The HAMMAR (Hardcore Mixed Martial Arts Radio)

This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Fifteenth Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2024's Best Fight, Best Knockout, Best Submission, Fighter of the Year, Prospect of the Year, and many more categories..

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 .

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura is the last UFC PPV of 2024, and it's a strange one. UFC Flyweight Champion Alexandre Pantoja defends his title against a debuting UFC fighter, Shavkat Rakhmonov is fighting Ian Garry instead of for the Welterweight title, and there are two completely weird and random Featherweight fights on the main card. We preview the main card to start this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the UFC 310 preliminary card, and talk the week in MMA news, and the results of the 2024 PFL finals at PFL 10.

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We start off the show looking at the results of UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueredo from Macau, featuring a strong performance from former UFC Bantamweight Champion Petr Yan.

Then in the second half of the show we talk the week in MMA news, including the 2024 PFL finals at PFL 10, and Conor McGregor's civil trial in Ireland.

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To no one's surprise, Jon Jones defended his UFC Heavyweight Championship against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309. We discuss that fight, the looming UFC Interim Champion Tom Aspinall, and the rest of the card in the first half of this and what's next for all involved.

Then in the second half of the show we talk the week in MMA news, including the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueredo, and the very non-MMA Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight.

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It's a big one this week in New York, as at UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic, UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones looks to defend his Heavyweight title for the first, and possibly only time, against former champion Stipe Miocic. 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 news, the awful Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Netflix thing, and look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates.

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Neil Magny continues along in his never-ending duty of defending a UFC Welterweight top 15 ranking spot against all up-and-comers. This week it's Carlos Prates taking a shot at him in the headliner of UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates, and we preview that 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, and look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi.

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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 half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we get into our favorite topics, Francis Ngannou doing his thing, and fighters getting paid. As well as a preview of UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi.

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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 vs. Renan Ferreira, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira.

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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 half of the show we briefly look at the week in MMA news, and preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira.

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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 results of UFC Fight Night: Saint Denis vs. Moicano.

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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: McCourt v. Collins.

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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 Flyweight Championship fight between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson's retirement, and the results of Bellator and UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady.

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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.

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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.

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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, a card that did not exceed our low expectations.

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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, and the results of UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov.

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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 the show we discuss the rest of the week in MMA, as well as a preview of the upcoming UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov.

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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 show we discuss Dana White and Hulkamania at the RNC, another dumb Jake Paul boxing fight, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba.

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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-trust case, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez.

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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 we discuss the Diaz vs. Masvidal boxing match, and the latest controversy with Khamzat Chimaev.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to August 2014, and Joe Riggs pulling out of a UFC fight due to shooting himself accidentally.

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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.

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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 taking a Power Slap fight, and the results of PFL, Bellator, and UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov.

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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 discuss the week's MMA events including Rizin, PFL, Oktagon, BTC, and UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov.

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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 our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to our discussion with journalist Karim Zidan about the Chael Sonnen's final drug test failure while under contract with the UFC.

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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 PFL.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to June 2014, and how Cub Swanson was doing at the time.

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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 of long-time favorite Matt Brown, this week's upcoming Bellator from France, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento.

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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 our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to June 2014, and a salty Ben Henderson following his win over Rustam Khabilov.

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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 someone vomits in the cage.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to June 2014, and our interviews at the time with Canadian fighters Rory MacDonald and Mike Malott.

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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 have the return of Liam's PFL Corner segment.

Then in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late May 2014, and our take on the UFC's experiment in running two events in one day.

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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. King Mo feud in Bellator.

Finally, we discuss the results of UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot, which should have been called UFC on ESPN: Eyepokes and Groin Shots.

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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 discuss the week in MMA news, including a bit of an anti-climactic wrap-up to the UFC anti-trust lawsuit, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Ribas vs. Namajunas.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment, we look back 500 episodes to our interview with former WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown, and some strange things afoot in the UFC Rankings.

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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 new UFC 301 main event, Bellator 302, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura.

