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Following weeks of mainstream hype, the Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier fight at UFC 178 has been delayed until 2015. We spend some time figuring out what impact this will have on the next few UFC cards (and it doesn't look good). There's also a bunch of other news including a rumored play for Gina Carano by Bellator, and War Machine being on the run yet again. Also the UFC returns this Saturday nigh...

Rob's guest this week is 8-2 Burlington Ontario current Lightweight Ryan Dickson, who is fighting Avery MCPhatter at King of the Beach on August 23rd in Maine. They discuss changing weight classes, Ryan's World Series of Fighting experience, and training here in 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...

With last Saturday's ill-fated UFC 176 show cancelled we are left with no UFC cards to discuss this week. That's a rare event these days.  We do have Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier mixing it up at a press conference, and spend the first half of this week's show discussing all of the pushing, set breaking and shoe-throwing that is currently leading up to UFC 178: Jones vs. Cormier on September 27th....

This week Rob is joined on-air by Jesse Fox and Ryan Machan of Havoc FC to discuss their next event out of Red Deer, Alberta on September 5th, 2014. There's also some new information on the upcoming World Series of Fighting show in Edmonton including a Ryan Ford vs. Jake Shields main event. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Wo...

It was a big week in MMA news. Both Nick Diaz and Anderson Silva are returning to the UFC, and they are fighting each other. Also, Jon Jones is arguing with his new opponent Daniel Cormier, Aldo vs. Mendes 2 is still happening, Frankie Edgar may or may not be fighting Cub Swanson, Marlon Moraes is fighting Josh Hill on NBC, and Joe Riggs accidentally shot himself. We also recap the mostly fun UFC...

Rob is joined this week by Chris Kelades, coming right off of his win over Adrian Woolley at Extreme Cage Combat 21 in Halifax last weekend. Kelades is currently the ranked as the #2 Flyweight in Canada. 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 .  

UFC On Fox 12: Lawler vs. Brown takes place this Saturday night, and obviously we are excited for the potential violence that the main event promises. We spend in the first half of this episode previewing all of the matches on the show. Then we get into the week's MMA news including Vitor Belfort's conditional license to fight for the UFC Middleweight title, Bellator 122, last week's UFC results a...

This week Rob is joined by Jay Peacock, owner of the Fight Planet store in Hamilton, Ontario, as well as the co-host of The MMA Cave. The guys talk about MMA retail, the signature shirt market, the rumor of official UFC uniforms and the state of MMA in 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 Itunes Sto...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Ireland for the first time in five years, for UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao. We break down all of the fights and make our predictions on what looks like an action packed event. We also cover all of the week's MMA news in the second half of the episode, including Demetrious Johnson's next opponent, Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes' war of words, Ali Ba...

We are joined this week by top Canadian Featherweight Lyndon Whitlock, who will be facing Michael Spoenlein in the main event of Extreme Cage Combat 21 in Halifax on July 26th. Rob also talks about the rest of the fights on that card, the web series From The Cubicle To The Cage, and the lack of fight cards in Ontario this summer. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online...

UFC Champions Chris Weidman and Ronda Rousey retained their respective titles last weekend at UFC 175 and we discuss their matches, all of the other fights from that night, Stefan Struve's medical issue, and the event's biggest villain of all...the production truck guy. We also recap The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale, BJ Penn's likely retirement, the death of UFC 176, UFC events fleeing Canada, Domin...

This week on The Hammer MMA Canada, we're joined this week by top Canadian Flyweight Adrian "The Bully" Woolley to discuss his upcoming fight in Halifax on July 26th, at ECC 21. Also, Rob quickly discusses the retirements of BJ Penn and Jens Pulver, both announced last weekend. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports...

UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida is coming up this Saturday night, and in addition to the Middleweight Championship fight, there's also a Ronda Rousey UFC Women's Bantamweight title defense against Alexis Davis. We brought in Bloody Elbow's Karim Zidan to help us preview the entire card, as well as get his thoughts on the latest Chael Sonnen drug test failure. In the second half of the show we discuss...

