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at UFC 287, Israel Adesanya finally broke the curse of Alex Pereira, beating his long-time rival and winning back the UFC Middleweight Championship.  In the first half of this week's episode we discuss what's next for them, as well as Gilbert Burns retiring Jorge Masvidal, and the rest of the results from UFC 287. Then in the second half of the show we take another look at the Endeavour/WWE merger...

UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 is coming up this weekend, headlined by new UFC Middleweight Champion Alex Pereira's first title defense against former champion Israel Adesanya.  We spend much of this week's episode previewing that pretty solid fight card. Then we discuss the rest of the week in MMA, including word of WWE joining UFC under the Endeavor umbrella, as well as the results of Bellator...

UFC On ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen wasn't the greatest night of fights ever, but Cory Sandhagen did impress in his main event victory over Marlon Vera.  We discuss the results of that show in the first half of this week's episode, as well as the announcement of Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone into the UFC Hall of Fame. Then in the second half of the show we take a look at this weekend's PFL, Bellator, and Fi...

At UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3, Leon Edwards managed to defend his UFC Welterweight Championship against Kamaru Usman, and silence his critics.  We discuss the entire event, including the wild Gaethje vs. Fiziev fight, in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, and preview the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen card. Final...

The UFC heads to London, England this weekend for UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3, for a show headlined with a UFC Welterweight Championship rematch between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman.  We preview that event in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the results of Bellator 292: Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson and UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili. Oh, a...

Following years of speculation, Jon "Bones" Jones finally moved up a weight class, and has won the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 285.  We discuss that fight, Valentina Shevchenko's upset loss to new UFC Women's Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show preview the upcoming Bellator 292: Nurma...

After three long years, Jon Jones will (hopefully) be back in the UFC cage this weekend at UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane, and fighting Cyril Gane for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship.  We preview the card in the first half of this week's show, which also includes Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso, and the UFC debut of red hot prospect Bo Nickal. Then in the second half of the show we run down...

In the first half of this week's episode we take a look at this weekend's UFC Fight Night: Krylov vs. Spann, a show headlined by Light Heavyweight action fighters Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann, and also including the long-awaited return of Tatiana Suarez following years of injury problems.  Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, including various controversies coming...

UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev defended his title against UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284, and seems to have locked in his spot as the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.  It was a pretty solid night of fights, and we discuss all of the results in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, inc...

The UFC's top two Pound-for-Pound fighters meet this weekend at UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski.  It's an incredible fight that's going a little under the radar, with both Islam Makhachev's Lightweight title, and Alexander Volkanovski's #1 P4P spots on the line.  We preview that card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss McGregor vs. Chandler o...

If you're looking for Heavyweight MMA at 1am, then UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak is for you.  We preview this weekend's late-night, South Korean focused, UFC card in the first half of this week's show, as well as Bellator's big debut event on CBS.  In the second half of the show we deal with all sorts of Conor McGregor news, Vox media ending their support of BloodyElbow.com, and discuss some o...

UFC 283 was a rough night for Brazil. In the first half of this week's episode we discuss the results of that show, including big wins for new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill, and new unified UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno.  Plus the retirements of legendary fighters Shogun Rua and Glover Teixiera.  In the second half of the show we dig deeper into Francis Ngannou's free agency...

UFC 283: Teixiera vs. Hill is coming up this weekend, headlined by a fight for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight title between former champion Glover Teixiera, and knockout artist Jamahal Hill.  We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. In the second half of the show we get into the big news of (now former) UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou leaving the UFC, and the announ...

We're back after the holiday break, and catching up on possibly the darkest couple of week's in memory, Dana White's physical altercation with his wife, the deaths of Stephan Bonnar, Victoria Lee and Abdul-Kerim Edilov, Phil Baroni's arrest for murder, Jose Aldo putting up Jair Bolsonaro, and more.  We also discuss Jake Paul fighting for PFL, Bellator vs. Rizin, and  the upcoming UFC Fight Night:...

This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Thirteenth Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2022's Best Fight, Best Knockout, Best Submission, Fighter of the Year, Prospect of the Year, and many more categories. Also, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late January 2013, and our thoughts at the time on UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar. .You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:...

It's a short, podcast-only episode here before we take the holidays off, and in the first half of the show we take a look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland. Then we quickly discuss the Jake Shields / Mike Jackson altercation, and the upcoming Bellator vs. Rizin event. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-January 2013, and Demetrious Joh...

UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev was so much fun, until it wasn't anymore.  In the first half of this week's episode we discuss the results of that show, from the great finishes, all the way to the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship still being vacant. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, including TJ Dillashaw's retirement, BTC 18 and Bellator 289 results, and pre...

UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev is not the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship main event that we were promised this weekend, but we're still pretty cool with it.  We start off this week's episode previewing Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fighting for the vacant title, as well as the rest of the UFC 282 card. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA, including the suspen...

This week's UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland card has some solid fights, including the Welterweight main event between Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson and Kevin Holland, and a monster Heavyweight fight between Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich.  We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the results of the PFL 2022 Champi...

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba was a mess of a card, but it was a mostly enjoyable mess.  We start this week's show discussing the results of that event, as well as the results of Bellator 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2. Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the upcoming PFL 2022 Championships, and the passing of Anthony "Rumble" Johnson. Finally, in our Hamme...

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira certainly delivered, what with new UFC Champions Alex Pereira and Zhang Weili, a Fight of the Year contender between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler, and Frankie Edgar's retirement fight.  We discuss all of the results in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we regretfully look at the new Power Slap League announcement, and pr...

This weekend's UFC 281 features a UFC Middleweight Championship grudge match between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, Carla Esparza defending her UFC Strawweight Championship fight against Zhang Weili, and Michael Chandler vs. Dustin Poirier somewhat of a dream action fight.  We preview the card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA...

UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos is coming up this weekend, headlined by a fun Marina Rodriguez vs. Amanda Lemos fight, where the winner appears to be ready for a UFC Women's Strawweight title fight.  We preview that card in the first half of this episode. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news including the results of UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allan and Jake Pa...

UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev was certainly eventful, and the first half of this week's episode we discuss all of the results, including new UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev, the trainwreck of the UFC Bantamweight title fight, Sean O'Malley's win over Petr Yan, and more. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news including Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva, Ilir Lati...

The UFC heads back to Abu Dhabi this weekend for UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev.  It's one of the best looking fight cards of the year, and we spend most of this week's episode discussing it. Later in the show we look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo, and a couple of big fight announcements and rumours. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to Novemb...