BE's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch takes a retrospective look at the best (and sometimes worst) moments of applied technique and strategy from the latest event.
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The Technique Recap
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about 6 years ago | February 2, 2017 10:00 am
Technique Recap: Perfect Timing at UFC on Fox 23, feat. Shevchenko, Masvidal, Li
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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over 7 years ago | August 10, 2015 11:27 am
UFC: Teixeira vs Saint Preux Technique 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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almost 8 years ago | March 5, 2015 9:00 am
UFC 184 Technique Recap part 2: Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington
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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almost 8 years ago | March 3, 2015 10:09 am
UFC 184 Technique Recap part 1: Clinch fighting with Tim Means and Alan 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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over 8 years ago | September 3, 2014 11:22 am
UFC 177 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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over 8 years ago | June 26, 2014 12:06 pm
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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over 8 years ago | June 19, 2014 10:23 am
Technique Recap: UFC 174 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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over 8 years ago | June 3, 2014 9:30 am
Technique Recap: UFC Fight Madness, part 2 feat. Miocic, Maldonado, Souza, Eddiva
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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over 8 years ago | June 2, 2014 9:56 am
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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over 8 years ago | May 21, 2014 9:43 am
Technique Recap: Bellator 120, feat Lawal, Jackson, Brooks, Yamauchi
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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almost 9 years ago | March 27, 2014 1:24 pm
UFC Fight Night 38 Technique 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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almost 9 years ago | March 20, 2014 9:00 am
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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almost 9 years ago | February 28, 2014 9:00 am
UFC 170 Technique Recap part 1: 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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almost 9 years ago | February 9, 2014 4:00 pm
Technique Recap: UFC 169, pt. 2 feat. Jose Aldo, Ricardo Lamas, Kevin 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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almost 9 years ago | February 7, 2014 3:40 pm
Technique Recap: UFC 169 part 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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about 9 years ago | February 5, 2014 2:06 pm
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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about 9 years ago | January 19, 2014 12:35 am
Technique Recap: UFC Fight Night Atlanta pt. 2, feat. Dillashaw, Romero, Smolka, 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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about 9 years ago | January 18, 2014 8:01 am
Technique Recap: UFC Fight Night Atlanta, pt. 1 feat. Ramsey Nijem and Cole 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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about 9 years ago | January 3, 2014 12:00 pm
Technique Recap: Michael Johnson, Dustin Poirier, Miesha Tate, Chris Weidman, Anderson Silva
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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about 9 years ago | December 24, 2013 12:30 pm
Technique Recap: UFC on Fox 9 feat. Mighty Mouse, Zach Makovsky, Abel Trujillo
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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about 9 years ago | December 11, 2013 1:00 pm
Technique 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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about 9 years ago | November 26, 2013 12:30 pm
Technique Recap: UFC 167, featuring Rick Story, Robbie Lawler, Johny Hendricks, Georges 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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about 9 years ago | November 12, 2013 10:00 am
Technique Recap: UFN 30, Jessica Andrade, Al Iaquinta, John Lineker, Lyoto Machida
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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over 9 years ago | October 23, 2013 11:00 am
Technique Recap: UFC 166 Velasquez vs. Dos Santos, Melendez vs. Sanchez, Eye vs. Kaufman
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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over 9 years ago | September 26, 2013 3:00 pm
Technique Recap: UFC 165 Jones vs. Gustafsson, Barao vs. Wineland, Thompson vs. Clements
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.
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over 9 years ago | September 8, 2013 2:04 pm
Technique Recap (Part Two): UFC 164 & UFN 28
Part two of the week's Technique Recap covers the best moments of technique from Chad Mendes vs. Clay Guida, Anthony Pettis vs. Ben Henderson, and Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader.
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over 9 years ago | September 8, 2013 9:00 am
Technique Recap (Part One): UFN 27 & UFC 164
Another week another--three UFC events? Connor recaps the best moments of technical brilliance from the weeks 40+ UFC fights, including Condit vs. Kampmann, Koch vs. Poirier, and Dos Anjos vs. Cerrone.
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over 9 years ago | August 21, 2013 9:00 am
UFC Fight Night 26: Technique Recap
Connor breaks down Michael Johnson's dominant performance and Alistair Overeem's crushing defeat in this post-fight technical analysis recap of Saturday's excellent UFC event.
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