The Hammer MMA Radio

This weekend Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo try to make their case for a shot at Valentina Shevchenko's UFC Women's Flyweight Championship, in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo.  We preview that fight, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news including a date for the UFC Flyweight titl...

In the first half of this week's episode, we discuss the results of Mark Zuckerberg's favorite MMA card of the year, UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan. Then in the second half of the show we go over the week in MMA, including Bellator 286 results, Aspen Ladd's release from the UFC, PFL moving to PPV, and Eddie Alvarez's free agency. Finally in our Hammer History segment we look back to mid-November 20...

We begin this week's episode previewing UFC Fight Night: Mackenzie Dern vs. Yan Xiaonan.   Then we are joined by Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp to discuss her storied career in the MMA business, and the upcoming Invicta FC 49: Delboni vs. DeCoursey event. Finally, we run down the week in MMA news, Bellator 285 and Bellator 286, and look back on our 2012 interview with TJ Dillashaw as part of o...

Following the unfortunate passing of Elias Theodorou, this week we look back on ten years of following his MMA career, including clips from the many times that we were lucky enough to be joined by Elias on this show.  We also discuss the MMA retirement of the legendary Jose Aldo, the results of UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song, and the upcoming Bellator: Queally vs. Henderson. You can find us W...

Well that was a wild ride.  UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson was one of the strangest UFC fight weeks in memory, with the top three fights getting rearranged literally the day before the event.  We recap all of the drama and all of the fights, in the first half of this week's episode.  Also, in honor of Nate Diaz fighting out his UFC contract, stick around to the end of the show for our interview with N...

What a turn of events. The main event of UFC 279 is now, somehow, Nate Diaz vs. Tony Ferguson.  The entire main card has been shaken up and reorganized with twenty four hours notice. With our last episode previewing UFC 279 now totally out of date, this is our quick update show of all of the changes, and what to expect Saturday night. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on  CFMU 93.3 FM , a...

So this is a weird one.  UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz is coming up this weekend, headlined by Welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev vs. the departing Nate Diaz.  We preview that wacky fight, and a card full of totally random yet exciting undercard fights in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news, and the results of UFC Fight Night:...

For the first time in their almost thirty year history, the UFC is heading to France this weekend, for UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa. We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA, including an incredible win for Demetrious Johnson in One Championship, a tough week for BJ Penn, and Rob Veevers signing on with Unifie...

UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 turned into a pretty eventful night. capped off by underdog Leon Edwards beating Kamaru Usman to win the UFC Welterweight Championship.  We take a look at all of the results in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA, including Shane Burgos signing with PFL, Kayla Harrison moving to the PFL 2022 finals, Perr...

UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 is coming up this weekend, headlined by UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman defending his title against Leon Edwards, a man who's last loss was to Usman himself seven years ago.  We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the results of UFC On ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz, PFL, Bellator, and the announc...

UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz is coming up this weekend, headlined by a solid Bantamweight fight between the rising Marlon Vera, and former champion Dominick Cruz.  We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the this week's PFL and Bellator cards, as well as the results of UFC On ESPN: Santos vs. Hill. Finally, in our Hammer History se...

We start off this week's episode discussing all of the results from UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2, including Amanda Nunes regaining her UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship from Juliana Pena, and new UFC Interim Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Hill and PFL cards. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back...

This weekend's UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 should answer a lot of questions about current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Juliana Pena, and former champion Amanda Nunes.  We preview that fight, the UFC Interim Flyweight fight, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show in our Hammer History segment, we look back at the cancelled UFC 151:...

The UFC heads back to London, England this weekend for UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall, which means it's another early afternoon fight card for North American viewers.  We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss some recent UFC releases, the continuing saga of Askar Mozharov's fight record,  the newly announced UFC 280...

The UFC returns to the ABC network for this Saturday afternoon's UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodriguez card.  In the first half of this week's show we preview the card, including the main event between UFC Featherweight contenders Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez, as well as the return of Miesha Tate. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the results of UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev. Finall...

There were a lot of interesting stories coming out of UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier, from Israel Adesanya's dominant win and likely next challenger, to the retirements of longtime UFC fighters, including Donald Cerrone.  We spend the first half of this week's episode discussing the card from top to bottom. Then in the second half of the show we run down the upcoming UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fi...

The UFC has an has one of their strongest events of the year coming up this weekend at UFC 274: Adesanya vs. Cannonier.  In the first half of this week's show we preview the main card, including UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier, and UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the UFC 274 preliminary...

We start off this week's episode previewing the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot.  The card itself isn't that deep, but there aren't many current prospects hotter in the UFC than the two guys in the Lightweight main event. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news, the results of UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Emmett, PFL 4 and 5, and this weekend's Bellator card. Fina...

In the first half of this week's episode, we discuss the results of the really fun UFC 275: Teixeira vs Prochazka, including a fight of the year contender in the main event, a contentious UFC Women's Flyweight title defense for Valentina Shevchenko, and the retirement of Joanna Jędrzejczyk. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news, as well as the upcoming PFL 4, and UFC...

This weekend the UFC heads to Singapore for UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka.  We preview the entire card in the first half of the show, including the Light Heavyweight Championship main event, and Valentina Shevchenko defending her UFC Women's Flyweight title against Taila Santos.   Then in the second half of the episode we discuss the week in MMA news, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Volkov v...

The UFC is back this weekend with top ten heavyweights headlining UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik.  We preview that upcoming card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we pretty much just kill time talking about what's angering Nate Diaz this week, flat fee fighter pay, open scoring, and what's the worst UFC main event ever. Finally, in our Hammer Hi...

In the first half of this week's episode we start off with the results of UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira. Everyone seems worked up about this Ketlen Vieira vs. Holly Holm fight, so we may as well chime in.   Then we discuss the week in MMA news, including Sports Business Journal giving the UFC an award, more on fighter pay, Hong Kong flags, sunglasses, Eagle FC: dos Santos vs. de Castro results,...

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira is coming up this weekend, and while it's not a particularly deep card, we should get a UFC Women's Bantamweight contender out of the main event.  We preview the show in the first half of this week's episode. Then we discuss the week in MMA, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Blachowicz vs. Rakic, and Bellator: Page vs. Storley. Finally, in our Hammer History segment...

UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje ranged from incredibly eventful, to depressingly non-eventful.  In the first half of this week's show we discuss the newly vacant UFC Lightweight Championship, the frontrunner for knockout of the year, and some absolutely terrible fights, and more. Then we discuss the week in MMA, the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Blachowicz vs. Rakic, and recent Bellator and PFL cards. Final...

UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje is coming up this weekend, headlined by two big title fights.  We preview the main card, including the UFC Lightweight Championship fight between Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje, and the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship fight between Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza, in the first half of this week's show. In the second half of the episode we look at the UFC 27...