576 - O'Malley's Revenge

A couple weeks ago we got Ilia Topuria and Joshua Van. Now we've got Tallison Teixeira and Steve Garcia. Oh well. The first part of my breakdown of Joshua Van vs Brandon Royval FREE on substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/facepunching/p/joshua-van-vs-brandon-royval-part?r=evbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true  Payton Talbott also got a big test at UFC 317 and, while it wasn't perfect, he showed real improvement. We're talking about that in our latest bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands  Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u  

Ilia Topuria has now killed all of your favorite fighters. His next target: your mom. Payton Talbott also got a big test at UFC 317 and, while it wasn't perfect, he showed real improvement. We're talking about that in our latest bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u CONTENTS: 6:36 Topuria vs Oliveira 29:50 Pantoja vs Kara-France 47:06 Van vs Royval

The UFC is making an effort to feature all their brightest young talent at UFC 317. It's an actual, honest-to-god pay-per-view card! Discussing Hill-Rountree, Usman-Buckley, and everything else we missed in our latest bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Subscribe/listen to the pod:  Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u CONTENTS: 00:00 Intro (& Jon Jones) 11:01 Topuria vs Oliveira 32:43 Pantoja vs Kara-France 49:32 Royval vs Van 1:04:41 Talbott vs Lima

Sean O'Malley once again had a terrible gameplan. But at least he wasn't alone.  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 Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u   

Sean O'Malley barely had any success at all in his first fight with Merab Dvalishvili, which means Merab had better be careful in the rematch... because it can only get tougher. There's another yokozuna in the world of sumo--our second new grand champion this year. Join us on Patreon for a breakdown of Onosato's historic rise in the latest episode of Heavy Henka: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands  Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u CONTENTS: 00:00 RIP Jordan Breen 11:29 Intro 14:46 Dvalishvili vs O'Malley 2 37:34 Pena vs Harrison 1:03:32 Pyfer vs Gastelum 1:16:35 Bautista vs Mix

Meet the new Apex card, somehow worse than the old Apex card. That's why, after discussing the only two good fights, we decided to give each of the UFC's 11 weight classes a nice, thorough checkup. There's another yokozuna in the world of sumo--our second new grand champion this year. Join us on Patreon for a breakdown of Onosato's historic rise in the latest episode of Heavy Henka: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands  Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u   

Michael Morales is already good, it's only a matter of time till he actually learns to fight. Sumo is back, which means Heavy Henka with Miguel Class is back too! Experience peak male performance with us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u

Jack Della Maddalena earned the belt the right way: by winning one hell of a good fight. Sumo is back, which means Heavy Henka with Miguel Class returns in just ONE WEEK. Experience peak male performance with us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u

The everyman champ, the action hero, the evil queen, and some French lady. What a lineup! My in-depth breakdown of Alexander Volkanovski's brilliant win over the terrifying Diego Lopes: https://facepunching.substack.com Hear us talk about Sandhagen-Figueiredo and some UFC 315 undercard action (JOSE ALDO) on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u

Ian Garry finally remembered what made him a good fighter in the first place. My in-depth breakdown of Alexander Volkanovski's brilliant win over the terrifying Diego Lopes: https://facepunching.substack.com  More on Anthony Smith's laughable tribute, Bo Nickal's quest to become the most hated man in the sport, and JELLY ROLL--on our latest bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/heavyhands  Heavy Hands merch: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64577943?asc=u