Connor Ruebusch

Is the UFC about to get a new featherweight champ?

Dricus Du Plessis does not look like a man ready to win the title at UFC 297. He also did not look like the man to KO Robert Whittaker—but he did.

Let’s break down former UFC champion Alex Pereira’s favorite weapon.

BE’s Connor Ruebusch breaks down the technique, style, and grit displayed by Sean O’Malley in his (unfortunately) great fight with Petr Yan.

UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski is one of the shortest men in the featherweight division, but he’s also a master of range control and distance management.

Connor Ruebusch breaks down the game of the GOAT of women’s MMA, Amanda Nunes, ahead of her UFC 289 title fight.

Ryan Garcia had exactly the wrong game to beat a southpaw like Gervonta Davis.

This Saturday, Leon Edwards takes on Kamaru Usman for the third time. Looking at this matchup, I was excited to finally revisit my old series,…

What makes a good gameplan? Is it security? Should a fighter focus his attention on avoiding whatever it is that the opponent does best? Or…

Chris Curtis was a veteran of 24 fights when he competed on season two of DWTNCS (that’s Dana White’s Dancing with the Contenders, for the…

Bobby Green has been a very good fighter for a very long time. A veteran of 14 years and 42 professional fights, Green entered the…

There are certain matchups that just… deliver. When those matchups are made from a pairing of the two best fighters in a division, viewers can…

16 years ago, Robbie Lawler was one of the most hyped young prospects in the UFC. In 2002, he hit Tiki Ghosn so hard, his…

Gerald Meerschaert closed as the biggest underdog on last weekend’s UFC Vegas 35/TUF Finale card. Most sportsbooks had him at about four-to-one odds to beat…

This weekend, Sean Strickland is slated to fight Uriah Hall in a contest that could see him elevated to contender, or relegated back to the…

We all know the jab is the boxer’s most foundational weapon. It does almost everything, and everything it doesn’t do it helps to set up.…

Usually, for the professional MMA geek, a flash knockout is the worst possible outcome. Just like a coach studying tape (but considerably lamer and a…

“I need you to reset, alright? Let’s start this over. Let’s start moving forward, get back on that jab. The low kick is there as…

Aljamain Sterling is a worthy contender. So worthy, his upcoming bout with bantamweight champion Petr Yan just may be the best fight the UFC could…

Two heavyweights are about to fight, and both of them are good, skillful strikers. Before we move ahead with the rest of this article, I’d…