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. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to April 2013, and clips from our interview at the time with Nate Diaz. Check us out Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and on ..read more

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, and Power Slap. Sort of. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to April 2013, with Wanderlei Silva's April Fool's joke, and our interview at the time with Josh Hill. Che ..read more

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 the results of Bellator 291 and UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen, and continue to chart the death of Power Slap. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late March 20 ..read more

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 out of last week's Makhachev vs. Volkanovski fight, the upcoming Bellator 291 card, more Power Slap awfulness, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield. Finally, in our Hammer ..read more

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, including more MMA legends boxing, more bad news for Power Slap, recent changes to UFC fighter contracts, and the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield card. Finally, in our Hammer Histo ..read more

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 on The Ultimate Fighter, the Bellator 290 and UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak results, and more of the brutal realities of Dana White's Power Slap. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we ..read more

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 of our concerns with Dana White's Power Slap now that one of us has actually seen some of it. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-February 2013, and the ov ..read more

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 now that he's told his side of the story, and while we didn't actually watch it, we do gawk at how poorly Dana White's Power Slap seems to be doing so far. Finally, in our Hammer History seg ..read more

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 announcement of Jon Jones vs. Cyril Gane for that belt.  We also discuss more on Dana White, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we lo ..read more

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: Imavov vs. Gastelum. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early February 2013, and the Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia fight, and Randy Couture hooking up with Bella ..read more