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We're back from our week in Toronto covering UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson. While we were excited for the show going in, we had no idea that the main event would turn out to be one of the greatest fights in Mixed Martial Arts history. For this entire episode we talk about the incredible Jones vs. Gustafsson fight, as well as the other dozen fights on the card. Spread throughout the episode are pos...

We've been in Toronto all week for the build-up to UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson.  In addition to our previous show previewing all of the matches, this is a bonus show now that we've attended the various media events (including a UFC Fit program hosted by Mike Dolce that Greg's still feeling). In this episode we have interviews with competing UFC 165 fighters including UFC Light Heavyweight Champi...

This week's show is up a little bit early because we're on the way to Toronto for the week for UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson.  There's a lot for us to discuss between the two title fights, the multiple up-and-comers on huge win streaks, and the UFC debut of another of our local fighters Jesse Ronson. Afterwards we talk some more about The Ultimate Fighter: Rousey vs. Tate, the coaches for next sea...

The Ultimate Fighter Season 18 is in full swing. Ronda Rousey and Meisha Tate are hating each other, women are in the TUF house for the first time, and our hometown fighter Josh Hill is in there too. We discuss what is and isn't working so far this season, and what we think of the cast and coaches now that we've seen the show. We're also recapping UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader, Bellator's re...

This week's episode is up a couple of days early so that we are able to preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Texiera vs. Bader, which is the second Wednesday night UFC card in a row. Also we have a detailed recap of last weekend's UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis show featuring Anthony Pettis once against winning a title from Ben Henderson. As a result, we spend a lot of time analysing the future of...

It's the first of our new longer show format, and we get to preview one hell of a main event for this Saturday night.  UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2 is a rematch of one of our favorite fights of all time, and we spend a ton of time looking at their matchup.  We also get into the rest of Saturday night's card, including the Mir vs. Barnett co-main event. There's also a ton of Bellator news, some...

It's our last half hour show before moving to a new one-hour format.  We probably could have used the extra time this week to cover the aftermath of UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen, which was one of the best shows of the year, and certainly the best free TV card.  We run down all of the knockouts, upsets, and controvery from last Saturday night's event. Then we preview next week's UFC Fight Nig...

The UFC really knows how to make a first impression. To kick off the brand new Fox Sports 1 Channel this Saturday night, Chael Sonnen, Shogun Rua, Alistair Overeem, Urijah Faber, and a ton of the most exciting young fighters in the company are all fighting on a free TV show that shouldn't be missed. We break down all of the fights, and can't agree on any of them. There's also a bunch of news inclu...

UFC 163: Aldo vs. Zombie was a more interesting show than expected due to a pair of strange injuries in the main event, a controversial decision against an actual Brazilian in Brazil, and a couple of great knockouts and submissions. On this week's show we recap the whole card, and disagree on pretty much everything. We also discuss the news of Bellator's first PPV featuring Rampage Jackson and Tit...

UFC 163 is this weekend with The Korean Zombie stepping up to face Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. It's not the deepest card, but between the exciting title fight and some much needed Flyweight and Women's Bantamweight action, there's a lot for us to discuss before the fights on Saturday night. We also recap last weekend's UFC On Fox 8: Johnson vs. Moraga, a card notable for both a disapointing...

UFC on Fox 8: Johnson vs. Moraga is this Saturday night headlined by a Flyweight Championship fight, and an even more intriguing Rory MacDonald vs. Jake Ellenberger match.  In addition we also take an early look at next week's stacked Bellator 97 event, and some of the more interesting news of the week. Also just as a heads up, there was a minor technical issue this week that we mostly fixed in po...

The first 30 seconds of this week's show are a real mess.  It's worth it though, because with a lack of UFC events for a couple of weeks, we have time to really get into last weekend's Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen show.  As always the all-women's promotion put on a great night of fights, and we're running down all of them. Afterwards we talk about the newly signed Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidm...

Anderson Silva finally lost his UFC Middleweight title last Saturday night at UFC 162. It was pretty weird. We run down all of the wackiness involved in the crowning of the new UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman, as well as all of the other matches on a really entertaining show. We also have a quick preview of the all-women's Invicta FC 6 show coming up this Saturday night. Invicta hasn't put...

