ShinSplints Archives: 09/2012

Tonight, Bellator FC returns with some Welterweight action in their seventh season. The season premier, Bellator 74, features the quarterfinal round of their 170 lb.…

On November 17 at UFC 154, Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre returns to action for the first time in 19 months. Since his last title…

At UFC 152, the UFC held the final round Flyweight tournament to determine the first ever 125 lb. champion. Joseph Benavidez earned his spot quickly…

This afternoon, the Ontario Athletic Commission released the medical suspensions from Saturday’s UFC 152. Obviously, the biggest news is that Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones…

For the second time in about a month, an injury has killed a Zuffa event on extremely late notice. Late Sunday night, Strikeforce sent out…

Headlining the FX portion of the prelim card, Vinny Magalhaes submitted Igor Pokrajac with a second round armbar. That slick submission gave Magalhaes his first…

Leading in for the preliminary headliner, Lightweights Evan Dunham and T.J. Grant squared off for a bloody brawl. Grant gave Dunham a three round beating…

In the second televised preliminary bout of UFC 152, Welterweight Sean Pierson won a unanimous decision over Lance Benoist. This is Pierson’s second win in…

Opening up the televised portion of UFC 152 on FX, Featherweight Marcus Brimage took a unanimous decision over Jim Hettes. Brimage set the tone early…

Rounding out the Facebook portion of UFC 152, Welterweights Seth Baczynski and Simeon Thoresen faced off in the Octagon. Throughout the 4 minute affair both…

In the second fight of the event, Bantamweight Mitch Gagnon showed Walel Watson that a big reach advantage doesn’t mean much if you can’t use…

Kyle Noke opened up UFC 152 with a very impressive Welterweight debut. It took him only 45 seconds to TKO Charlie Brenneman in the first…

Last Friday the 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter premiered for it’s second run on the FX network. Although the first episode set the record…

For years MMA coach and trainer Greg Jackson has come under heavy scrutiny for supposedly encouraging via “boring or conservative means. Twice this year he…

Strikeforce fighter Tim Kennedy is coming off a losing effort in his second attempt at gaining the Middleweight championship. Kennedy got his latest title shot…

The main card for UFC 153 went through some very exciting changes last week. On Tuesday, both headliner and Jose Aldo and Quinton Jackson were…

Did you think 3 submission GIF posts were enough? Not even close! Zombie Prophet collected another baker’s dozen of spectacular submissions. Japanese submission extraordinaire Shinya…

Following UFC Middleweight Chris Weidman’s destruction of Mark Munoz at UFC On Fuel TV 4, the post show presented an important and touching moment. In…

Almost two months ago, we brought the exciting news that former two-time UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir would cross promotional boundaries to face Strikeforce Heavyweight…

Yesterday, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety released the information that a local mixed martial arts trainer had pleaded guilty falsifying legal…