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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Score One for the Good Guys In a sport awash with faux grudges and matchmaking that amounts to competitive performance art, Sage Northcutt’s sincere enthusiasm is a...

Eric Stinton

Jul 16, 2018

The Daddest Man on the Planet Daniel Cormier’s greatness is not in being a freakishly gifted athlete so much as a person who genuinely believes success only matters when it...

Eric Stinton

Jul 09, 2018

Stay Weird, MMA As Johnathan Ivey and Travis Fulton showed, the sport’s uniquely bizarre underground fringe is worth remembering, writes Eric Stinton.

Eric Stinton

Jul 02, 2018

What It Means to Make a Mistake There is a clear right and wrong in the Greg Hardy situation, not only in a snooty ethical sense but also in a way that is fundamental to the...

Eric Stinton

Jun 25, 2018

Four Takeaways from UFC 225 A trip to the Windy City on Saturday was exactly the shot of adrenaline the Ultimate Fighting Championship needed, writes Eric Stinton.

Eric Stinton

Jun 11, 2018

When History Rhymes “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
So goes the quote typically attributed to Mark Twain, though in reality...

Eric Stinton

Jun 04, 2018

Casualties of the UFC’s Quest for Legitimacy Much of the character that once defined MMA was lost during the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s pursuit of mainstream recognition.

Eric Stinton

May 29, 2018

We Learn Nothing People are creatures of habit who more often than not return to whatever base assumption they brought with them in the first place, writes Eric...

Eric Stinton

May 21, 2018

Knowing When to Quit The situations involving Raquel Pennington and Vitor Belfort at UFC 224 on Saturday are far more complex than some might think, Eric Stinton writes.

Eric Stinton

May 14, 2018

O Kyoji, Where Art Thou? Whether or not the UFC needs Kyoji Horiguchi more than he needs the UFC is up for debate, but the flyweight division is better off with him in...

Eric Stinton

May 07, 2018