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The Technique Recap
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February 2, 2017
Technique Recap: Perfect Timing at UFC on Fox 23
Bloody Elbow's Connor Ruebusch breaks down the precise timing displayed by Valentina Shevchenko, Jorge Masvidal, and Li Jingliang at Saturday's UFC on Fox 23.
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August 10, 2015
UFC: Nashville Tech Recap: Understanding the Jab
Bloody Elbow's Connor Ruebusch takes a look at UFC: Nashville's Beneil Dariush and Sirwan Kakai, and takes away some fundamental lessons about that most fundamental technique: the jab.
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March 5, 2015
UFC 184 Tech Recap pt 2: Holly Holm's Clinch Woes
Holly Holm had a tough fight on her hands in her UFC debut against Raquel Pennington. BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the cause of her frustrations.
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March 3, 2015
UFC 184 Tech Recap: Clinching with Means & Jouban
UFC 184's best fights were all determined in one place--the clinch. BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the clinch striking of Tim Means and Alan Jouban.
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September 3, 2014
Technique Recap: Nijem, Correia
BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best bits of technique and strategy from Saturday's UFC 177--or at least vaguely talks about technique. Sort of.
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June 26, 2014
UFC 174 Tech Recap part two: Good MMA
BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch, having already delved into the crap, now turns to the good moments from UFC 174, including Demetrious Johnson's exhibition of technical clinching against Ali Bagautinov.
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June 19, 2014
UFC 174 Tech Recap part 1: Bad MMA
BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the WORST parts of UFC 174, an underwhelming card full of unimpressive performances. Sometimes that's the way it goes.
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June 3, 2014
Technique Recap: UFC Fight Madness, part 2
Part two of this week's Technique Recap finishes up the Weekend of a Thousand Fights with some of the best moments of technique and strategy from the Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale in Sao Paolo. BE's Connor Ruebusch breaks it down.
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June 2, 2014
Technique Recap: UFC Fight Madness, part 1
Too much UFC? Nonsense! BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best moments of technique and strategy from UFC 173 and UFC Fight Night Berlin in the first installment of this massive Technique Recap.
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May 21, 2014
Technique Recap: Bellator 120
Bellator 120 was a little weird, but it was also a historic event in the still-developing sport of MMA. Most importantly, it had lots of punching! BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best sequences of the night.
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March 27, 2014
Tech Recap: Assume the Position
Sunday's UFC card was in many ways the perfect Brazil card. Controversy, upsets, knockouts--Fight Night 38 had it all, and a surprising amount of subtlety too. BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch takes a look at the details behind the finishes.
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March 20, 2014
UFC 171 Technique Recap: How to Take a Punch
Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler set an all-time record for strikes landed in a title fight, so how on earth did they stay standing? BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch examines UFC 171 and the science behind successfully taking a shot.
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February 28, 2014
UFC 170: Scientific Ground & Pound
UFC 170 featured a lot of electrifying finishes which, in MMA, almost invariably means at least some ground striking. BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch takes a look at the science of GnP.
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February 9, 2014
Technique Recap: UFC 169, pt. 2 (Aldo, Lamas, Lee)
BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch brings you the final installment of the Technique Recap for UFC 169, featuring Kevin Lee, Ricardo Lamas, and Jose Aldo.
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February 7, 2014
Technique Recap: UFC 169 pt. 1, the Overhand Right
The overhand right is a common punch in MMA, but its rarely thrown well. BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down some of the technically superb exceptions to that rule from UFC 169, including Neil Magny, Al Iaquinta, and Renan Barao.
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February 5, 2014
Technique Recap: UFC on FOX 10, Head Kicks Galore!
UFC on FOX 10 will probably be remembered best for its controversial main event, but BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch is here to make sure you don't forget that other thing the card had in spades: head kicks!
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January 19, 2014
Tech Recap part 2: Dillashaw, Romero, Rockhold
BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best moments of technique and strategy from UFC Fight Night Atlanta. This second part of the recap features TJ Dillashaw, Yoel Romero, Louis Smolka, and Luke Rockhold.
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January 18, 2014
Tech Recap: UFN 35 part 1, Nijem, Miller
BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best moments of technique and strategy from UFC Fight Night Atlanta. Featured in this first part of the recap: Ramsey Nijem and Cole Miller.
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January 3, 2014
Technique Recap: Weidman, Silva, Tate, Poirier
BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best and worst moments of technique and strategy in the Technique Recap of UFC 168.
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December 24, 2013
Technique Recap: Makovsky, Trujillo, Johnson
UFC on Fox 9 was a night of upsets and spectacular displays of MMA technique. BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the ways that fighters used distance to defeat their opponents.
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December 11, 2013
Tech Recap: Jessamyn Duke, Nate Diaz, Shogun Rua
Two weeks of UFC fights means plenty of interesting technical tidbits. BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best moments of technique and strategy from the Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale and UFC Fight Night 33.
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November 26, 2013
UFC 167 Tech Recap: Lawler, Hendricks, St-Pierre
UFC 167 will likely go down as one of the most controversial and exciting UFC events in history, and BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch is here to tell you why. Enjoy this breakdown of the best techniques from this historic night of fights.
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November 12, 2013
Technique Recap: UFN 30
BE's striking specialist takes a belated look at the best moments of technique from UFC Fight Night 30, including Jessica Andrade, Luke Barnatt, Al Iaquinta, John Lineker, and of course, Lyoto Machida.
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October 23, 2013
Technique Recap: UFC 166
In this weeks Technique Recap, BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the best and worst moments of technique and strategy from UFC 166.
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September 26, 2013
Technique Recap: UFC 165
It's time for another post-event Technique Recap, and this time Connor breaks down the finer points of several fights, including Thompson vs. Clements, Barao vs. Wineland, and of course Jones vs. Gustafsson.