
Heavy Hands
Heavy Hands is a combat sports podcast with a focus on technique, training, and all the finer points of face-punching. Find us in the iTunes store, or on heavyhandspodcast.com
Latest episodes

Jul 10, 2025 • 1h 10min
580 - Now that's a lotta glue!
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

Jul 2, 2025 • 1h 15min
579 - The Future is Now
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

Jun 25, 2025 • 1h 18min
578 - The UFC's Last Action Hero
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

Jun 12, 2025 • 1h 5min
577 - Titans of Brain Thinking
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

Jun 5, 2025 • 1h 37min
576 - O'Malley's Revenge
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

May 29, 2025 • 1h 44min
575 - UFC Health Checkup
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

May 21, 2025 • 1h 19min
574 - All in Good Time
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

May 15, 2025 • 1h 34min
573 - WAR
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

May 8, 2025 • 1h 26min
572 - The Everyman Champ
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

May 1, 2025 • 1h 13min
571 - Kansas City BBQ
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