Eric Stinton

Hailing from Kailua, Hawaiʻi, Eric has been contributing to Sherdog since 2014. He received his BFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University and graduate degree in Special Education from University of Hawaiʻi. He is an occasional columnist for Honolulu Civil Beat, and his work has also appeared in The Classical. You can find his writing at ericstinton.com. He currently lives in Seoul, South Korea with his fiance and dachshund.

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The Big Picture: The Trouble of Selling Tragedy Watching Walt Harris lose the way he did at UFC on ESPN 8 just felt bad, and the real victory—that he returned to the cage at all after...

UFC

Eric Stinton

May 20, 2020

The Big Picture: Risk and Consequence With UFC 249 having played out under the shadow of an ongoing global pandemic, only time will tell whether or not it was worth it for all...

Coronavirus

Eric Stinton

May 13, 2020

The Big Picture: Watching Fights Like an Analyst, Part IV Sherdog contributor Eric Stinton continues to pick the brains of Bloody Elbow’s Phil Mackenzie and Connor Ruebusch, two face-punch aficionados.

Eric Stinton

May 06, 2020

The Big Picture: Watching Fights Like an Analyst, Part III Sherdog contributor Eric Stinton picks the brains of Bloody Elbow’s Phil Mackenzie and Connor Ruebusch, two face-punch aficionados.

Eric Stinton

Apr 29, 2020

The Big Picture: One of a Kind One Championship embraces the mystical and imaginative capacities of MMA, and even when it veers into the realm of the outrageous, the overall...

One Championship

Eric Stinton

Apr 22, 2020

The Big Picture: Then and Now, 10 Years of the Lightweight Division Sherdog columnist Eric Stinton yearns for the days when all anyone had to worry about was the threat of three judges—not a global...

UFC

Eric Stinton

Apr 15, 2020

The Big Picture: Watching Fights Like an Analyst, Part II Sherdog contributor Eric Stinton discusses common misconceptions and whether or not you have to train in martial arts in order to analyze them with...

Eric Stinton

Apr 08, 2020

The Big Picture: Watching Fights Like an Analyst, Part I Sherdog contributor Eric Stinton discusses the art of articulating technical nuances with Ed Gallo, of Bloody Elbow and The Fight Site fame.

Eric Stinton

Mar 31, 2020

The Big Picture: A World Without MMA The COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to re-examine their priorities, including those of us who love the sport of mixed martial arts, writes...

Coronavirus

Eric Stinton

Mar 28, 2020

The Big Picture: Fighting in the Age of Coronavirus UFC Fight Night 170 served as a reminder that sports can only provide a distraction from reality, not a permanent escape from it, writes Eric Stinton.

Coronavirus

Eric Stinton

Mar 18, 2020