Rob is joined this week by one of the busiest guys in the MMA business, Chad Elliott. Chad is the owner of Fighter's Edge Management, and CEO of the Fear The Fighter Training Academy in Kitchener, Ontario.  They discuss a ton of various MMA-related projects that Chad is currently involved in. Also there's a look at World Series of Fighting 11: Gaethje vs. Newell coming up this Saturday afternoon o...

It's our 200th episode, and this Saturday the UFC is giving us two UFC events on the same day. Is it too late to send one back?  Seriously though, there are a bunch of solid fights on UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt, and UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens, and we preview all of them. Some more in-depth than others. Then we get into some of the week's news, including a ton of Bellator cut...

For the first time since the show started there are no local MMA events to discuss, but Rob is joined in studio by 3-1 Canadian Middleweight fighter Adam Hunter to talk about his current career, and the Canadian MMA scene. 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 ....

UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov is in the books and while it wasn't the most exciting event that the UFC has put on over the last couple of months, we have a lot to discuss coming out of it in regards to the Flyweight, Welterweight and Light Heavyweight divisions. Then we spend a much longer amount of time than usual talking about Bellator due to the removal of Bjorn Rebney as CEO, the addition of...

Rob is joined this week by World Series of Fighting Canada fighter, and former The Ultimate Fighter contestant Josh Hill. They discuss Josh's big win last weekend at the WSOF Canada 2 event in Edmonton, as well as training both locally and with the guys at Team Alpha Male in Sacramento. Afterwards there's a rundown of the rest of that WSOF Canada 2 card, and the Pro Fighting Series 3 event from Sa...

The UFC returns to Vancouver this weekend for the first time in years, and we are joined by Dwight Wakabayashi from MMACanada.net to help us preview the entire UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov card. We also speak with Ryan Jimmo who will be facing Ovince St. Preux at the event. Then we discuss various MMA news including multiple UFC Middleweights failing random drug tests, Jon Jones vs. Alexander G...

Pro Fighting Series 3 takes place on Saturday, June 14th in Sarnia, Ontario and Rob is joined in studio by two of the Canadian Lightweights competing that on that card. Lightweights Adam "Maverick" Assenza discusses his co-main event matchup with Mike Sledzion, and Paul Jalbert talks his fight with the also-undefeated Matthew Socholotiuk. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , an...

It's a completely stacked show this week, beginning with our preview of UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov coming up this Saturday night.   We also have an interview with Rory MacDonald discussing his upcoming co-main event fight against Tyron Woodley at UFC 174. Then we caught up with another Canadian fighter Mike Malott immediately following his knockout win at Ontario's Substance Cage Comb...

World Series Of Fighting Canada 2: Loiseau vs. Lewis is coming up this Saturday, and the WSOF Chief Operating Officer Darren Owen is on to talk about all of the big fights that night in Edmonton. Then Dave Abraham joins Rob to discuss last weekend's Substance Cage Combat 2.0 in Ontario, including some of the more controversial issues coming out of the event.   Finally we have interviews with Subst...

For the first time ever the UFC is running two separate fight cards on the very same day. UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi from Germany, and UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Maldondo from Brazil are combining for roughly 12 hours of fights on Saturday, May 31st.  In addition to previewing the fights, we also have an interview with UFC's Francis Carmont, who will be facing CB Dollaway in the co-main e...

This week on The Hammer MMA Canada, Rob Veevers is joined by The Ultimate Fighter Nations fighter Matt DesRoches prior to his fight at the upcoming World Series Of Fighting Canada 2 event on June 7th. Then there is a deeper look at this Friday night's Substance Cage Combat 2.0 event taking place in Toronto. Listen live Wednesday nights at 6:00pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammer...

UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw is coming up and we spend the first half of this episode previewing the entire card, including the Bantamweight Championship main event, the Dan Henderson vs. Daniel Cormier title eliminator, and Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Ellenberger. Then we take a look back at last weekend's Bellator 120: Rampage vs. King Mo. It was the company's first ever event on Pay Per View, and ho...