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The Heavy Hands breakdown of Mendes-McGregor & Lawler-MacDonald

Patrick Wyman and Connor Ruebusch discuss the incredible main card of UFC 189, highlight Conor McGregor, Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald, and Thomas Almeida.

Altogether, the main card of UFC 189 may have been the best collection of five fights we've ever seen. It was certainly up there. And capping off all the fantastic action were two incredible title fights--well, one title fight and one "title" fight.

Co-host Pat Wyman and I sat down to give this one an enthusiastic in-depth breakdown. How did Conor McGregor really look against Chad Mendes, and what did his performance teach us about his potential?