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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 UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-April 2014, and our post-fight interviews at the time with KJ Noons and Olivier Aubin-Mercier backstage at the The Ultimate Fighter: Nations Finale.

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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 Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-April 2014, where we were on location for the UFC: TUF Nations Finale, and look back and our interviews at the time with Michael Bisping, Tim Kennedy, and Leslie Smith.

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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 Arabia, and the rest of the week in MMA news.

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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, as well as gripe about fighter pay a little, because why not?

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UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski returns this weekend at UFC 298, to his best weight class, to defend his title against up-and-coming star Ilia Topuria. We preview that fight, and the rest of a pretty solid card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the results of UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-March 2014, where we were on location in Natal, Brazil, conducting some awkward post-fight interviews at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Shogun 2.

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It's another week, and another Middleweight fight headlining a shallow UFC Fight Night at the Apex Center. This week we're previewing the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer.

Then in the second half of this week's episode we look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov, and discuss the on-again-off-again Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint-Denis fight.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-March 2014, and our show that was recorded from Brazil, including our interviews at the time with Dan Henderson, CB Dollaway, and Jussier Formiga.

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This week's UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov kicks off a run of a UFC event every weekend until mid-April. We preview that card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the PFL vs. Bellator press conference, Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison, and Jon Anik's experience with the shift in MMA discourse.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to March 2014, and our thoughts at the time on Hendricks vs. Lawler, a somewhat odd choice for the future of the Middleweight division, and we wonder if there may be something suspicious about Jon Jones.

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In the first half of this week's episode we discuss the results of UFC 297, including new UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus Du Plessis, new UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington, and just kind of a bad night for Canada all around.

Then in the second half of the show we look at more UFC 300 news, Frankie Edgar's pending UFC Hall of Fame induction, and the announcement of the first PFL vs. Bellator event.

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The UFC finally returns to Toronto this weekend, for UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis. It's maybe not the deepest card of 2024, but there are two title fights, a bunch of Canadian talent, and we preview the whole main card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we look at the UFC 297 preliminary card, where the UFC 300 card stands with a few months to go, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2.

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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 is the first UFC event of 2024, and we're back previewing the card in the first half of this week's show. Well, the main card at least.

Then in the second half of the show we join in on the predictions for what April's UFC 300 card may look like, as well as the last few weeks of MMA news, and the huge announcement of Francis Ngannou boxing Anthony Joshua.

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This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Fourteenth Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2023's Best Fight, Best Knockout, Best Submission, Fighter of the Year, Prospect of the Year, and many more categories.

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The last UFC event of the year fell a little flat, being big on trash talking, and a little light on action, especially in the main event, where UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards solidly beat contender Colby Covington. We recap the entire card 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.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late January 2014, and the first time James Lynch co-hosted, previewing UFC 169 with us.

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This weekend's UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington is loaded up with two title fights, and a bunch of up-and-comer vs. veteran match-ups that make this one of the more interesting MMA cards of the year. We spend a lot of this week's episode running down the card.

We also discuss the week in MMA news, as well as the results of PFL Europe, and UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez.

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This weekend, UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez takes a left turn at Shanghai, and winds up in Las Vegas, and hey...it's actually not a bad little card. We preview it in the first half of this week's show.

Then we run down the week in MMA news, including the arrest of Jamahal Hill, Sean Strickland taking care of business in his driveway, more depressing payout information from the UFC anti-trust class action suit, PFL's TV deal, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan.

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With the holiday season upon us, the UFC is putting on deeper than average televised fight cards again, including this weekend's UFC on ESPN: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan. We preview that event in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show, it's the announcement that we've all been waiting months for. PFL has purchased Bellator. We discuss what we know so far, the potential for the future, as well as the results of the 2023 PFL season finals.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late December 2013, and our reaction at the time to Anderson Silva's horrifying leg injury in his second fight with Chris Weidman.

