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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What Fast Finishes Really Mean Quick stoppages can mean vastly different things for different fighters, depending on the career context of the combatants themselves and how...

Eric Stinton

Jan 28, 2019

A Little Bit of Everything If UFC Fight Night 143 was indeed an introduction to the sport of mixed martial arts for casual ESPN audiences, it was a fitting one, writes...

Eric Stinton

Jan 21, 2019

Talking the Talk If the UFC plans on only putting fighters in the commentary booth, it begs the question of whether or not fighting experience makes someone...

Eric Stinton

Jan 14, 2019

Lessons from ‘The Real OC’ Sean O'Connell walked away at the height of his power and enjoyed the storybook ending most fighters want but few ever experience. Bravo, writes...

Eric Stinton

Jan 07, 2019

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals As Jon Jones, the Kevin McCallister of MMA, booby-traps yet another event, Sherdog columnist Eric Stinton looks at the implications for UFC 232...

Eric Stinton

Dec 24, 2018

Ragin’ With the Best of Them The Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight division would have been fine without Al Iaquinta, but it is no doubt much better with him in the...

Eric Stinton

Dec 17, 2018

Don’t Sweat the Technique The UFC 231 main event was not checkers to chess. It was Brian Ortega looking through a glass-bottom boat while Max Holloway was scuba diving,...

Eric Stinton

Dec 10, 2018

Age Much More Than a Number Combat sports often cannibalize the old, offering them as blood sacrifices to the gods of promotion and nostalgia, but there are times when...

Eric Stinton

Dec 03, 2018

Just A Moment What happened between Yair Rodriguez and Chan Sung Jung reminded us that the instantaneity of a fight is what makes MMA so exhilarating, writes...

Eric Stinton

Nov 12, 2018

Making Middleweight Great Again Mixed martial arts could be embarking upon a new golden era in the 185-pound weight class, Eric Stinton writes. He points to the happenings at UFC...

Eric Stinton

Nov 05, 2018