The Hammer MMA Radio

Hey, it's our 50th episode, and Mark "The Hammer" Coleman helped us celebrate.   There's also a lot of news surrounding August's UFC 133 card including Tito Ortiz stepping into the main event, Lyoto Machida demanding ridiculous money to fight, and the co-main event falling apart completely.  We also run down the current UFC Welterweight contenders scene for a while, quickly mention this weekend's...

With no major cards this week, this is probably our most random show yet.  Some of the topics we discuss include the return of Chael Sonnen, drug testing in the big leagues, if UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo should try other weight classes, Carlos Condit vs. BJ Penn, Bellator in Ontario, Dream in Japan, and who Rashad Evans will be fighting now that Phil Davis is injured. Then stick around t...

UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber more than lived up to expectations with an amazing title fight, tons of huge knockouts, new stars being made, and legends returning to greatness.  We run down the entire card including all of the great moments, and what's next for everyone involved. There's also some news including upcoming shows from ProElite and Bellator, the latest on five round UFC main events, and as u...

UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber is this Saturday night is looking like one of the most exciting cards of the year. We run down the card and give our picks on the Featherweight Title match, Leben vs. Silva, and fights featuring Carlos Condit, Melvin Guillard, Tito Ortiz, and more. Then we discuss what little we know so far about Nate Marquardt's firing from the UFC, just a day before headlining UFC Live 4...

We spend a surprising amount of time discussing last weekend's Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum card, specifically the disappointing main event, strange Grand Prix brackets, and baffling commentary. Then we preview this Sunday night's free UFC Live 4: Marquardt vs. Story card on Versus.  As far as free TV shows go, there are a lot of fun matches, and we run them down and make our picks.   We also t...

There's a new number one contender in the UFC Heavyweight division following UFC 131: Carwin vs. Dos Santos.  We give our thoughts on the huge main event, as well as the rest of the mostly entertaining card. Then we preview the upcoming Strikeforce: Werdum vs. Overeem show, the second part of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix.   That doesn't leave us a lot of time for news, but we do debate t...

The Hammer MMA Radio was at The Score Fighting Series in Mississauga, Ontario this weekend to see fights featuring current Dream Welterweight Champion Mariusz Zaromskis, former UFC fighters Joe Doerkson and Sokoudjou, and rising Canadian star, Jordan Mein. We recap the show, and have interviews with some of the fighters on the card. Check out our website at http://www.thehammermma.com and subscrib...

The big story this week is UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin, which should have the most hard-hitting main event in years.  It's live on PPV this coming weekend, and we run down the card from top to bottom. We also take a look at last weekend's Ultimate Fighter Finale, as well as GSP vs. Diaz, Gina Carano's medical failure, Rampage Jackson harrassing reporters, as well as a few local MMA cards coming...

There are two UFC cards for us to discuss this show.  First we run down last week's lackluster UFC 130 card, including what's next for Rampage and Frank Mir after winning their fights.   Then we preview the upcoming Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale, which has the on-paper most exciting fight of the year headlining, Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis. That doesn't leave much time for news, but we do briefly g...

UFC 130:  Jackson vs. Hamill is this Saturday, kicking off a month full of high profile MMA cards.  Although this show was plagued with injuries, there are still some interesting matches to predict and discuss, including Mir vs. Nelson and the return of Brian Stann. We also discuss other news, including the end of Nick Diaz's boxing aspirations, even more Chael Sonnen garbage, some potential Ultim...

It's another week with no major fight cards, but there is a ton of news, including Brock Lesnar's health problems, Jon "Bones" Jone's non-injury, and Brendan Schaub's aggressive career strategy. We also take some time to discuss what's going on in the business side of MMA, such as the falling ratings for The Ultimate Fighter, UFC's current relationship with Spike TV, the new "Twitter Bonus", and C...

This week we are joined this week by Jerry Langden, the author of the new book " Fighter: The Unauthorized Biography of Georges St. Pierre ".   We talk to Jerry about his book, GSP, UFC 129, and the sports media industry.   Then we discuss this week's news, including Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard's injuries, Zuffa's new health insurance policy for fighters, Nick Diaz boxing, and crazy Maiquel Fal...

It's our review of UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields, which we were fortunate enough to be in attendance for.  We run down the results, including how they came across in the live environment. The rest of the show is mostly us arguing about a potential GSP vs. Nick Diaz fight.  Sorry about any production problems this week, and don't forget to check out our internet only episode discussing the UFC Fa...

