Martial Arts
Martial ArtsUFC 333: Volkanovski, Oliveira and the Timing Math That Never Appears on the Rankings2026-10-27In the fifth round, at 2:14, Alexander Volkanovski pinned Movsar Evloev again...
Martial ArtsSlavi Binev, Bulgarian Taekwondo and the Governance Gap With No VAR2026-10-25A minute of silence replaced the parade of nations. On the opening morning of...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts Are Missing Their Own Medical Record2026-10-2222:47. The lights above the ring dim, and in the third row a man in a white...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling, the Sub-45 kg Women's Class, and the Gaps Nobody Is Asking About2026-10-20At six in the morning on October 22, 2026, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City'...
UFC 333: Volkanovski, Oliveira and the Timing Math That Never Appears on the RankingsIn the fifth round, at 2:14, Alexander Volkanovski pinned Movsar Evloev again...
Slavi Binev and the silence after the gunshot in Sofia: three empty chairs in one nightThat morning in Sofia, the organisers of an international taekwondo tournamen...
Slavi Binev, Bulgarian Taekwondo and the Governance Gap With No VARA minute of silence replaced the parade of nations. On the opening morning of...
BoxRec Meets HBF: International Records for Vietnamese Boxers, and a Gap Left Off the AgendaThe BoxRec delegation stood at ringside inside a Ho Chi Minh City gym for a...
Volkanovski stops Evloev in round 2 to retain title at UFC 333: A 38-year-old legend writes history in Abu DhabiSitting in the press row of Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, I could not take my ey...
Back-to-Back Sucker Punches: Kenya's Abdul Facing Heavy Ban After Two Disqualifications in Three MonthsThe night of October 23, 2026, at the national arena in Nairobi, the referee'...
One Label, Three Logics: Why Vietnamese Combat Sports Data Keeps Getting MisreadThe professional boxing night in Ho Chi Minh City ended after the third round...
Tsarukyan Lunges at Danis at RAF Presser: A UFC Title Shot Placed on the Wrestling MatIn an instant, the front row at Fontainebleau Las Vegas was on its feet. Dill...
Aichi-Nagoya 2026: Three Wrong Anthems in One Day and the Control Failure of a Six-Day GamesAt 19:42 on 19 October, I started a stopwatch on my phone as the live feed fr...
The 8 A.M. Scale: The Data Nobody Bothers to Read in Vietnamese Combat Sports8 A.M. on weigh-in day. An athlete steps onto the digital scale set in the...
Tomofumi Takajo: From an ippon against world No. 1 to a money-mule allegationOn September 28, at an ATM in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto, a camera recorded a...
Khamzat Chimaev Pushes for Sean Strickland Rematch: The 48-47 Scorecards and the Weight-Cut ProblemKhamzat Chimaev walked into the post-fight press area after a split-decision...
From Grand Slam to Arrest Warrant: The Fall of a Japanese Judoka and the Post-Career VoidThe name Tomofumi Takajo once conjured a shoulder throw (seoi-nage) that fell...
Vietnamese Martial Arts Are Missing Their Own Medical Record22:47. The lights above the ring dim, and in the third row a man in a white...
BKFC 95: Rivera Stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round Four — 13cm, Seven Minutes of Pressure, and a Mismatch Sold as a StoryThe clock had run 46 seconds into the fourth round when Jimmie Rivera took ha...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling, the Sub-45 kg Women's Class, and the Gaps Nobody Is Asking AboutAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City'...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Read the Weight-Class Architecture Before the MedalsAt exactly 6:00 a.m. on October 22, the loudspeaker of a public-service-centr...
Slavi Binev and the silence after the gunshot in Sofia: three empty chairs in one nightThat morning in Sofia, the organisers of an international taekwondo tournamen...
Slavi Binev, Bulgarian Taekwondo and the Governance Gap With No VARA minute of silence replaced the parade of nations. On the opening morning of...
BoxRec Meets HBF: International Records for Vietnamese Boxers, and a Gap Left Off the AgendaThe BoxRec delegation stood at ringside inside a Ho Chi Minh City gym for a...
Volkanovski stops Evloev in round 2 to retain title at UFC 333: A 38-year-old legend writes history in Abu DhabiSitting in the press row of Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, I could not take my ey...
Back-to-Back Sucker Punches: Kenya's Abdul Facing Heavy Ban After Two Disqualifications in Three MonthsThe night of October 23, 2026, at the national arena in Nairobi, the referee'...
One Label, Three Logics: Why Vietnamese Combat Sports Data Keeps Getting MisreadThe professional boxing night in Ho Chi Minh City ended after the third round...
Tsarukyan Lunges at Danis at RAF Presser: A UFC Title Shot Placed on the Wrestling MatIn an instant, the front row at Fontainebleau Las Vegas was on its feet. Dill...
Aichi-Nagoya 2026: Three Wrong Anthems in One Day and the Control Failure of a Six-Day GamesAt 19:42 on 19 October, I started a stopwatch on my phone as the live feed fr...
The 8 A.M. Scale: The Data Nobody Bothers to Read in Vietnamese Combat Sports8 A.M. on weigh-in day. An athlete steps onto the digital scale set in the...
Tomofumi Takajo: From an ippon against world No. 1 to a money-mule allegationOn September 28, at an ATM in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto, a camera recorded a...
Khamzat Chimaev Pushes for Sean Strickland Rematch: The 48-47 Scorecards and the Weight-Cut ProblemKhamzat Chimaev walked into the post-fight press area after a split-decision...
From Grand Slam to Arrest Warrant: The Fall of a Japanese Judoka and the Post-Career VoidThe name Tomofumi Takajo once conjured a shoulder throw (seoi-nage) that fell...
Vietnamese Martial Arts Are Missing Their Own Medical Record22:47. The lights above the ring dim, and in the third row a man in a white...
BKFC 95: Rivera Stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round Four — 13cm, Seven Minutes of Pressure, and a Mismatch Sold as a StoryThe clock had run 46 seconds into the fourth round when Jimmie Rivera took ha...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling, the Sub-45 kg Women's Class, and the Gaps Nobody Is Asking AboutAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City'...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Read the Weight-Class Architecture Before the MedalsAt exactly 6:00 a.m. on October 22, the loudspeaker of a public-service-centr...
