The Hammer MMA Radio

This week we have top Canadian Bantamweight Josh Hill on the show for the first time in almost two years. Josh made his name in The Score Fighting Series promotion and is now on his way to Las Vegas to try out for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. We talk about what the tryouts may be like, the Ontario MMA scene, and the current Bantamweight competition both in and out of the UFC. After tha...

Due to an unfortunate inury to Alexander Gustafsson, this Saturday's show has now been changed to UFC On Fuel 9: Mousasi vs. Latifi.  Who is Latifi? We try to figure it out.  We also preview the rest of the card including a great looking Bantamweight fight with Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton. After that we speak with Firas Zahabi, the head trainer of Georges St. Pierre and the owner of Tristar Gym,...

It's kind of a different show this week. As you'd expect we start off with the latest Georges St. Pierre and Nick Diaz wackiness.  Yes there's a conspiracy afoot and it involves scales and decimal points.  We also talk GSP's new movie role, the latest World Series of Fighting 2 event, poor Melvin Guillard, and some bad luck for Dan Hardy. The second half of the episode has our interviews with vari...

It's our first episode since we returned from UFC 158: St. Pierre vs. Diaz and we have our full recap of the entire card. Also stick around to the end of the episode for Dave's post-fight interviews with UFC 158 fighters Jake Ellenberger, Mike Ricci, Jordan Mein, John Makdessi, Patrick Cote, Antonio Carvalho, Darren Elkins and Rick Story, all recorded moments after each of their fights ended.  We'...

The Hammer MMA crew were at the UFC 158: St. Pierre vs. Diaz weigh-ins, also known as the Nick Diaz Show. As expected, wackiness ensued, some of which even instigated by our own David Abraham. Also, this episode has our interviews with UFC 158 fighters Jordan Mein, John Makdessi, Antonio Carvallo, TJ Dillashaw, and Dan Miller about their fights this Saturday night, as well as UFC Hall of Famer Mat...

It's been a busy day in Montreal, and we're right in the middle of the build-up to UFC 158: St. Pierre vs. Diaz . In this bonus episode we discuss the Media Workouts featuring all of the main card fighters (except for Nick Diaz of course), as well as what was going on at the UFC Fan Experience event. Also, stick around for the second half of this episode because we had sometime with most of the bi...

The Hammer MMA Radio staff are in Montreal for UFC 158: St. Pierre vs. Diaz, and somewhat unexpectedly wound up watching professional athletes practicing some MMA with the owner of Tristar Gym, and Georges St. Pierre's right-hand man, Firas Zahabi. So we caught up with former NHL greats Georges Laracque and Denis Gauthier, 3-time Olympic speed-skater Isabelle Charest, and 2-time Olympic speed-skat...

This episode is a few days early since we're on our way to Montreal for the week to cover UFC 158: St. Pierre vs. Diaz.  We run down the entire card, and while that takes up most of the show we also discuss all of the weirdness surrounding the Junior Dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt announcement this week.  We've also included audio from the highly entertaining, and completely crazy media conference call...

UFC On Fuel: Silva vs. Stann was this past weekend in Japan, and while most of the card was kind of hard to watch, the two main fights more than made up for it.  We recap all of it, including all of the violence, the boredom, and the horrible judging.  There's also a (brief) look at recent Bellator shows, Anderson Silva's next fight, and some various UFC ratings and network news.  Also, we'll be d...

This week we are joined by former WEC Bantamweight Chad "Savage" George to talk about the fascinating new documentary about his life, "Occupation: Fighter".  Afterwards we spend some time recapping the apparently quite successful UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche card from last weekend, preview the upcoming UFC on Fuel: Silva vs. Stann show, marvel at the recent violence in Bellator, and discuss the c...

It's a packed show this week (our longest ever), and we're discussing the first ever UFC Women's fight coming up this weekend. UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche headlines a pretty stacked card that also includes Dan Henderson, Lyoto Machida, Urijah Faber, and Josh Koscheck. Then we recap last weekend's UFC on Fuel: Barao vs. McDonald, Bellator, Rory MacDonald's injury, Cyborg Santos in Invicta, the ne...

We're back to recording the show live after a month or two of studio-hopping.  This week we are previewing all of the fights on Saturday night's UFC on Fuel: Barao vs. McDonald, including the first defense of Renan Barao's UFC Interim Bantamweight Title. This week's news includes the surprising end of Olympic Wrestling, new additions and subtractions to the UFC's women's division, and who's next f...

UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar was one of those shows full of surprises.  There were controversial decisions, incredible upsets, bad karma for Jon Fitch, you name it.  We recap the entire night of fights, especially the ramifications of Jose Aldo's successful UFC Featherweight Championship defense.  Then we discuss recent Bellator fights, all of Randy Couture's new TV shows, The World Series of Fighting,...

It's another double-sized episode because the UFC and Bellator keep cranking out fight cards.  We start off by previewing this weekend's UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar.  It's a UFC Featherweight Championship superfight and we can't stop talking about it.  Then we look back at last weekend's successful UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson card including what looks like the end of Rampage Jackson, the most recen...

It's a double-sized episode this week, and we needed it.  This Saturday night is UFC On Fox 6: Johnson vs. Dodson.  Between the Flyweight Championship Title Fight, Cerrone vs. Pettis, and what may be Rampage Jackson's last fight ever, this free TV card gives us a lot to talk about. Then we recap last weekend's UFC On FX 7: Bisping vs. Belfort, look at the first two Bellator shows on Spike TV, and...

UFC on FX: Bisping vs. Belfort is this weekend live from Brazil, and while the card is hit or miss, the main event is about as good as you can hope for on free TV.  We analyze Michael Bisping vs. Vitor Belfort, as well as most of the fights on the card. After that, we recap the last ever Strikeforce show from last weekend, and what's next for the fighters that will now migrate into the UFC, and a...

It's the end of an era. It wasn't always a good era, but Strikeforce is having it's last show ever this weekend, featuring Nate Marquardt, Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett and Jacare Souza. So we have kind of a wake for the company with a full preview of the card, discuss where we think all of the fighters will wind up, and talk about some of our best and worst Strikeforce moments. Then we recap last...

UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez was an interesting night of fights that included a new UFC Heavyweight Champion, a fight of the year contender, a few boring fights and some legally blind judges.  We run down all of the fights from the main event to the prelims. Afterwards we do a quick recap of Dream 18's New Year's show from Japan, and the upcoming Invicta FC 4 show featuring the best up-and-co...

It's the last episode of the year, and it's been a pretty quiet one for MMA news. At least we have UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II coming up this weekend, so we spend the whole show previewing the really deep card, most notably the UFC Title Heavyweight rematch. Listen to us Wednesday nights at 7pm on CFMU 93.3 FM , and online at http://www.thehammermma.com , Last Word On Sports , and The Itu...

It's the Third Annual Hammer Awards episode.  Pretty much we just choose the winners and losers in categories like Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year, Submission of the Year and of course, Douchebag of the Year.  Check it out. We also go overtime with full recaps of last weekend's UFC on FX 6, The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale and the Bellator show. Listen to us Wednesday nights at 7pm on CFMU 93...

Not only did the UFC put on one of the best fight cards of the year last week in UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs. Diaz, but they are following it up with two promising Ultimate Fighter finales on this weekend. As a result, our show is going a little long this week. We also cover all of the week's MMA news including the first ever UFC women's fight in February and all of the drama surrounding it already...

The UFC is giving us possibly the best card of the year on free TV this weekend, and we can barely contain our excitment.  UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs. Diaz is full of action-packed fights that we can't agree on at all. Luckily UFC fighter Mark Bocek makes a quick appearance to give his thoughts on the main event. We also look some recent injury news including a terrible one to Bantamweight Champio...

It's a packed show this week and we lead off with all of the week's MMA news including yet another Strikeforce disaster, some serious changes to Bellator's matchmaking policies, Thiago Silva's latest drug test failure, and what looks like the unfortunate end to Nick Denis' UFC career. Also last Friday night we were at The Score Fighting Series 7 in our hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, and we have in...

We are back from Montreal with a full recap of UFC 154: St. Pierre vs. Condit, including highlights from live in the building, the post-fight press conference, and what we learned from conversations with UFC staff and fighters following the event.  Also we have some exerpts of Dave speaking with Anderson Silva, a preview of The Score Fighting Series coming up this weekend in Hamilton, Ontario and...

The Hammer MMA Radio is still down in Montreal, and we've recorded another show following the UFC 154 Open Media Workouts.  Check it out for our updated predictions on the fights this weekend, with all of the additional (and sometimes irrelevant) information that we've learned over the last few days.  Also, stick around to the end for some extra audio from Martin Kampmann and Johny Hendrix. Enjoy...