Steve, Greg, and friends are at UFC 129 in Toronto this weekend, and did an on location show from the UFC 129 Fan Expo, Weigh-Ins, and a special first time ever Q&A with all seven current UFC champions. We run down an entire day of pre-show events, including our interactions with various UFC fighters, and some last minute predictions. Check out our website at http://www.thehammermma.com and subscr...

UFC 129 is in Toronto this weekend, and we'll be there. The first major MMA show in Ontario has GSP vs. Jake Shields for the Welterweight title, the first ever UFC Featherweight title fight, Randy Couture's likely retirement match, and a pretty stacked card overall. We run the whole thing down from top to bottom. We also sneak in some news, including Jon "Bones" Jone's injury, The Ultimate Fighter...

With no MMA cards this week, we just go off and argue about a whole bunch of topics, including Nick Diaz and his boxing aspirations, Randy Couture's latest retirement talk, the return of Dream, UFC Rio, Thiago Silva's favorite website, hirings, firings, and all sorts of ratings news. We also talk about the new book about GSP, "Fighter: The Unauthorized Biography of Georges St. Pierre", available o...

We begin the show by discussing the results from Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, a great show with some big star-making performances.   There was a ton of talk that night about UFC/Strikeforce title unification matches, so we give our thoughts on that as well. Then we get into a huge week of news, including a potential Dan Henderson vs. Fedor fight, declining Ultimate Fighter ratings, BJ Penn's injur...

The big news this week is Strikeforce's first major show since being purchased by Zuffa (last week's Strikeforce Challengers show doesn't count).  It's a good one too, headlined by Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley, and we discuss the whole main card. Following that, there's a ton of news that we try to cram in, including who will be BJ Penn's mystery opponent, Chael Sonnen's latest issues, Dan Hardy's luc...

The very first MMA show ever in Ontario, Canada was on April 2nd, 2011 and The Hammer MMA Radio was there to cover it.   MMA: The Reckoning was headlined by former UFC and WEC stars such as Chris Horodecki and Josh Burkman, and it was a fun warm-up for UFC 129 in Toronto on April 30th. We discuss the fights, the production values, the post-show press conference, where the event will be broadcast,...

There's a lot of shows to discuss this week, including UFC: Nogueira vs. Davis, a show where a lot of the best fights were actually shown on their Facebook page before the show.  We run down all of the fights, and debate the futures of Phil Davis, Dan Hardy, and The Korean Zombie. We also get into some news, including The Ultimate Fighter, Urijah Faber's title shot, Meisha Tate's cake, Bobby Lashl...

  The Jon "Bones" Jones era began this past Saturday at UFC 128, as he finished Shogun Rua to win the UFC Light Heavyweight title.  We discuss all of the fights from what turned out to be a pretty great show. Then we run down some news, and preview this weekend's UFC Fight Night:  Nogueira vs. Davis, which looks to be about as solid free show as we've seen on paper, in a long time. Check out our w...

So the UFC came out of nowhere and announced that they purchased Strikeforce, their biggest competition.  And we were complaining last week about a lack of interesting news to discuss.  We go over all of the details regarding the sale, and what it means for the future of both brands. Then it's preview time, as this weekend has UFC 128:  Shogun vs. Jones, which top to bottom has the potential to be...

We're reviewing three MMA cards from the past week on this episode, including Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Feijao, UFC Live 3, and the season premiere of Bellator.   It's a good thing there were so many recent shows, because there's so little news to discuss, that all we've got is Matt "The Law" Lindland allegedly getting busted for stealing marijuana plants from his own yard.  Awesome. Check out ou...

We start the episode discussing UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch, a show which gave us a lot to talk about due to the second main event draw this year, as well as controversial fouls and decisions on the undercard. Then we run down this week's news, including the upcoming UFC Live 3, and Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Feijao cards. Check out our website at http://www.thehammermma.com and subscribe to our show...

UFC 127 is airing from Australia this Saturday night, and we discuss the fights that we're looking forward to most, including the BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch main event. Then we hit up the news of Tito Ortiz's injury, and a ton of Strikeforce news including last week's Challengers card and what's next for Fedor and the rest of the heavyweights. Check out our website at http://www.thehammermma.com and su...