Connor Ruebusch Archives: 11/2015

What makes an out-fighter an out-fighter, or a boxer a boxer? On this week’s Heavy Hands we look into the behaviors that let us define…

Holly Holm wasn’t supposed to beat Ronda Rousey. She wasn’t even supposed to survive for more than a round or two. Expectations didn’t stop her…

Holly Holm did it. Just about everybody in the MMA world counted her out–and a good number of the ones saying they didn’t are probably…

This is part one of a two-art article. You can find part two here. It started slowly. First one clean punch, then another. As Ronda…

Ronda Rousey only achieved stardom in the last two years. She’s only been fighting professionally since 2011. And yet already, on the eve of what…

In September I wrote up a gameplan for John Dodson to beat Demetrious Johnson. It wasn’t easy and, as expected, the champion held onto his…

Ronda Rousey achieved the status of a “not if, but how” fighter years ago. No longer do we wonder whether or not she will beat…

It’s doubtful that any one name will stand out to the average MMA fan when looking over the card for UFC Sao Paulo–excepting the main…

UFC Sao Paulo is chock full of fantastic matchups between prospects and the veterans who love to thwart them. On this week’s episode of Heavy…