590 - How Crawford Broke Canelo
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Friend/nemesis of the show Kyle McLachlan returns to talk about Terence Crawford's career-defining win over Canelo Alvarez. Breaking down Benoit Saint Denis vs Mauricio Ruffy and the rest of UFC Paris in our latest bonus episode: Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks: Heavy Hands merch: CONTENT 00:00 Intro 4:42 Terence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez 59:19 Jean Silva vs Diego Lopes 1:18:40 Rob Font vs David Martinez 1:21:48 Alexander Hernandez vs Diego Ferreira
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589 - Last Nerd Standing
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Jean Silva is now the last nerd standing. In other news, two of the best boxers in the world are about to fight. Breaking down Benoit Saint Denis vs Mauricio Ruffy and the rest of UFC Paris in our latest bonus episode: Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks: Heavy Hands merch: CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro 4:38 Jean Silva vs Diego Lopes 26:44 Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford 56:28 Nassourdine Imavov vs Caio Borralho
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588 - Rise of the Nerds
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A compelling main event and an undercard full of pilfered regional champs? What is this, 2015? Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks: https://open.substack.com/pub/facepunching/p/predatory-instinct-how-max-holloway?r=evbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Support us and listen to bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro 4:29 Imavov vs Borralho 31:16 Saint-Denis vs Ruffy 45:59 Pitbull vs Keita
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587 - Despair
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A thoroughly dispiriting night of fights with two bright spots: Charles Johnson letting out his inner G, and Sergei Pavlovich beating a top heavyweight prospect by being only slightly good at MMA. Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks - read my latest breakdown on Substack: Talking about how MVP is the only Bellator/PFL guy currently killing it in the UFC, plus Loopy Godinez, Lone'er Kavanagh, and more in our latest bonus episode: Heavy Hands merch: CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro 2:40 Walker vs Zhang 18:23 Sterling vs Ortega 38:29 Pavlovich vs Cortes-Acosta 47:44 Johnson vs...
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586 - Dricus Takes it Lying Down
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Dricus Du Plessis is back with his funniest performance yet! Talking about how MVP is the only Bellator/PFL guy currently killing it in the UFC, plus Loopy Godinez, Lone'er Kavanagh, and more in our latest bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks - read my latest breakdown on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/facepunching/p/predatory-instinct-how-max-holloway?r=evbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Heavy Hands merch: CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro 6:28 Du Plessis vs Chimaev 41:53...
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585 - The Unstoppable Force vs the Uncoordinated Object
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An unreliable contender and an inexplicable champion make for one hell of a compelling matchup at UFC 319. Reveling in Fluffy Hernandez's triumph (and Roman Dolidze's defeat) in our latest bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks - read my latest breakdown on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/facepunching/p/predatory-instinct-how-max-holloway?r=evbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Heavy Hands merch: CONTENTS 00:00 Intro (UFC/Paramount Plus deal) 8:01 Du Plessis vs Chimaev 38:54 Murphy...
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584 - Middleweight is a Joke
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A meaningful but deeply depressing middleweight main event, plus a discussion of how to counter MMA's fast-paced, pressure-fighting meta. Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks - read my latest breakdown on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/facepunching/p/predatory-instinct-how-max-holloway?r=evbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false KotoshoWHO? Discussing the shocking results of the July sumo tournament on Patreon with Miguel Class: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Heavy Hands merch: CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro 8:34 Dolidze vs...
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583 - Bobby's Sticky Situation
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Sad day. Robert Whittaker has been beaten up by a Dutchman--again. Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks - read my latest breakdown on Substack: KotoshoWHO? Discussing the shocking results of the July sumo tournament on Patreon with Miguel Class: Heavy Hands merch: CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Whittaker vs de Ridder 23:56 Yan vs Mcghee 42:15 Magomedov vs Barriault 50:33 Grant vs Blackshear
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582 - Paid in Full
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Dustin Poirier goes out with class, and Max Holloway's legend continues to grow. Also Oleksandr Usyk. Good weekend of fights! Read my huge, two part breakdown of Joshua Van vs Brandon Royval on Substack: Sumo is back, and that means more Heavy Henka with Miguel Class on our Patreon: Heavy Hands merch: CONTENTS 00:00 Intro 2:50 Holloway vs Poirier 3 33:19 Costa vs Kopylov 43:43 Holland vs Rodriguez 49:47 Usyk vs Dubois 2 1:02:27 Johnson vs Zellhuber
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581 - Third time's the charm?
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Our Max, who art in N'awlins, Blessed be thy name. Read my huge, two part breakdown of Joshua Van vs Brandon Royval on Substack: Sumo is back, and that means more Heavy Henka with Miguel Class, coming soon to the Heavy Hands Patreon: Heavy Hands merch:
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Joe Pyfer assumes Kelvin Gastelum isn't good enough to survive one round, gets confused and angry when he does. Hear us talk about it in our latest bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands
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