Connor Ruebusch

(Author’s note: This is part one of a two-part piece. Part two will be published on October 7th, 2016.) Dan Henderson may very well be…

Fighters like Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping are the future of fighting. Not that Henderson has a good chance of winning the belt, nor Bisping…

Will Brooks was sublime as Bellator lightweight champion. After a controversial title win over Michael Chandler, one in which Brooks seemed to go through the…

Some of us expected Lina Lansberg to give Cristiane Justino a little something to work with. Some of us expected a bit of a back-and-forth…

MMA contender Rory MacDonald made some headlines recently arguing for a return to the classic, “no holds barred” rules of early MMA. Headbutting, soccer kicking,…

Heavy Hands returns with another interview, this time with the bold, funny, and insightful Gilbert Burns, one of the most promising prospects in the UFC’s…

On today’s episode of Heavy Hands, we’re trying something new: talking about recent and upcoming MMA fights. Novel idea. So to kick things off, we’re…

So. CM Punk actually happened. On September 10th, 2016, Phil Brooks, better known by his pro wrestling stage name CM Punk, stepped into the Octagon…

Disagreement is not something to be feared, but rather embraced. Our differences are what make us human. They don’t separate us; they bring us together.…

Why analyze fights? A detailed breakdown can help to predict the outcome of a contest–doubtless that is why bettors read articles like these, and just…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

(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.…

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…

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,…

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…

Brian Stann was known as an action fighter during his professional MMA career, but since then he has settled into a role on the sidelines…