Styles Make Flops: Holly Holm vs Valentina Shevchenko and Strategic Matchmaking
Holly Holm and Valentina Shevchenko are two of the best in the bantamweight division. Shevchenko’s last fight was a fairly close loss to Amanda Nunes,…
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Holm vs Shevchenko, and Lando Vannata’s Glorious UFC Debut (Heavy Hands #115)
It’s not the strongest Fox card the UFC has ever put together, no it is not, but UFC on Fox 20 does have a few…
UFC 200 Masterclass: Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Jose Aldo, & Eddie Alvarez (Heavy Hands)
The weekend of UFC 200 was meant to be a weekend of superlatives, and with 72 of the best fighters on the planet competing over…
UFC 200: Can Daniel Cormier ever beat Jon Jones? (Heavy Hands #113)
It is nearly upon us, and we have saved the best for last. On the final episode of our UFC Fight Week extravaganza, Heavy Hands…
UFC 200 Judo Chop – Sprawl and Maul: The Striking of Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Jose Aldo
In a weekend positively riddled with exciting matchups between elite martial artists, Jose Also and Joanna Jedzrzejczyk stand out. Both of them face superb opponents,…
Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Jose Aldo’s Anti-Wrestling (Heavy Hands # 112)
Episode number two of our Heavy Hands UFC Fight Week extravaganza (patent pending) delves into the Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale, main evented by a fantastic…
Unavoidable Action: Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter’s questionable tactics
Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter put on one hell of a fight, and there’s really no point complaining about that. It was a thrilling, action-packed…
Breaking down Rafael Dos Anjos vs Eddie Alvarez & Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt (Heavy Hands #111)
Your intrepid hosts Connor Ruebusch and Dr. Patrick Wyman are immensely excited about the advent of UFC Fight Week, and as a result we bring…
UFC Ottawa Judo Chop: How Stephen Thompson mastered Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald and Stephen Thompson are, without a doubt, two of the most cerebral fighters in the sport of MMA. The comparison between fighting and…
Demetrious Johnson talks gameplanning & beating dudes up in the clinch (Heavy Hands)
Dominick Cruz may have been the first UFC champion to stop by Heavy Hands, but Demetrious Johnson made sure he wasn’t the last. It’s a…
Rory MacDonald and Stephen Thompson reveal the true meaning of Martial Arts
With UFC Ottawa just a day away, one of the most intriguing matchups in MMA history looms large on the horizon. Rory MacDonald and Stephen…
UFC Ottawa Heavy Hands: Can Rory MacDonald stop Stephen Thompson’s roll?
Few expected Stephen Thompson to make it this far. From losing an attritive battle to an as-yet-unheralded Matt Brown to knocking out the former welterweight…
Michael Bisping and Muhammad Ali (Heavy Hands)
This week on Heavy Hands, we’re feeling mighty surprised. Some of the surprises are fantastically fun, like Michael Bisping shocking the world and stopping Luke…
UFC 199 Judo Chop – Never Counted out: How Michael Bisping fulfilled his destiny
The phrase “Cinderella story” gets tossed around often enough in the world of combat sports to have lost all meaning by now. Like most of…
UFC 199 Heavy Hands: Action fights and inevitable title defenses
At UFC 199, Luke Rockhold and Dominick Cruz will defend their titles–middleweight and bantamweight, respectively. Both title fights are rematches, with both of the original…
Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt and the Festival of Violence (Heavy Hands)
Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt are two of the most promising action fighters in one of the UFC’s most promising action-fight divisions. Between them they…
UFC 198 Heavy Hands: What was Fabricio Werdum thinking?
There are few times when the end of a fight makes me laugh. Often I will gasp, throw my hands in the air, jump around…
The UFC heavyweight curse: Fabricio Werdum loses his cool, and his belt
The UFC heavyweight title is said to be cursed. No champion has ever managed more than two consecutive defenses of the belt, going all the…
UFC 198 Gaps in the Armor: How Stipe Miocic beats Fabricio Werdum
Stipe Miocic has just over six years of professional MMA experience under his belt, but at UFC 198 he will face one of the heavyweight…
‘Urijah who?’ Dominick Cruz talks Faber, technique, and injuries (Heavy Hands)
He’s here, ladies and gentlemen. The Dominator, the Once and Current King, the UFC Bantamweight Champion of the World . . . Dominick Cruz joins…