ShinSplints Archives: 11/2012

Ed Soares’ promotion Resurrection Fighting Alliance is back with their fifth event tonight. Soares and RFA made news last month when they announced a merger…

Going into UFC 153, former #2 Welterweight Jon Fitch had looked like he lost a step. His last UFC win came with a unanimous decision…

Super Fight League came back today with their Friday night fights. Lightweight Sachin Bhat faced off agaisnt Sandeep Yadav in the show’s main event. After…

The Ultimate Fighter season 16 is starting to wind down. The show has struggled all season to put up anything resembling respectable ratings. It’s highest…

Frank Shamrock is probably the least heralded elite fighter to ever step into the Octagon. In his prime, Frank was arguably the pound-for-pound best in…

UFC Heavyweight Roy Nelson made waves back in October when he announced that he and fellow TUF 16 coach Shane Carwin would be participating in…

The last 6 months marks probably the worst streak of injuries the UFC has seen. Almost every single PPV card since UFC 147 has been…

UFC On Fox 5 is just around the corner. Without a doubt it’s the most stacked card the UFC has put on free television thus…

On UFC On Fox 5 Nate Diaz is getting his first shot at UFC gold. Since returning to the Lightweight division in September 2011, Nate…

The injury bug has hit Strikeforce again. After their last two events were cancelled the California-based promotion resolved to put together one last super card…

Despite Heavyweights Travis Browne and Bigfoot Silva headlining October’s UFC On FX 5 event, Lightweight Jeremy Stephens managed to steal the show. The morning of…

I’m sure all of you are severely disappointed that The Ultimate Fighter won’t be airing tonight. Lucky for us, Canada forgot that it’s Thanksgiving weekend.…

While any have been spending the last two days gorging themselves on turkey and daring the Black Friday sales, the weekend took a bad turn…

At UFC 153, Welterweight Erick Silva took a big jump up in competition when he faced off against the division’s former longstanding #2 Jon Fitch.…

Coming off his fifth consecutive first round submission victory, Robert Drysdale is starting to make a name for himself in MMA. On top of his…

Now that Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has unified his title, the biggest post-UFC 154 question is “where does he go from here?” Many fans…

The already stacked UFC 156 looks like it might get just a little bit better. After a friendly suggestion from a fan on Monday night,…

It should come as no surprise that The Ultimate Fighter 16 has been overwhelmingly disappointing. The talented is unrefined at best and the personalities stereotypical.…

It’s no secret that the UFC is looking to make it’s first super fight since UFC 94 in 2013. All the talk leading up to…

In the wake of UFC 154 and Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre’s successful return to action the big question is whether or not he’ll finally…