UFC 192 Heavy Hands: Can Alexander Gustafsson beat Daniel Cormier?
UFC 192 is, across the board, the most well-matched card of 2015. So far, the bettors and bookies have no idea what to make of…
Connor Ruebusch Archives: 09/2015
Was Uriah Hall’s spinning back kick KO a lucky shot?
On Saturday, Uriah Hall turned Gegard Mousasi, a fighter whose durability is the stuff of legend, into a wobbling mess with a single, perfectly placed…
The Coming Storm – Justin Gaethje: The Mind of a Brawler
Last weekend, I watched Justin Gaethje rematch Luis Palomino for the World Series of Fighting lightweight championship. Perhaps best known as the only Peruvian to…
Heavy Hands 70 – Brawlers and Maulers: McGregor, Marciano, and Gaethje
On this week’s episode of Heavy Hands, Patrick Wyman and I are breaking down one of combat sport’s most confounding styles: the brawler. Already on…
Bellator Dynamite Judo Chop: Emanuel Newton’s Cakewalk
The light heavyweight division is a weird place. It’s undisputed number one fighter is currently out of competition for an as-yet-undetermined amount of time. The…
Heavy Hands 69: MMA Weirdos, Nick Diaz and Emanuel Newton
In the aftermath of the latest hearing of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, we’re celebrating a career that very commission may have just ended. Facing…
Heavy Hands 68: Where’s the love for Demetrious Johnson?
Demetrious Johnson is undeniably one of the best to ever do it. The UFC’s first and only flyweight champion recently outdid himself in a rematch…
UFC 191 Judo Chop: The three counters, feat. Andrei Arlovski, Paul Felder, & Francisco Rivera
In a fight, the difference between victory and defeat can hinge on a single miss. Say you overcommit to a punch and find yourself off-balance,…
Heavy Hands 67 – Demetrious Johnson and the fight buffet of UFC 191
This week on Heavy Hands we’re relishing the fight buffet that is UFC 191. From the start of the televised prelims onward, this is a…
UFC 191 Gaps in the Armor: How John Dodson beats Demetrious Johnson
I’ll say up-front that this is one of the hardest articles I’ve ever had to write. Demetrious Johnson is not only one of the most…