Okay, so UFC 308 was nuts. Not only did UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria cement himself with a first his title defense, he also became the first man to knock out Max Holloway. And Robert Whittaker was submitted by Khamzat Chimaev. At least the judging was bad, so something felt familiar. We discuss the results of the whole card in the first …

We start off this week's show looking at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira, headlined by a solid fight between top 15 UFC Middleweights Anthony Hernandez and Michel Pereira. Then in the second half of the show we discuss settlement request statements from the UFC anti-trust suit, the upcoming PFL PPV headlined by Francois Ngannou …

UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. was a land of contrasts. One one hand a main event war where Alex Pereira defended his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against game contender Khalil Rountree Jr. On the other hand, some very rough judging and referee work in some very important fights. At least there's a lot to talk about. Then in the second hal…

UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. is coming up this weekend from Salt Lake City, and we get in the spirit by getting a little salty about some of the matchmaking, but there are a lot of fun fights for us to preview in the first half of this week's episode. Then in the second half of the show we briefly look at the week in MMA news, as well as the r…

In the first half of this week's show we discuss the happenings from UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili at The Sphere in Las Vegas, including two new champions and a whole lot of very fancy video packages. Then we wrap up the show with the week in MMA news, including updates on November's UFC 309 card, and the results of Bellator Champions Series 5:…

This weekend Saudi Arabia presents Riyadh Season Noche UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili at The Sphere in Las Vegas to celebrate Mexican Independence Day. Yes, it's a mouthful. We preview the card in the first half of the show, including the UFC Bantamweight Championship fight between Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, and the UFC Women's Flyweig…

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:…

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, …

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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.

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.…