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This week we take a lap around the combat sports world, including the results of UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig, Francis Ngannou's WBC ranking, Bloody Elbow's fighter pay analysis stemming from the Le vs. Zuffa anti-trust lawsuit, and more, in the first half of the episode.

Then we look at the results of the last confirmed Bellator event, the upcoming PFL 2023 finals, and wonder if those two crazy kids will ever get together.

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UFC 295 was a hell of an event, with big title wins for Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall, and a ton of exciting fights and finishes. We discuss all of the results in the first half of this week's episode.

In the second half of the show we preview the upcoming Bellator 301 and UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig, as well as the rest of the week in MMA news.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to December 2013, and some clips from our awards show, in case you're wondering who won 2013 MMA Douchebag of the Year.

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UFC 295 is looking pretty damn good, what with Jiri Procházka vs. Alex Pereira fighting for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight title, and Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall for the UFC Interim Heavyweight title. In the first half of this week's show we preview the entire card.

Then in the second half of the episode we discuss the week in MMA news, including more on the UFC class action suit, the Fury vs. Ngannou buyrate, as well as look back at the results of UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis.

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It looks like we are The Hammer Boxing Radio for the first half of this week's episode, as we have a lot to say following former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou's impressive boxing performance against Tyson Fury.

We also discuss the rest of the week in MMA news, including Jon Jones' injury that has taken him out of UFC 295, the newly signed UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship fight, Budweiser's return to the octagon, and a preview of the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 10 years to our interview at the time with Chris Weidman.

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UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev retained his title against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294, which was impressive, but not as impressive as the sheer number of No Contests, censorship, and staph infections going on over there in Abu Dhabi last weekend.

Then in the second half of the show we take a quick look at this weekend's Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou boxing fight, and some of the recent UFC cuts.

And hey...just because we can, there's a replay of our 2011 review of the MMA film, Warrior.

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It's been one of those wacky weeks in MMA, not the least of which is that this weekend's UFC 294 has been completely revamped on very short notice.

In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card including Alexander Volkanovski stepping in for a rematch against UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev, and Kamaru Usman replacing Paulo Costa against Khamzat Chimaev.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the end of the USADA era in UFC, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza.

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Top fifteen UFC Featherweights Sodiq Yusuff and Edson Barboza headline this weekend's UFC Fight Night card, and we preview it in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the results and news coming out of Bellator 300 and UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green.

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The UFC returns this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green. While it doesn't look so great on the surface, we do find a lot to like about it once we get to know it. We preview that 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, as well as PFL Europe 3 results, as well as the latest from our favorite freak show fight promotion, Fight Circus 8.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early November 2013, and our interview with trainer Mike Dolce.

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Everything's coming up Gamrot, as Mateusz Gamrot picked up the biggest win of his career, beating fellow Lightweight contender Raphael Fiziev following an in-cage injury.

We discuss that result, as well as the rest of the UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot card, in the first half of this week's show.

Then we move onto the week in MMA including the announcement of some new UFC title fights, and the Bellator 299 results.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to our interview with Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2013, and then extend the segment to include our thoughts on a couple of the Expendables movies, since Expend4bles was released this week.

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UFC Lightweight contenders Rafael Fiziev and Mateusz Gamrot face off this weekend, and we preview that fight, and the rest of the UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot card in the first half of this week's show.

We also run down the week in MMA news including the UFC/WWE merger, the rumors of Bellator's impending demise, and what we learned from John Makdessi sharing his UFC 293 paycheck for all to see.

Finally, we discuss the results and judging controversies of UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2.

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We're not sure what's more surprising. That Sean Strickland is the new UFC Middleweight Champion, or that the worst soundbites from UFC 293 may not have come from him.

In the first half of this week's episode we discuss Strickland's big win, and the rest of the results of UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland.

Then we run down the week in MMA news, and preview UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early October 2013, and our interviews with Kevin "Hercules" Sorbo, and UFC Lightweight contender TJ Grant.

