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UFC 321 was an unsatisfying night, mainly because UFC Heavyweight Championship fight between Tom Aspinall and Cyril Gane ended in a No Contest. We discuss that, new UFC Strawweight Champion Mackenzie Dern, and more, in the first half of this week's show. 

Then we take a look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama, which at least on paper is looking a little thin.

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In the first half of this week's show, we take a look at this weekend's UFC 321, with two titles on the line. UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall defends the non-interim title for the first time against Cyril Gane, and the vacant UFC Strawweight title is on the line for Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern. 

Then we take a look back at the results of UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Allen, featuring a huge win for Brendan Allen, and a night of mixed success for top Canadian fighters.

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The UFC returns to Vancouver this weekend for UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Allen, headlined by a consequential Middleweight fight, and also featuring some of the best current Canadian talent. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we take a look back at the results of UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot card, and discuss a relatively quiet week in MMA news.

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Alex Pereira defeated Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320 to win back the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, and continue one of the most interesting careers in MMA history. We discuss the results of the entire card 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 Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot card, and the rest of the week in MMA news.

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It's a big Light Heavyweight rematch this weekend as Magomed Ankalaev has his first title defense against the man he won the title from at UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2. We preview that card to start off this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we look at the results of the apparently poorly attended UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes card.

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We start off this week's show looking at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes card, featuring a pretty good and consequential Light Heavyweight fight, and...not much else.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA (and other) news.

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It's been a rough month for the Fighting Nerds camp, as hot Featherweight prospect Jean Silva lost to former title contender Diego Lopes at UFC Noche. We go over the results of that card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half we discuss the week in MMA news, including TKO's first crack at boxing.

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It's the UFC's third annual Noche event in celebration of Mexican Independence Day, and it's a little thin. Still, the Featherweight main event of Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva is a hell of a fight. We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we recap UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho, and discuss the week in MMA news.

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This weekend at UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho in Paris, Middleweight contenders meet and try to lock in a title shot against UFC Middleweight Champion Khamzat Chimaev. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we take a look at the week in MMA news, including a big weekend for Darren Till and Tony Ferguson at Misfits Boxing, and some big UFC fights announced for Madison Square Garden.

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Khamzat Chimaev just beat Dricus du Plessis in a one-sided fight at UFC 319 to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion. We discuss the results of that fight, and the rest of the card, in the first half of this week's show.

Then we take a look at the UFC's new deal with Paramount+, as well as the PFL results, and a preview of the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang.

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Five years after he appeared destined to be a UFC champion, Khamzat Chimaev finally gets his chance this weekend at UFC 319, against champion Dricus du Plessis. We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we take a look at the results of UFC on ESPN: Dolidze vs. Hernandez, including a star-making performance from Anthony Hernandez.

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Top ten UFC Middleweights compete this weekend at UFC on ESPN: Dolidze vs. Hernandez, and we preview that card in the first half of this week's show.. 

Then in the second half of the show we look back at the week in MMA news, as well as the results of UFC on ESPN: Taira vs. Park, and PFL 8.

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We start off this week's show talking about the results of UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder, featuring a big win for Middleweight contender Reiner de Ridder, Petr Yan turning away Bantamweight prospect Marcus McGhee, and a bit of violence from Shara Magomedov and Marc-Andre Barriault. 

Then in the second half of the show we look at this weekend's rather shallow UFC on ESPN: Taira vs. Park, with Tatsuro Taira getting a brand new opponent a week out.

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At UFC 318, Max Holloway finally got a win over decade-long rival Dustin Poirier, and remains the BMF Champion, while Poirier himself got to ride into the sunset in his own hometown. All in all, it was a good 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 preview the upcoming UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder, and take a look at the week in MMA news.

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It's the end of a long run for Dustin Poirier, who is having his retirement fight in New Orleans this weekend at UFC 318 against career rival and current BMF Champion Max Holloway. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show.  

Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the week in MMA. news, as well as the results of UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira. 

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The old guard tries to hold onto their rankings this weekend at UFC ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira, not the least of which in the main event where rookie Tallison Teixeira takes on former UFC Heavyweight Contender Derrick Lewis in the main event.  We preview that card in the first half of this week's show.  

Then in the second half of the show we take a look at the week in MMA. news.

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Ilia Topuria is the brand new UFC Lightweight Champion, kicking off what looks like an exciting (and confusing) new era in the Lightweight division. We discuss that, and all of the rest of the fights from UFC 317, in the first half of this week's show. 

Then we look at some of the week in MMA news, including the PFL 7 results, and the 2025 UFC Hall of Fame.

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The vacant UFC Lightweight Championship is on the line this weekend at UFC 317, as Ilia Topuria comes up a division to try and win another world title, and standing in his way is former Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira. We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we unpack the retirement of Jon Jones and what that means for his legacy and the future of the UFC Heavyweight division, and also take a look at the results from UFC's first trip to Azerbaijan, UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.

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UFC's first trip to Azerbaijan, UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr., looks to be a decent set of action fights, headlined by some heavy Light Heavyweight hitters. We preview the card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA, as well as the results of UFC on ESPN: Usman vs. Buckley.

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UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 is in the books, with Merab Dvalishvili retaining his UFC Bantamweight title, and Kayla Harrison winning the UFC Women's Bantamweight title. We discuss all of the happenings from that event in the first half of this week's show. 

Then in the second half of the show we run down some of the week in MMA news, as well as take a look at the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Usman vs. Buckley card.

