The Hammer MMA Radio Steve Jeffery, David Abraham, Greg Persson, Liam Dunlop

At UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3, Leon Edwards managed to defend his UFC Welterweight Championship against Kamaru Usman, and silence his critics.  We discuss the entire event, including the wild Gaethje vs. Fiziev fight, in the first half of this week's episode.
Then in the second half of the show we run down the week in MMA news, and preview the upcoming UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen card.
Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to April 2013, and clips from our interview at the time with Nate Diaz.
Check us out Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, or find @SteveJeffery on Twitter

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.
Check us out Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, or find @SteveJeffery on Twitter

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.
Check us out Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, or find @SteveJeffery on Twitter

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.
Check us out Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, or find @SteveJeffery on Twitter

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.
Check us out Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, or find @SteveJeffery on Twitter

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.
.You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, or find @SteveJeffery on Twitter