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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Trying to Fit a Fight into a Sport Last Saturday's main event between T.J. Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen highlighted the tension between MMA's sporting aspirations and violent...

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Eric Stinton

Jul 29, 2021

Opinion: The Grisly Allure of Broken Bones Eric Stinton examines what desensitizes some combat sports aficionados to horrors such as what unfolded Saturday at UFC 264.

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Eric Stinton

Jul 14, 2021

The Big Picture: A Motion for Meritocracy A lightweight title fight between Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira needs to happen, as it would put the division on the track it always...

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Eric Stinton

Jan 27, 2021

The Big Picture: Breaking Curses, Records Punahele Soriano and Max Holloway lifted the dark cloud from what had been a house of horrors for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s...

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Eric Stinton

Jan 19, 2021

The Big Picture: If ‘The Eagle’ Ever Loses, It Will Be at UFC 254 Justin Gaethje for a variety of reasons looks like the only lightweight on the planet right now who can beat Khabib Nurmagomedov, writes Eric Stinton.

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Eric Stinton

Oct 22, 2020

The Big Picture: A Safe Space for Racists Mixed martial arts would be better off without Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Colby Covington’s unapologetic racism and...

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Eric Stinton

Sep 24, 2020

The Big Picture: The Gray Area Between Cheating, Savvy The difference between purposefully flouting the rules and strategically deceiving the judges is difficult to delineate, writes Eric Stinton.

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Eric Stinton

Sep 17, 2020

The Big Picture: What It Means to be the Best Alistair Overeem may not be the greatest heavyweight of all-time, but he deserves to be on the shortlist, writes Eric Stinton.

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Eric Stinton

Sep 09, 2020

The Big Picture: There’s No Going Back Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman may have stopped the figurative bleeding at UFC Fight Night 174, but Father Time will not allow him...

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Eric Stinton

Aug 26, 2020

The Big Picture: Legacies and Losses Those who watch sports purely for results and athletic performances will likely miss much of what makes Daniel Cormier special, writes Eric Stinton.

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Eric Stinton

Aug 19, 2020