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman is this weekend and it's one of the biggest fights of the year. We're really hyped about this main event and we spend a ton of time debating it, as well as previewing all of the rest of the fights on the card. Afterwards we recap last weekend's Substance Cage Combat event in Toronto, and stick around until the end of the show for interviews with the promoter Neil Forrest...

It's kind of a random show this week.  First we talk a bit about the local Ontario MMA scene including the Substance Combat show coming up this Saturday night in Toronto.  Then we recap Bellator 96 from last weekend featuring the revenge of "King Mo" Lawal and the retirement of "Babalu" Sobral. We also discuss Anthony Pettis's attempts to move into the UFC 164 main event, the new UFC dress code, t...

It's a double-sized show for our 150th episode, and we start off by recapping the entire UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson event which only felt like it was twice as long as usual.  We also recap World Series of Fighting 3, and preview this week's Bellator 96 and Nick Diaz's WAR promotion. Later in the show we discuss Anthony Pettis' injury and removal from the UFC 163 main event, look at Substance Com...

Greg is finally back from Australia, and it's just in time for our wackiest show in a while. First we catch him up on what he missed in the MMA world while he was gone. It takes about ten seconds.  Then we preview this Saturday night's entire UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson card . We also have a quick word with UFC fighter Yves Jabouin,  recap last weekend's fun UFC on Fuel submission-fest, and wonde...

UFC on Fuel 10: Nogueira vs. Werdum is happening this weekend, and you may not know that because it's the finale show to The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 2 reality show that no one seemed to watch. Fortunately a strong main event and some solid prospects on the undercard give us something to talk about. There's also a ton of interesting news including Bellator signing of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, the...

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot was a hugely entertaining show that included highlight reel knockouts by Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, and TJ Grant, and that was just the main card.  We recap all of the fights from last weekend and try to figure out what's next for all of the fighters from here. There's also a bunch of news such as Meisha Tate replacing Cat Zingano's as an The Ultimate Fighter...

We're back to basics this week.  Greg took off to Australia for a few weeks and we have no interviews or guests on the show for the first time in months, so we're just talking about a bunch of fights. First off, Dave and Steve recap last weekend's UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold featuring headkick knockouts and the requisite awful judges call.  Then we run down all of the matches on this coming we...

The UFC returns this weekend with UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold, live from Brazil.  We discuss how the final Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold will do in his first big test in the big leagues against a legend like Vitor Belfort. Unfortunately for everyone, the rest of the card is a lot less intriguing than the main event. Then we check in with the highly-ranked UFC Lightweight TJ G...

Canadian UFC Fighter Month continues on The Hammer MMA Radio, and this week we're catching up with UFC Middleweight Nick Ring to talk about his recent career, and also about the assault that he stopped last year in Calgary. We also have Las Vegas fighter and promoter Bill Smallwood on to speak about his recent win in the C3 Fights Promotion, and then we run down the latest round of UFC fighter cut...

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen is over and done with. Eyes were poked, fingers were bent, and toes were near-severed on a night full of crazy and ridiculous injuries.  We recap all of the weirdness in depth, and also wonder where Chael Sonnen can possibly go from here. After that we catch up with Canadian UFC fighter Mike Ricci for a really random talk about videogames and fashion, and then discuss eve...

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen is coming up this weekend, and while the build-up to the main event is surprisingly lacking in excitement, the rest of the card is still full of interesting fights.  One of those fights is Olympic Silver Medalist Sara McMann and we speak with her about her MMA career up to this point, her upcoming match with Sheila Gaff, and what it's like to enter the UFC for the first t...

It's a pretty stacked show this week with a couple of great guests.  First we catch up with Canadian Featherweight Lyndon Whitlock to discuss the current Ontario fighting scene as well as the unfortunate death of one of our hometown fighters recently at an event in Michigan. Later in the show we speak with Nate Diaz about a ton of subjects including his big fight with Josh Thomson coming up this S...