The Hammer MMA Radio. Broadcasting live from CFMU 93.3 FM in Hamilton, Ontario. Steve Jeffery, David Abraham, Greg Persson, and Liam Dunlop preview and review shows from UFC and Bellator, as well as discuss all of the latest news and rumors in Mixed Martial Arts. Also check us out at http://www.thehammermma.com.
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The UFC returns September 7th with UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady, as rising Welterweight Sean Brady looks for the biggest win of his career over former title challenger Gilbert Burns. We preview the card 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. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:…
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This week Dave and Greg recap the results of UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho, including a huge win for Caio Borralho over the highly ranked former title contender Jared Cannonier. Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, …
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They took the long road getting there, but this weekend at UFC 305 we get the highly anticipated UFC Middleweight Championship fight between Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. We preview the card in the first half of this week's show. Then we run down the week in MMA news, the upcoming PFL 10 and the results of UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivak 2,…
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The UFC Apex Center in Las Vegas really puts the term "Apex" to the test this weekend, hosting the UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivak 2 fight card. We reluctantly preview that event in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the rest of the week in MMA including the announced UFC 306 card, the return of PFL, a…
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In the first half this week's episode we run down the results of UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 including UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad, another dominant performance from Tom Aspinall, and Paddy Pimblett's best win yet. Plus, Muhammad Mokaev won so many fights in a row that he's not welcome anymore in the UFC. Then in the second half of…
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UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 is coming up this weekend from Manchester, England. We preview the UFC Welterweight Championship main event, the UFC Interim Heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes, the return of Paddy Pimblett, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the sho…
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Top five UFC Women's Strawweights headline this weekend as recent title contender Amanda Lemos tries to turn away former Invicta champion Virna Jandiroba. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show, and try not to complain too much about it. Then in the second half of the show we briefly discuss a new development in the UFC anti-tru…
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This weekend's UFC card nearly all fell apart and they have turned lemons into, well maybe not lemonade, but at the very least some overpriced lemon water, by putting some decent fights together on short notice. We preview that new UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show w…
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UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 saw Alex Pereira defend his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against Jiri Prochazka in epic fashion, topping off a fight card that was changing right to the end. 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. Catch us Wedne…
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Conor McGregor may be out of this weekend's UFC 303 due to a toe injury, but as always, when your event is in trouble you call on Alex Pereira. So we're previewing the brand new UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 card in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we discuss some recently booked fights, Paige VanZant ta…
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Former UFC Flyweight contender Alex Perez has taken a pretty quick turnaround to headline this weekend's UFC against hot prospect Tatsuro Taira. We preview UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira in the first half of this week's show. More or less. Then in the second half of the show we speculate on the future of Conor McGregor and UFC 303, and briefly di…
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UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev retained his title against Dustin Poirier in a hell of a fight at UFC 302. It was pretty incredible. The rest of the card....not so much. We discuss it all in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov. Finally, in …
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UFC Lightweight Champion and current #1 Pound for Pound fighter Islam Makhachev returns this weekend to defend his title against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we discuss fighters defending the honor of Georges St-Pierre, and Gegard Mousasi's seperation from…
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The UFC remains doing shows out of their Apex Center in Las Vegas, and you can kind of see why with the lineup on this upcoming UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show, and search for diamonds in the rough on that card. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the retirement announcement…
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The UFC heads back to Rio this weekend, alongside "The King of Rio" himself, Jose Aldo. We preview Aldo's return fight, and the rest of that UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we discuss Bare Knuckle FC for once, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez. Finally, in ou…
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It's Ariane Lipski vs. Karine Silva fight week! Maybe we're the only ones excited for that specific part of this week's UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez card. We preview that event in the first half of this week's show. Then we discuss a little weirdness in the UFC Lightweight rankings, Karate Combat, the 2024 PFL season, and what happens when so…
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Wow, Max Holloway. Most of this week's show is spent discussing the results of UFC 300, but we probably could have spent the entire hour talking about how awesome Max Holloway was in his victory over BMF Champion Justin Gaethje. We also run down a few fight announcements, including the big one of Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler in June, and we …
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We spend the entire episode previewing all of the fights on UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill. That's it. Let's go. Catch us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, find @SteveJeffery on Twitter or just email us.
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In the first half of this week's episode we take a look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2, while we wait patiently for the big fights of UFC 300. Then in our Hammer History segment we look back (almost) 500 episodes to May 2014, and the first Renan Barao vs. TJ Dillashaw UFC Bantamweight title fight, and the ridiculous Rampage vs.…
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This weekend is UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot, and the two hottest Women's Flyweight contenders out there are headlining, and we're all pretty excited about it. We preview the main event of Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot, as well as the rest of that card, in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the episode we disc…
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Former UFC Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas looks to get back on track against two division contender Amanda Ribas, this weekend at UFC on ESPN: Ribas vs. Namajunas. We preview that...not particularly stacked card in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the episode we discuss Mark Coleman's heroic act, the surprising ne…
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UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera was a pretty fun night of fights, with a bunch of impressive performances that we're pretty excited to talk about in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the episode we discuss Francis Ngannou's knockout loss to Anthony Joshua, the end of Bloody Elbow as we know it, and preview the upcoming UF…
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These modern day UFC cards may be hit or miss, but when they hit, they hit big. This upcoming weekend's UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera is just full of great fights and solid matchmaking, and we spend almost the entire show previewing that event. We also squeeze in a little talk about Francis Ngannou vs. Anthony Joshua, and the results of UFC Fight Nigh…
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UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev card is... pretty underwhelming, but at least the fighters don't have to go all the way to Saudi Arabia anymore. We preview that upcoming event in the first half of this week's show. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the results of UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Royval, and PFL vs. Bellator from Saudi A…
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At UFC 298, the Volkanovski Era ended violently at the hand of new UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria. We discuss the new landscape at 145 pounds, as well as the results of the entire card, in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we preview the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Royval, and PFL vs. Bellator,…
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