Opinion: Bellator MMA and the Role of Competition The Scott Coker-led promotion provides legitimate opposition and real compensation for fighters who aren’t getting what they want or should from the...

Opinion: Politics, UFC 205 and What It Means to Fight MMA may not have the power to heal the world and bring happiness to all its people, but it may not be a bad place to start, writes Eric Stinton.

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Don Frye Turns 51 Don Frye exemplified toughness, with his bushy mustache, gruff voice and genuine mean streak. “The Predator” will celebrate his 51st birthday...

Opinion: UFC Fright Night and Other Spooky MMA Musings Sherdog columnist Eric Stinton tackles everything from Tim Kennedy’s run-in with the United States Anti-Doping Agency to Fabricio Werdum’s being muzzled by the...

Opinion: A Beautifully Weird Twisted Reality The Michael Bisping-Dan Henderson rematch at UFC 204 had the spectacle and the substance that makes MMA easy to love, writes Eric Stinton.

Opinion: The Nature of the Beast I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is yes: UFC Fight Night “Lineker vs. Dodson” also reminded me of the fable of The Scorpion and...

Opinion: Cyborg a Missed Opportunity for the UFC Cristiane Justino fills an ever-unstable void for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and one that is meaningfully intertwined with the soul of...

Opinion: Money Fights and the Forgotten Art of Knowing One’s Role Despite his monstrous knockout against Dustin Poirier this past Saturday and his undeniable talent, Michael Johnson’s post-fight bluster...

Opinion: A Good Heavyweight is Hard to Find There’s a difference between what we want to like about heavyweight MMA and what is actually there to like about it. Four of the division’s elite did little to change that at...

Opinion: Age Ain’t Nothin’ but a Number It’s easy to point to Demian Maia’s gentlemanly domination of Carlos Condit at UFC on Fox 21 as a signal that the old-timers still got it,...