparel industry in Ontario. Afterwards there's a recap of last weekend's World Series of Fighting 14: Ford vs. Shields from Edmonton, as well as a look at this coming weekend's Provincial Fighting Championships 3 in London, Ontario, and featuring the first post-UFC fight of Jesse Ronson. Listen live Wedn...

This week's guest on The Hammer MMA Canada is WSOF Light H eavyweight Luke Harris, who will be facing Jared Hamman this weekend in a main card fight at World Series of Fighting 14: Ford vs. Shields, airing live from Edmonton. After his talk with Luke, Rob previews the rest of the WSOF 14 card and looks back at the results from last weekend's MFC 41 and HKFC events. Listen live Wednesday nights at...

We're back from Halifax following UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine.  We recap all of the fights from that night and also have post-fight interviews with many of the winners from that card, including Daron Cruickshank, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Paul Felder, Chris Kelades, Albert Tumonov and Pedro Munhoz. Earlier that same morning the UFC had another event, UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story fr...

We are still in Halifax covering UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine, and it's the second of two episodes full of pre-fight interviews wi th many of the fighters competing on that event. This episode we speak with main event opponents Rory MacDonald and Tarec Saffiedine, lightweight division opponents Chad Laprise and Yosdenis Cedano, and rising Canadian Bantamweight Mitch Gagnon. Listen to...

We are on the road in Halifax covering UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine, and it's the first of two episodes full of pre-fight interviews wi th many of the fighters competing on that event. This episode we speak with co-main event opponents Raphael Assuncao and Bryan Caraway, The Ultimate Fighter Nations Middleweight winner Elias Theodorou, and both halves of an exciting looking preliminar...

This week Rob Veevers is joined by Fightland's Shawn Smith to preview some of this coming weekend's non-UFC Canadian fight cards. The guys run down MFC 41 in Edmonton taking place October 3rd, 2014, as well as the HKFC show out of Calgary on the same night. In between, they also get into The Hammer MMA Canada's favorite recurring topic, the Ontario Athletic Commision. Listen live Wednesday nights...

We're on the way to Halifax to cover the first ever UFC event in Eastern Canada, UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine.  Since we will be on the road, this week's episode is up a couple of days early. UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story from Sweden also takes place the same morning, so we preview that card as well.  There's also big news coming out of last weekend's UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso....

Our co-host this week is newly signed WSOF fighter Mike Malott, to talk about his October 11th, 2014 fight against Hakeem Dawodu at World Series Of Fighting 14: Ford vs. Shields. Mike also sticks around to help us preview the pretty stacked UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso PPV coming up this Saturday night. Later in the show we break down all of the week's MMA news including the fines and punishments...

This week Rob is joined by Mark Drummond prior to his fight against Jarid Bussemakers at Unified MMA 20, on September 26th, 2014 in Edmonton. There's also King of the Cage Canada and Prestige FC results, including the unfortunate cancellation of last week's guest Robin Black's retirement fight. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Las...

All three of our regular hosts are back in studio this week to discuss UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson, coming up this Saturday night from Japan. We preview what happens when the irrestible force meets the immovable object, and all of the rest of the matches on a really fun Fight Pass exclusive card. Then we look back at all of the week's MMA news including Nick Diaz's DUI, a notable UFC release,...

This week Rob is joined by MMA fighter and Fight Network commentator Robin Black. They discuss Robin's September 19th, 2014 King Of The Cage fight against Adam Bodwell, his excellent web series "5 Rounds", and his recent appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast. Afterwards, Rob takes a look at the booking strategies and talent development in some of the non-UFC promotions out there. Listen live Wednesday...

Rob's guest this week is BJJ champion Sergio Cunha, from the Tapout Gym in Burlington Ontario.  They discuss working with some of the best MMA fighters in Canada, as well as running a successful MMA gym. There's also a look at the full lineup of October 11th's World Series Of Fighting 14 lineup, and the Havoc FC 6 results from Red Deer, Alberta. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3...

This week we are joined by Last Word On Sports writer Aaron Robbins to discuss roughly one million recent MMA events.  First up we preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski show from Brazil.  Following that we look back at last weekend's head-to-head UFC and Bellator shows. While there were great fights and some intriguing future matchups coming out of those shows, we had a hard t...

This week Rob is joined by Steve Jeffery, host of the regular weekly edition of The Hammer MMA Radio. They discuss the breaking news of the unfortunate injury to Josh Hill that took him out of the Bantamweight Championship match at next week's World Series of Fighting 13.   Then Rob breaks down the rest of the week's Canadian MMA news, as well as how UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine in Ha...

Due to a live scheduling issue this week's episode is up a few days early. It's also a longer show than usual and the first half covers the results of this past weekend's cursed, but actually pretty solid, UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto Pay Per View. Later in the show we preview three upcoming fight cards all taking place on the same weekend including UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi, Bellator 123...

UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Barao 2 takes place this Saturday night. We preview the high-level main event rematch, as well as some of the more interesting fights to look out for on the less than hyped card. Then we run down the week's news including the UFC Mexico lineup, The Korean Zombie's injury, recent Bellator hirings and releases, Titan FC, Lee Mein's arrest, as well as the fallout from last week...

This week Rob's joined by Marc-Andre Drolet to talk about his upcoming Winnipeg event, King of the Cage: Madness on September 19th. Joe Doerkson vs. Tony Lopez headlines that card. There's also the latest on upcoming the upcoming Canadian fight schedule, and some recent fight signings and injuries. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com ,...

There are two UFC events this coming Saturday.  The first is UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le from Macau, China. It starts at about 6am if you have Fight Pass and are a morning person.  Then there's UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Dos Anjos from Tulsa later that night.  We do our best to preview all of the fights on both cards. Well, most of them. Following that we discuss Eddie Alvarez finally maki...

This week Rob is joined by Woodbridge Ontario fighter Alex Ricci to discuss his lightweight fight with Darrell Horcher on August 23rd at CFFC 40. Afterwards Rob runs down the next month or so in Canadian MMA events. 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 .