ShinSplints Archives: 01/2013

Just a few days ago, UFC president Dana White told UFC Tonight that Chris Weidman’s title shot was “closer than people think.” It seemed like…

Former multi-division champion Randy Couture was one of the UFC’s biggest and most longstanding stars. However, earlier this week it was announced that Randy signed…

As we reported Wednesday afternoon, tomorrow’s Bellator event took a big hit when expected headliner Patricky Freire was forced from his fight due to injury.…

UFC 159 is set to feature the TUF 17 coaches Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen. Jones, the Light Heavyweight champ, drew the ire of fans…

Few things have been less clear in MMA over the last 6 months than the Middleweight title picture. Since champion Anderson Silva dispatched his last…

Late last week, Ed Soares, the manager of UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva, got a rise out of the MMA community by bringing up San…

Saturday night, UFC made their sixth return to big network FOX with UFC On Fox 6. Heading into the event there was a lot of…

Saturday night, the UFC returned to Fox with the first event on the network of 2013 in UFC On Fox 6. In the main event,…

Featherweight Ricardo Lamas has probably gone underneath the contendership detectors of most in the last year. After giving up a KO loss to Yuri Alcantara…

After a year long lay off, Anthony Pettis showed that ring rust meant nothing to him at UFC On Fox 6. From the opening bell…

UFC On Fox 6 promised a lot with exciting match ups and delivered top to bottom. the opening fight between Ricardo Lamas and Erik Koch…

Back at UFC 152, Demetrious Johnson was crowned the first ever UFC Flyweight champion with a decision win over Joe Benavidez. For his first title…

Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira made big impressions with his first two UFC victories. He dominated both KYle Kingsbury and Fabio Maldonado. But in his third…

This Lightweight fight had been rumored and built for a long time. Originally Pettis and Cerrone were supposed to fight at UFC 150, but an…

Featherweights Erik Koch and Ricardo Lamas got the main card of UFC On Fox 6 started. Koch was scheduled to fight champion Jose Aldo at…

T.J. Grant and Matt Wiman capped off the FX prelims of UFC On Fox 6 with their Lightweight bout. Grant came into the fight sporting…

UFC veteran Clay Guida has been a mainstay of the Lightweight division for years. But tonight at UFC On Fox 6 he made his Featherweight…

Both Welterweights came into this fight looking to get back on track. In his last fight and UFC debut, Stumpf gave up a first round…

Light Heavyweights Ryan Bader and Vladimir Matyushenko squared off for the third fight of the FX prelims of UFC On Fox 6. Both men entered…

The UFC kicked off their second event of the year on Saturday January 26 with UFC On Fox 6. The opening bout was broadcast via…