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UFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland is coming up this weekend from Australia, and sure, it's maybe not the card everyone was hoping for, but we preview the fights in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss what seems to be an inevitable purchase of Bellator by PFL, take a look at the UFC 292 payouts, and check out the results of UFC on ESPN: Gane vs. Spivak.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early October 2013, and the unfortunate main event of Jake Shields vs. Demian Maia, and our interview at the time with UFC Interim Bantamweight Champion Renan Barao.

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The UFC heads to Paris this weekend for UFC on ESPN: Gane vs. Spivak, and while the Heavyweight main event is good, we're really into the co-main event of Rose Namajunas' moving up to Flyweight to fight Manon Fiorot.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the results of PFL and UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-September 2013, and more of our UFC 165 coverage at the time, including interviews with Khabib Nurmagomedov and Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson..

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Sean O'Malley won the UFC Bantamweight Championship at UFC 292, and the division is looking pretty interesting right now. We discuss that main event, as well as the rest of the results from UFC 292, in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we preview the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie card, as well as look at a couple of PFL events.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-September 2013, and the our UFC 165 coverage, including interviews at the time with Bantamweight contender Eddie Wineland and Brendan Schaub, as well as Greg's workout with Mike Dolce.

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The first half of this week's episode is our preview of this weekend's UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley card, which includes the UFC Bantamweight and UFC Women's Strawweight title fights, as well as the return of Chris Weidman from horrific injury.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the latest on the UFC class action lawsuit, the new main event of UFC 293, more Conor McGregor nonsense, PFL, and the results of Bellator 298 and UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos.

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In the first half of this week's episode, we take a look at the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos, headlined by welterweight contender Vincente Luque returning to fight former UFC Lightweight Champion Raphael dos Anjos.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news including Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz, the upcoming Bellator 298, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Font.

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Justin Gaethje just beat Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 291, and we're wondering whether he can parlay his brand new BMF title into an actual UFC title fight. We discuss that, and all of the UFC 291 results in the first half of this week's show.

We also run down the week in MMA news, including Bellator x Rizin 2 results, the upcoming PFL, UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font cards, and the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz boxing fight.

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Dustin Poirier is fighting Justin Gaethje this weekend, how cool is that? Sure, it's for the BMF title, but you can't have everything.

We preview that fight, and the entire UFC 291 card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we discuss the announcement of Makhachev vs. Oliviera 2, the at least temporary retirement of Ian Heinisch, the upcoming Bellator X Rizin 2, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura.

Then in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-August 2013, and Travis Browne's huge win over Alistair Overeem, and Conor McGregor beating Max Holloway in his second ever UFC fight.

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To "Fumble the Bag" or "To Not Fumble the Bag", that was the question everyone's been wondering about Francis Ngannou since he first decided to test the waters outside of the UFC. Well this week we can finally answer that, following the announcement of his upcoming boxing fight with Tyson Fury.

We also have a vacant UFC Light Heavyweight title, unlikely Ronda Rousey rumors, Alexandre Pantoja's experience with fighter pay, the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-August 2013, and the UFC's debut on Fox Sports 1, including Conor McGregor's fight on the preliminary card.

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UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez was a hell of a fight card, and in the first half of this week's episode we discuss the night of big upsets, wild finishes, as well as Robbie Lawler's retirement fight.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, and quickly preview the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Bueno Silva.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early August 2013, and Jose Aldo's victory of The Korean Zombie, and wonder how Ben Askren may do if he ever came to UFC.

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The upcoming UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez card looks to be the MMA card of the summer, with two title fights, great prospects, and Robbie Lawler's retirement fight. We spend most of this week's episode previewing all of the fights on that show.

We also quickly go over the results of UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-July 2013, and the results of UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga.

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It's another big UFC main event this weekend at UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs.... wait, what? Okay then...

We preview UFC on ESPN: Sean Strickland vs. Abus Magomedov in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we regretfully discuss some Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg nonsense, as well as the results of PFL 6 and UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-July 2013, and the UFC debut of future champion Jessica Andrade, as well as Swedish superstar Reza Madadi's legal issues.

