UFC on Fox 21: The Gentle Art of Demian Maia (Heavy Hands #121)
A lot of us expected Demian Maia to win, but very few expected that. The former middleweight, whose shot at Anderson Silva’s title was both…
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UFC 202 Pivotal Moments: Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2, rounds 3, 4, and 5
No one has ever really pressed Conor McGregor, not since he truly became Conor McGregor. His story has been one of dominance. Almost inexplicably, his…
UFC 202 – Breaking down Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2 (Heavy Hands #120)
Conor McGregor may have just proven that he is an all-time great. Nate Diaz is simply a bad style matchup for him. No matter what…
UFC 202 Pivotal Moments: Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2, rounds 1 & 2
What does great mean? We could be corny and go to the dictionary definition, but in combat sports the term carries special significance. A dominant…
UFC 202 – Diaz vs McGregor 2 In-Depth Analysis (Heavy Hands #119)
At last, the time is near. What began as a fairly run-of-the-mill short-notice fight for featherweight champion Conor McGregor now threatens to become one of…
UFC 202 – Conor McGregor: The Puncher’s Path part two
(Note: This is a follow-up to a piece published on January of 2015, which paralleled the careers of Conor McGregor and heavyweight boxer George Foreman.…
Heavy Hands #118: Yair Rodriguez, How to fight a bigger opponent
This week on Heavy Hands, we’re talking about stature. On this show, we have already dedicated numerous episodes to fighting style, and our main point…
League of Extraordinary Journeymen: Middleweights of UFC Salt Lake City
Welcome back, friends, to the League of Extraordinary Journeymen. It’s been a few months since we last took an in-depth look at the middleweight division,…
How Tyron Woodley stopped Robbie Lawler, Boxing for MMA (Heavy Hands #117)
The gut doesn’t lie. Tyron Woodley was the wrong kind of challenge for Robbie Lawler at this point in his career. The man who had…