Bloody Elbow's striking specialist Connor Ruebusch breaks down the beautiful brutality of Daniel Cormier's back-and-forth fight with Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192.
Fight fans are always searching for the next great fight. Good fights happen all the time, and that keeps us happy from one card to the next. But no matter how many top athletes the sport boasts, great fights remain a rarity.
That's because great fights require something special. They require more than athletic talent or punching power or finishing ability. In fact, I've found that many great fights don't end in finishes at all, and when they do it tends to come as a bittersweet reward at the end of a titanic struggle.