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This weekend's UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria looks to be one of the better UFC events of the summer on paper, and 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 rest of the week in MMA, including the results of UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier, Bellator 297, PFL 5, and BTC 20. Also, Conor McGregor's sexual assault allegation.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-July 2013, and TJ Grant's unfortunate career ending concussion, and the MMA retirement of Brian Stann.

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Amanda Nunes got the job done at UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana, then retired in the cage at the top of her game, vacating both the UFC Women's Bantamweight and Featherweight Championships. In the first half of this week's episode we discuss all of the news and results coming out of that event.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the rest of the week in MMA, including The Ultimate Fighter, Conor McGregor vs. a basketball mascot, PFL,, Bellator, and the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to July 2013, and our thoughts at the time on Chris Weidman defeating Anderson Silva, and winning the UFC Middleweight Championship.

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It took almost four years, but the UFC is finally returning to Canada this weekend. In the first half of this week's show we preview the entire UFC 289 card, including UFC Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana, an incredible Charles Oliveira vs. Beneil Dariush fight, and a bunch of our local fighters up and down the card.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the rest of the week in MMA including The Ultimate Fighter, PFL 4, Fight Circus, and other nonsense.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early July 2013, and which one of us actually picked Chris Weidman's to win the UFC Middleweight Championship from Anderson Silva, as well as an interview with soon-to-be UFC fighter Alex Ricci.

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Flyweights get to shine this weekend at UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi, and the winner may even be in line for a UFC Flyweight championship fight. We preview that card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the the week in MMA, including the return of The Ultimate Fighter, Bellator's new Flyweight division, and questionable actions from fighters old and new.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-June 2013, and Chris Weidman's hype going into his first UFC Middleweight Championship fight, as well as the implementation of a UFC dress code.

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Francis Ngannou appears to have pulled it off. After leaving the UFC (and his UFC Heavyweight Championship) to test the waters elsewhere, he has now landed a substantial deal with PFL, and we have quite a lot to say about it in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the rest of the week in MMA news, including the potential return of Conor McGregor in late 2023, recent UFC main event announcements, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill.

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"The UFC's "mid" summer run of Fight Night cards continues with a transplanted Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill fight, which was moved to this weekend to save the event. We preview that fight, and the rest of the UFC Fight Night: Mackenzie vs. Dern card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the the week in MMA, including the results of UFC on ABC: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida, an update on the Tim Hague public death inquiry, Bellator charging per event in Canada, and a shockingly large amount of PFL test failures.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-June 2013, and a pretty rough looking UFC 161 card, our awkward interview with Yves Jabouin, and the horrible tale of Waylon Lowe.

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UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling defended his championship at UFC 288, and while he gets less respect than Rodney Dangerfield, it's hard to fault a win over former champion Henry Cejudo. We discuss the results of that fight, and the rest of the UFC 288 card, in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the rest of the week in MMA, including a great One Championship event, Irene Aldana replacing Julianna Pena against Amanda Nunes, our preview of the upcoming UFC on ABC: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida, and more.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early June 2013, and an underwhelming The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 2 finale, as well as big money moves for Rampage Jackson.

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This weekend's UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo has shaped up to be a fun little card. It's headlined by UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling defending his title against Henry Cejudo who is coming out of retirement, after having relinquished the same title three years ago. We preview that card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the week in MMA news including the arrest of Nate Diaz, early rumors of PFL buying Bellator, a wild scene at Bare Knuckle FC, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-May 2013, and the announcement of Forrest Griffin going into the UFC Hall of Fame, as well as Cat Zingano needing to pull out of The Ultimate Fighter spot coaching against Ronda Rousey.

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This coming weekend's UFC card has a new main event of Song Yadong vs. Ricky Simon. On the plus side, that's a great fight. On the other hand, there's the rest of the fights. We sort of preview that card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the results of Bellator 294, Bellator 295, and UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-May 2013, and the upcoming UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2, as well as a tough robbery loss for ol' Evan Dunham.

