ShinSplints Archives: 01/2013

Since the closing of Strikeforce was announced there’s been a lot of speculation on which fighters will make the transition over to the UFC. Some…

As we posted this morning, UFC president Dana White to treat Meniere’s Disease. White has been suffering from the illness since 2011. Dana described the…

The UFC closed out 2012 with their annual New Year’s weekend pay-per-view. The UFC 155 main event featured Cain Velaquez taking 25 minutes to win…

Middleweights Michael Bisping and Hector Lombard didn’t exactly start out as fast friends after the former Bellator champion was signed to the UFC last summer.…

Strikeforce had it’s last hurrah Saturday night with a mismatch heavy fight card. The first four fights went as expected with Jacare, Mousasi, Barnett, and…

Saturday night, Strikeforce took it’s last breath as they put on their final even in Oklahoma City, OK. Despite many apparent mismatches throughout the card,…

Despite being a top Heavyweight talent, Josh Barnett coming to the UFC is still a big question mark. Shortly after UFC 155, UFC president Dana…

On Thursday, the UFC announced that both Light Heavyweight Joey Beltran and Middleweight Rousimar Palhares failed their post fight drug screening following UFC On FX…

First, a quick recap of the Jeremy Stephens situation. The UFC Lightweight was arrested back in October just before his scheduled bout with Yves Edwards…

Two weeks ago, Cain Velasquez took back the UFC Heavyweight championship from Junior dos Santos at UFC 155. A week after his dominant decision victory,…

Leading up to his Heavyweight title shot against Junior Dos Santos at UFC 146, Alistair Overeem failed a drug test for having an elevated testosterone:epitestosterone…

With 2012 all wrapped and another week before their first event of 2013, UFC.com posted their list of the top fighters from last year. While…

After a year off and being released from the UFC, former contender Nate Marquardt finally made his Welterweight debut. He entered the 170 lb. division…

Bellator Welterweight Paul Daley was expected to fight on the promotion’s Season 8 premier on Spike TV against War Machine next week. Those plans were…

Last year, Alistair Overeem was supposed to participate in one of the most anticipated fights of the year. After decimating Brock Lesnar at UFC 141,…

Coming up in just a few weeks, Ronda Rousey well defend the newly minted women’s Bantamweight title against Liz Carmouche at UFC 157. The fight…

The beginning of a new year is always a great time to look at the past. We’ve been doing a lot of this with the…

Saturday night, the top promotion in Women’s MMA put down their fourth event with Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt. Less than a week before…

2012 was not the year for former Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. After holding the belt for over two years, Edgar lost back to back title…

Since being signed in mid 2011, Nick Diaz has been a bit of a problem child for UFC president Dana White. After being granted an…