Poirier vs Gaethje & more lightweight lunacy (Heavy Hands #207)

This week on Heavy Hands, we’re drowning in lightweights. Pat, at least, doesn’t seem to mind. Our topics include:

• Justin Gaethje’s brawling style, and whether it needs to change
• What allows Poirier to hang in the pocket with the likes of Gaethje and Alvarez? And can he beat Khabib?
• Israel Adesanya’s road to contention–longer than we’d hoped?
• Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee
• Is Frankie Edgar returning too soon from his first knockout loss, or does he simply have Cub Swanson’s number?
• Do-or-die time for Aljamain Sterling, and the game of his 15-0 opponent, Brett Johns

And, as always, more topics besides. More than necessary, really. The episodes are getting kinda long, aren’t they?

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