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The big boys are fighting this weekend at UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes, and the winner should be considered a deserving challenger for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. We preview that fight, and the rest of the card, 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, PFL 3 results, Bellator 294 and 295, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early April 2013, and the at-the-time upcoming Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold fight, a ridiculously huge punishment for Pat Healy, and our interview with TJ Grant heading into his fight with Gray Maynard.

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at UFC 287, Israel Adesanya finally broke the curse of Alex Pereira, beating his long-time rival and winning back the UFC Middleweight Championship. In the first half of this week's episode we discuss what's next for them, as well as Gilbert Burns retiring Jorge Masvidal, and the rest of the results from UFC 287.

Then in the second half of the show we take another look at the Endeavour/WWE merger, PFL 2 and PFL 3, and preview the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen card.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late April 2013, our interviews at the time with MMA journeyman Bill Smallwood, and former UFC fighter Nick Ring.

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UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 is coming up this weekend, headlined by new UFC Middleweight Champion Alex Pereira's first title defense against former champion Israel Adesanya. We spend much of this week's episode previewing that pretty solid fight card.

Then we discuss the rest of the week in MMA, including word of WWE joining UFC under the Endeavor umbrella, as well as the results of Bellator 293, PFL 2023 1, Fight Circus 6, and Gamebred Boxing.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late April 2013, and Jon Jones defeating Chael Sonnen at UFC 159. Plus our interview at the time with former UFC fighter Mike Ricci.

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UFC On ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen wasn't the greatest night of fights ever, but Cory Sandhagen did impress in his main event victory over Marlon Vera. We discuss the results of that show in the first half of this week's episode, as well as the announcement of Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone into the UFC Hall of Fame.

Then in the second half of the show we take a look at this weekend's PFL, Bellator, and Fight Circus events, and the rest of the week in MMA news.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-April 2013, and Ben Henderson's win over Gilbert Melendez, and our interview at the time with eventual UFC Women's Bantamweight contender Sara McMann.

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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.

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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.

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Following years of speculation, Jon "Bones" Jones finally moved up a weight class, and has won the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 285. We discuss that fight, Valentina Shevchenko's upset loss to new UFC Women's Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show preview the upcoming Bellator 292: Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson, and UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili cards, and hopefully wrap up this Dana White's Power Slap thing forever.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early April 2013, and the short notice main event debut of Ilir Latifi, Conor McGregor's first UFC fight, and an interview with Tristar head Firas Zahabi.

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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 2013, and the Montreal weigh-in scale controversy, as well as part of our interview with Tyron Woodley.

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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 History segment we look back 500 episodes to late March 2013, and our post-fight thoughts on UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz, including an interview with Rick Story, who won at that show.

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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 History segment we look back 500 episodes to March 2013, and our coverage at the time of Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz, including interviews with St-Pierre, Johnny Hendricks, and Matt Hughes.

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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 look back 500 episodes to late February 2013, and our thoughts on the time on Brian Stann's last fight, Mark Hunt knocking out Stefan Struve, and the winner for all-time worst corner advice.

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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 overall success of Ronda Rousey's UFC debut.

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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 segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-February 2013, and Ronda Rousey's UFC debut at UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche.

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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 look back 500 episodes to February 2013, when Renan Barao was the scariest Bantamweight on the planet.

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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 Bellator.

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This week is The Hammer MMA Radio's Thirteenth Annual Awards Show. As usual, the three of us debate 2022'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 late January 2013, and our thoughts at the time on UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar.

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It's a short, podcast-only episode here before we take the holidays off, and in the first half of the show we take a look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland.

Then we quickly discuss the Jake Shields / Mike Jackson altercation, and the upcoming Bellator vs. Rizin event.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-January 2013, and Demetrious Johnson's first UFC Flyweight Championship defense against John Dodson, and poor Judo Rick Hawn getting ripped off by his sponsor.

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UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev was so much fun, until it wasn't anymore. In the first half of this week's episode we discuss the results of that show, from the great finishes, all the way to the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship still being vacant.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, including TJ Dillashaw's retirement, BTC 18 and Bellator 289 results, and preview the last UFC event of 2022, UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-January 2013, and our thoughts on Michael Bisping, and Josh Barnett at the time.

