ShinSplints Archives: 01/2013

AT UFC On FX 7, Vitor Belfort upset the UFC’s plans for their next Middleweight contender. Prior to the event, UFC president Dana White promised…

Ever since his loss to Ryan Bader at UFC 144, Quinton Jackson has made it more than well known that he’s unhappy as a UFC…

In just one short month, the UFC will hit a milestone with their first ever WMMA bout. Headlining UFC 157, Ronda Rousey will defend the…

One of the most controversial fights of UFC On FX 7 involved Bantamweights Pedro Nobre and Yuri Alcantara. Two minutes into the fight, Alcantara had…

After two previously promised shots against Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, Nick Diaz is finally getting his opportunity to contend for the title. A torn…

Going into 2013 the UFC has taken plenty of criticism for it’s matchmaking decisions. Most conspicuous is the UFC 159 headliner where Chael Sonnen managed…

In less than 2 weeks, former Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar will simultaneously make his Featherweight debut and challenge Jose Aldo for the 145 lb. title.…

UFC Lightweight has a big fight just around the corner against Anthony Pettis at UFC On Fox 6. The contest was originally supposed to go…

Despite delivering exciting and impressive action on the main card, UFC On FX 7 was not without it’s share of controversy. Specifically, referee Dan Miragliotta…

Saturday night at UFC On FX 7, the “old lion” Vitor Belfort gave an impressive performance against would-be contender Michael Bisping. The fight started out…

Back at UFC On Fuel 4, Middleweight Chris Weidman beat down Mark Munoz in one of the most dominating victories of the year. The win…

Back in December, UFC president Dana White made a big deal about Middleweight champion Anderson Silva refusing to sign an 8-fight contract to renew his…

For the third time Michael Bisping fell short of capturing his Middleweight title shot. At UFC On FX 7, Vitor Belfort put Bisping down in…

Despite a slow start on the prelims, the UFC On FX 7 main card delivered with 3 finishes and an exciting Middleweight fight. In the…

While the majority of the early fights from UFC On FX 7 didn’t light the world on fire, a couple certainly got a reaction from…

Leading up to his main event fight tonight, Michael Bisping has been doing more than his fair share of trash talking. The tension between him…

After Cain Velasquez was granted a heavyweight title shot against Junior Dos Santos, Daniel Cormier has been questioned about what he’ll do if his teammate…

After much ado, Bellator is ready to make their debut on Spike TV with Bellator 85. As you might have noticed, they withheld many of…

As the last Strikeforce Middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold is one of the more interesting fighters ready to make the transition to the UFC. Rockhold was…

Check out the video (via FightHub) of Rebney discussing all of this below. As we reported Tuesday night, Ariel Helwani released a list of Strikeforce…