Martial Arts
Chimaev Pushes for Strickland Rematch: Three 48-47 Scorecards and the Empty Seat at Middleweight
From Grand Slam to Case File: Tomofumi Takajo and the Crack Beneath the Spotlight
When Data Doesn't Betray: Lessons from an Empty Analysis
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gaps Nobody Named
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the World Silver: Don't Let the Medal Hide the Weight-Class Problem
Martial ArtsMineral de la Reforma: a 75-year-old referee, one drop, and the name of a moveLate at night in Busan, I replayed a phone video shot from the stands of a...
Martial ArtsUFC 331: Five Rounds at Crypto.com Arena and the Variable the Odds Board Never ListedSeven in the Morning on Phan Xich Long Seven in the morning on a Sunday, and...
Martial ArtsVietnam's Poomsae Squad in Chuncheon: Six Veterans and the Narrowest Road to GoldIn the lined notebook I have carried through more than forty years in this...
Martial ArtsVolkanovski Stops Evloev in Round 2 at UFC 333: A Narrower Win Than It Looked, and a Farewell Already WrittenThe left hook did not sound loud. From the seventh row of the arena in Abu...
Martial ArtsBrawl before RAF: Tsarukyan stakes his UFC title shot on a lopsided gambleThe RAF press conference ended without a single takedown. What stayed behind...
Martial ArtsChimaev Pushes for Strickland Rematch: Three 48-47 Scorecards and the Empty Seat at MiddleweightThree judges’ scorecards lay side by side on the press table, each reading...
Martial ArtsRAF, Tsarukyan and Danis: A Press-Conference Brawl Exposes the Gap Between Event and SportThe sound of a chair scraping across the floor came before the microphones ha...
Martial ArtsTomofumi Takajo arrested: the fall of a shoulder-throw specialist and the void after the medalsOn September 28, in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto, Japanese police received a report...
Martial ArtsKhamzat Chimaev Wants Sean Strickland Again: The Fight Beyond Three 48-47 ScorecardsBruce Buffer read the third card. 48-47. Before that, 48-47. Before that, 48-...
Martial ArtsChimaev and the Strickland Rematch: When Memory of the Weight Cut Is ErasedWhen Khamzat Chimaev admitted he could not remember his final weight cut befo...
Martial ArtsFrom Grand Slam to Case File: Tomofumi Takajo and the Crack Beneath the SpotlightPeople remember the champion's name; I remember the way an athlete walks off...
Martial ArtsWhen Data Doesn't Betray: Lessons from an Empty AnalysisThere is a moment in sports writing when I learned that silence, at the right...
Martial ArtsWhen the Podium Stops Being the Story: Dissecting Vietnamese Sport Through What the Camera IgnoresThere is a moment at every SEA Games that I always wait for: the sound of a...
Martial ArtsWhen the Locker Room Cannot Lie: Lessons from a Lockdown Season and the Data Void in Modern FootballEvery season begins on a morning when no one is awake yet. In Shenzhen, on a...
Martial ArtsBKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera stops Meyer in round 4 — 13cm, a gloveless ring and a record left blankThe clock on the big screen at Prudential Center stopped at 0:46 of round fou...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera stops Meyer in round four at BKFC 95: inside a match built on biographyThe clock above the Prudential Center floor ticked to 0:46 of round four when...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai opens the 2026 National Sports Festival in Ho Chi Minh City: 13 weight classes, a dual-entry rule and three unclosed gapsThe gymnasium of the public-service supply centre in Ho Chi Minh City was nev...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Men's Weight Table Stops at 63.5 kgIn the men's weight table for Muay at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival...
