Connor Ruebusch

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fought. It finally happened, and now it’s finally over. Now, with the spectacle finished, we can comfortably discuss the fight…

Preface: An edited version of this piece was originally published by Maxim on April 24th, 2015—just prior to Floyd Mayweather’s historic clash with Manny Pacquiao.…

As the sun is blotted out in the sky, we await the be-all end-all of money fights, the Alpha and the Omega. Floyd Mayweather vs…

Greg Jackson. Firas Zahabi. Rafael Cordeiro. Mike Brown. Matt Hume. Henri Hooft. If you are a fan of MMA, you are almost certainly familiar with…

This weekend, Sergio Pettis gave fans hope. The younger brother of former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis earned the biggest win of his career, a clear…

It happened. After a long and troubled hiatus from the sport of mixed martial arts, Jon Jones finally returned at UFC 214. No sport has…

UFC 214 is right around the corner, and this week’s episode is all about the main event, a long-awaited rematch between Jon Jones and Daniel…

Tons of crazy things are happening in the MMA world. We at Heavy Hands find our selves surrounded by a rash of exciting finishes, rankings…

Two very different fights, both every bit as brilliant and beautiful as MMA can be. We break them both down (and more) on this week’s…

Crude. Reckless. Undefeated. These three words are common enough in the realm of combat sports, but rarely are all three appended to the same fighter…

At UFC 213, Amanda Nunes will have the opportunity to prove that she is the true queen of women’s bantamweight, the rightful heir to Ronda…

On this week’s Heavy Hands, your hosts look ahead to UFC International Fight Week. The main card of UFC 213 is absolutely stacked with mouthwatering…

Holly Holm finally got herself back on the winning track last weekend, with an emphatic kayo victory over stalwart contender Bethe Correia. On this episode…

All that is gold does not glitter, and while I’m still not certain that UFC Auckland was gold, it certainly delivered more action than most…

At UFC 212, Max Holloway became the undisputed UFC featherweight champion of the world with a stunning knockout. It wasn’t easy to watch for us…

Jose Aldo versus Max Holloway is, perhaps, the finest featherweight fight the UFC has ever put together. Aldo won the featherweight belt in the WEC…

UFC 212 isn’t a great card, but it has a great main event. Better than great. Max Holloway has spent the last three years and…

With UFC 211 behind us, we look to the future on this week’s episode of Heavy Hands. Recently the UFC has picked up a number…

At UFC 211, many thought that the two defending champions–Stipe Miocic and Joanna Jedrzejczyk–had a tough test on their hands. Junior Dos Santos had beaten…

In MMA, winning the belt has always been much easier than keeping it. In 24 years of UFC history, only five men—Jon Jones, Anderson Silva,…