The Hammer MMA Radio

We start off this week's episode taking a look at the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera card coming up this weekend. Then we discuss the week in MMA, including a potential Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou fight, all sorts of Bellator and PFL events, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to our thoughts at the time on...

Former UFC Strawweight Champion Jessica Andrade returns to the division where she was champion, to fight Amanda Lemos this weekend.  We preview the UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss recent UFC cuts, Henry Cejudo coming out of retirement, all of this week's Bellator events, and UFC Fight Night: Luque vs....

UFC 273 answered a lot of questions, and in the first half of this week's episode we discuss all of the results including Alexander Volkanovski's impressive title defense against The Korean Zombie, the incredibly close UFC Bantamweight unification fight, and an absolute war between Chimaev and Burns. Then in the second half of the show we look forward to this weekend's UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. M...

Most of our episode this week is discussing the upcoming UFC 273, headlined by UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie, as well as a heated UFC Bantamweight unification fight between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan. Also, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early May 2012, including disappointing ratings for UFC on Fox 3: Diaz vs. Miller, a care...

In the first half of this week's episode we discuss the results of UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus, the latest round of UFC Strike NFTs, and a trio of legal incidents involving Jorge Masvidal / Colby Covington, Chael Sonnen, and Conor McGregor. Then in the second half of the show we try to determine The Greatest Villain in UFC History, from a field of sixteen legendary bad guys. Finally, in o...

The UFC is back on the road, and heading to Columbus, Ohio this weekend for UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus, headlined by a big top ten Heavyweight fight.  We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. In the second half of the show we discuss some brief MMA news, and then get into a recap of the pretty wild UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall show that had out of cage drama,...

It was a pretty wild weekend of fights, so in the first half of this week's episode we take a look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev, as well as the various Bellator, ONE Championship, and Eagle FC events. Then in the second half of the show we set the terms for Dave and Greg's "Will Tai Tuivasa stay in the Top 5" bet, and preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspin...

In the first half of this week's episode we discuss the results of UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal, including big wins for Colby Covington, Raphael Dos Anjos, Bryce Mitchell, Marina Rodriguez, and more. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, including the arrest of Cain Velasquez, Khabib Nurmagomedov going into the UFC Hall of Fame, and a preview of the upcoming UFC...

UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal is coming up this Saturday night, headlined by a grudge match between former Welterweight title contenders Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal.  We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss more about the UFC Strike NFTs, the week in MMA news, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Makhachev, and Bel...

In the first half of this week's episode, we discuss the results of UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2, including another successful UFC Middleweight Championship defense for Israel Adesanya, huge wins for Tai Tuivasa and Jared Cannonier, and Roxanne Modiferri's retirement fight. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news, and preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Walker vs...

UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 is coming up this week, where UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya defends his title against the man he beat for it in the first place, Robert Whittaker.  We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss recent MMA news including Max Holloway's injury clearance, The Utlimate Fighter 30 announcement,...

Although there's an upcoming UFC Fight Night, we chose to start this week's episode going over what was weird week in MMA, including Jake Paul buying some Endeavor stock, Neil Young taking his music off of Spotify due to Joe Rogan, and our experience buying the UFC Strike NFT's. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland, as well as quick...

We're now in the most interesting timeline coming out of UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane, as UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou wrestled his way to victory, and now due to contract and pay disputes, his future in the UFC is up in the air.  We discuss all of that, as well as the rest of the UFC 270 card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the wee...

This weekend at UFC 270, the heaviest and the lightest UFC men's championships get decided.  In the first half of this week's show we preview all of the drama surrounding UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou vs. UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Cyril Gane, the trilogy fight between UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo, and the rest of the UFC 270 card. Then in the seco...

This week we start off the show previewing the first UFC event of 2022, UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze.  This Saturday's event is headlined by an exciting matchup between Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze, that just received an extra jolt of interest now that there is a UFC Featherweight Championship fight up for grabs in March.  Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the Jake P...

This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Twelfth Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2021'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 mid-February 2012, and Diego Sanchez' vampire hunter cosplay, Nick Diaz' suspension following the Carlos Condit fight,...

In the first half of this week's show we discuss the results of UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus, Woodley vs. Paul 2, and the rest of the week in MMA news.  Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the UFC roster, and try to determine what the strongest overall division is going into 2021. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to February 2012, and the res...

UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier absolutely delivered, and we spend the first half of this week's episode discussing Charles Oliveira's first successful UFC Lightweight Championship defense, Amanda Nunes' shocking loss to Julianna Pena, and a bunch of other great fights up and down the card. In the second half of the show we quickly recap the week in MMA news, and then preview this Saturday night's U...

This weekend's UFC 269 is looking to be one of the better MMA cards of the year, headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship fight between Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier, and a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship fight between Amanda Nunes and Juliana Pena.  We preview the entire card in the first half of the show. In the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news, as well as t...

We begin this week's episode previewing the very promising UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo and Bellator 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi cards coming up this weekend. In the second half of the show we look at recent MMA news including the arrests of a couple of former UFC fighters, what is probably our sixth testicular trauma story in the history of this radio show, and the Triller Triad Boxing results. Final...

In the first half of this week's show we quickly go over the results of UFC Fight Night:  Vieira vs. Tate, as well as have a  discussion of how well the UFC appears to be doing financially in 2021. In the second half of the show we look at Al Iaquinta's retirement, Kevin Lee's suspension, a strange Jon Jones vs. Jake Hager grappling match, and Kayla Harrison's free agency. Finally, in our Hammer H...

UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate is coming up this weekend, featuring Miesha Tate's second fight since coming out of retirement, against the number seven ranked Women's Bantamweight Ketlin Vieira.  We preview that fight and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's episode. In the second half of the show we discuss Jorge Masvidal's injury, and the results of Bellator 271 and UFC Fight...

UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 was expected to be one of the best fight cards of the year, and it absolutely delivered. In the first half of this week's episode we discuss the results from the show, and what's up next for everyone involved. In the second half of the show, we take a look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez card, and this week in Bellator. Finally, in our Hammer...

This weekend the UFC returns to New York City for the first time since the pandemic hit, and it's a pretty great looking card on paper.  In the first half of this week's episode we preview the UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 card. Then in the second half of the show, we discuss the upcoming Bellator event from Ireland, the PFL 2021 Tournament finals, and the results of the excellent UFC 267: Blacho...

Due to a family emergency, we've passed on recording an episode this week.  Instead, we have a repost of our Greatest Fighter Ever episode from 2018. Who is the Pound For Pound Greatest MMA Fighter Of All Time? In order to solve this intricate puzzle, we've seeded the Top 16 fighters and held a single elimination tournament to decide the G.O.A.T. Is it Jon Jones? Fedor Emelianenko? Georges St-Pier...