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UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 is coming up this weekend, featuring former UFC Bantamweight Champion Sean O'Malley trying to reclaim his title from the man who beat him, and Kayla Harrison finally gets her shot at the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. We preview the entire card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we run down some of the week in MMA news, as well as the results of the ill-rated UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Klein.

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It's a relatively slow week in MMA, so we start the show discussing the results of UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales, where Michael Morales became yet another contender at Welterweight.

Then in the second half of the show we run down some of the week in MMA news.

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This week we start off with a look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales, headlined by former UFC Welterweight contender Gilbert Burns vs. the up-and-coming Michael Morales.

In the second half of the show we discuss the results of UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena, and a bit of random MMA news.

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This weekend the UFC heads to Montreal for the first time in a decade for UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena. In the first half of this week's show we preview the card, including two title fights and a Jose Aldo fight. 

Then in the second half we discuss the week in MMA, as well as the results of PFL 4 and UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo.

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It's Bantamweight action at UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo in Des Moines this weekend UFC heads to Kansas City, and we preview the card in the first half of this week's show. 

Then in the second half we discuss the week in MMA, including PFL 4 and the results of UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates.

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The UFC heads to Kansas City with a short notice Welterweight  main event between Ian Machado Garry and rising star Carlos Prates. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show. 

Then we discuss the week in MMA news, including the results of PFL 3.

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UFC 314 was a hell of a card. Alexander Volkanovski regained the UFC Featherweight Championship and has a line of potential challengers, Paddy Pimblett silenced the doubters, and the Fighting Nerds did it again. We recap all of the results in the first half of this week's show.

Then we discuss Amanda Nunes' Hall of Fame announcement, what is likely the end of GFL, and the PFL Quarterfinals.

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The UFC Featherweight Championship is for all intents and purposes vacant with Ilia Topuria moving up to the Lightweight division.  So this weekend at UFC 314, former champ Alexander Volkanovski faces the rising Diego Lopes for the title, and we preview the card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we look back on a slow week in MMA, including the return of PFL, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Emmett vs. Murphy.

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It's another week and another UFC card, and this week's is UFC on ESPN: Emmett vs. Murphy, headlined by a battle between two top ten UFC Featherweights.  We preview that card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we look back on the week in MMA news, including more on Cain Velasquez, and a lot of stories about our favorite topic, fighter pay.  Also, a recap of UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg.

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The UFC heads back to Mexico City this week for UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg, and we preview that card in the first half of this week's show. 

We also run down the week in MMA news, as depressing as always, as well as the results of UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady.

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We start of the show previewing all of the fights at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady, featuring former UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards meeting up-and-coming contender Sean Brady, and a big opportunity for Carlos Ulberg against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz.

In the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, as well as the results of UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2.

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UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev had a bit of everything. Great fights, terrible fights, fouls, terrible decisions, feel-good moments, and shameful ones.  And of course, new Light Heavyweight Champion Magomed Ankalaev.  We discuss it all in the first half of this week's show.

In the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, and take a look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2.

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At this weekend's UFC 313, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira has possibly his biggest test to date against Magomed Ankalaev.  Plus in the co-main event, Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev have a short notice rematch.  We preview the card in the first half of this week's show.

In the second half of the show we discuss the week in MMA news, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev.

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The UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song was a weird one, with a lot of finishes on the undercard, and an anti-climactic technical decision in the main event.  We discuss the card, and what's next for big winner Song Yadong. 

There's also a bunch of big UFC fight announcements, none of which are on this week's upcoming UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev unfortunately, which we also take a look at.

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The UFC heads back to Seattle after twelve years, with a Bantamweight main event of Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong. We preview the card in the first half of this week's episode.

Then we look back at the results of UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues, and wonder what's going on with some insane proposed GFL fights.

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Both champions defended at UFC 312, so we start this week's show discussing the results of that show, including what's next for UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus du Plessis and UFC Strawweight Champion Zhang Weili.

In the second half of the episode we look at the week in MMA news, as well as take a look at the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues.

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The UFC heads back down under with two title fights at UFC 312: du Plessis vs. Strickland.  Will Sean Strickland regain the UFC Middleweight Championship from Dricus du Plessis?  Can Zhang Weili defend the UFC Strawweight Championship against the oft-injured but still dangerous Tatiana Suarez?  We preview all of the fights in the first half of the show.

In the second half of the episode we look back at the results of UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov, and an exceptional bad week for MMA fighters saying stupid things, even for this sport.

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The UFC returns to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a better than usual televised card on February 1st, headlined by former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya facing top five contender Nassourdine Imavov.  We preview that card in the first half of this week's show.

Then afterwards we take a look at the very strange Global Fight League draft.

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UFC 311 took quite the turn one day before the event.  With Lightweight challenger Arman Tsarukyan out with a back injury, long-time contender Renato Moicano had a last minute switch into the title shot.  We discuss that first, the UFC Bantamweight title fight, and the rest of the card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show...it's the end of Bellator.

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It's looking like wrestle-mania at this weekend's UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Tsarukyan 2, is the two title fights are any indication.  We preview the main card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half we look at the UFC 311 preliminary card, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2.

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The first UFC event of 2025 is a rematch between Strawweight contenders Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas, and we preview the card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half we catch up on some of the MMA news from over the holidays, but really we're just killing time until the PPV next weekend.

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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..

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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 Fig...

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 p...

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.

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...

We spend the entire episode previewing all of the fights on UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill.

That's it.  Let's go.

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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 H...

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...

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 a...

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. S...

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.

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 di...

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 Dece...

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 D...

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...

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 ear...

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 t...

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...