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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UFC 208 Statistical Matchup Analysis: Holm vs. De Randamie Holly Holm meets Germaine de Randamie for the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight title on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York. What do the numbers...

Eric Stinton

Feb 09, 2017

Opinion: ‘The Korean Zombie’ in Context If anyone can spend 1,281 days from the cage and return better as a result, it might be Chan Sung Jung, writes Eric Stinton.

Eric Stinton

Feb 03, 2017

Opinion: The Myth of Mind Games Chael Sonnen provided further evidence that the mental part of MMA, at least as it relates to so-called “psychological warfare,” means far...

Eric Stinton

Jan 23, 2017

Opinion: The Final Pass of the Torch The last seven bouts of B.J. Penn’s career have mostly served to decorate the highlight reels of other fighters. Never was that truer than against...

Eric Stinton

Jan 17, 2017

Opinion: An Aging Prodigy Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship preparing to sacrifice B.J. Penn on the altar of youth and athleticism by matching him with Yair...

Eric Stinton

Jan 10, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2016 Beatdown of the Year Khabib Nurmagomedov authored a blowout for the ages when he smashed Michael Johnson at UFC 205 on Nov. 12.

Year-End Awards

Eric Stinton

Jan 08, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2016 Fight of the Year The epic confrontation between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan. 2 gave us the best of what the beautiful, brutal sport of...

Year-End Awards

Eric Stinton

Jan 07, 2017

Opinion: The Two Types of Defeat Ronda Rousey could learn a lot from the grace with which Dominick Cruz surrendered the bantamweight title to Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207, writes...

Eric Stinton

Jan 02, 2017

UFC 207 Statistical Matchup Analysis: Nunes vs. Rousey Amanda Nunes defends her women’s bantamweight championship against the returning Ronda Rousey on Friday in Las Vegas. What do the numbers tell us?

Eric Stinton

Dec 28, 2016

Opinion: Watching Through the Rearview Now that Urijah Faber’s career has concluded, a clear lineage can be drawn from him to Jose Aldo to Conor McGregor -- the featherweight...

Eric Stinton

Dec 19, 2016