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UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev is not the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship main event that we were promised this weekend, but we're still pretty cool with it. We start off this week's episode previewing Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fighting for the vacant title, as well as the rest of the UFC 282 card.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA, including the suspension of UFC betting in our home province of Ontario, the upcoming Bellator card, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-January 2013, and the very last Strikeforce card.

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This week's UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland card has some solid fights, including the Welterweight main event between Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson and Kevin Holland, and a monster Heavyweight fight between Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich. We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the results of the PFL 2022 Championships, and some other random nonsense.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early January 2013, and the results Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos 2, and the final Dream show from Japan.

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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba was a mess of a card, but it was a mostly enjoyable mess. We start this week's show discussing the results of that event, as well as the results of Bellator 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2.

Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the upcoming PFL 2022 Championships, and the passing of Anthony "Rumble" Johnson.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late December 2012, and the (at the time) upcoming UFC 155: dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2.

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UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira certainly delivered, what with new UFC Champions Alex Pereira and Zhang Weili, a Fight of the Year contender between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler, and Frankie Edgar's retirement fight. We discuss all of the results in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we regretfully look at the new Power Slap League announcement, and preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak, and Bellator 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes with clips from our December 2012 Awards Show, including clips of our Worst Fight of the Year, and Robbery of the Year.

R.I.P. Anthony "Rumble" Johnson

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This weekend's UFC 281 features a UFC Middleweight Championship grudge match between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, Carla Esparza defending her UFC Strawweight Championship fight against Zhang Weili, and Michael Chandler vs. Dustin Poirier somewhat of a dream action fight. We preview the card 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 recent UFC releases, the crazy Fight Circus, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-December 2012, and the official announcement of women fights in the UFC, and the retirement of Mark Hominick.

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UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos is coming up this weekend, headlined by a fun Marina Rodriguez vs. Amanda Lemos fight, where the winner appears to be ready for a UFC Women's Strawweight title fight. We preview that card in the first half of this episode.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news including the results of UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allan and Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva, the UFC releases of Krzysztof Jotko and Askar Askarov, and what's up with Jiri Prochazka getting drug tested every week?

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to early December 2012, where we're joined by UFC veteran Mark Bocek, and talk about the upcoming (at the time) Shogun Rua vs. Alexander Gustafsson fight.

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UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev was certainly eventful, and the first half of this week's episode we discuss all of the results, including new UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev, the trainwreck of the UFC Bantamweight title fight, Sean O'Malley's win over Petr Yan, and more.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news including Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva, Ilir Latifi's suspension, Dana White's Power Slap Fighting, Conor McGregor's status, and the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late November 2012, and news of the final Strikeforce show falling apart, and our first interview with the at-the-time UFC bound Jesse Ronson.

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The UFC heads back to Abu Dhabi this weekend for UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev. It's one of the best looking fight cards of the year, and we spend most of this week's episode discussing it.

Later in the show we look at the results of UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo, and a couple of big fight announcements and rumours.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to November 2012, and our post-UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit coverage in Montreal, and our fun exchange with Anderson Silva.

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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 title unification fight, Uriah Hall joining the Paul vs. Silva boxing card, and Melvin Guillard not getting licensed for his BKFC fight in Colorado.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to November 2012, and our UFC 154 coverage, where Greg speaks with GSP and Condit, Mark Hominick goes into his retirement fight, and we annoy Martin Kampmann.

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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 2012 and the genesis of "Let Me Bang, Bro", a Stephan Bonnar test failure, and the Cung Le vs. Rich Franklin fight.

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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 our Hammer History segment.

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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.

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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 Nate from back in 2013.

Then in the second half of the show we take a quick look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song card.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to October 2013, and the announcement of The Ultimate Fighter: Jones vs. Sonnen, UFC 153 results, and another cancelled Strikeforce event.

R.I.P. Elias.

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