Martial Arts
The Scar of a 'Mogul': When the Las Vegas Fight Scene Wrote an Indictment in Blood
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera Stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4 — and the 13cm Question Asked in the Wrong Place
Muay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Weight Classes, Format and the Gaps in the Record
Vietnam poomsae in Chuncheon: team gold is the main door, individual is the test
16-0 and No New Deal: What Ruler Did the UFC Use to Read Farid Basharat's Fight?
Page 400 of a Promoter's Notebook: When the Labor File Weighs More Than the Homicide DocketThree years I only took notes. The real story about this team begins on page...
The Scar of a 'Mogul': When the Las Vegas Fight Scene Wrote an Indictment in BloodOn January 24, 2026, at Los Angeles County Superior Court, Judge Malcolm Mack...
Jimmie Rivera at BKFC 95: A Win Framed by an Empty SeatThe result sheet at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, needed only one...
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera Stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4 — and the 13cm Question Asked in the Wrong PlaceThe clock at Prudential Center ticked to 0:46 of the fourth round. Meyer lay...
Vietnam Poomsae in Chuncheon: Gold Arrives Through the Collective, and the Price of a U50 GenerationBefore five athletes walk onto the mat, there is a silence that television...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: How an Amateur Ring Exposes the Gaps of an Entire SystemOpening: The Wai Kru Drum in a Gymnasium With No Big Screen On October 20,...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gaps Nobody WeighsAt six in the morning on 22 October, the sound of hand wraps being pulled tig...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The Weight-Class Map Tells the Real StorySix in the morning on 22 October, while the organisers were still straighteni...
Muay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Weight Classes, Format and the Gaps in the RecordThe weight-class list is read aloud at the technical meeting, and the fighter...
Muay Opens the National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes and a Medical Blind SpotThe Muay weight-class table for the National Sports Festival is printed on a...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions, Seven Women's, and the Gap Nobody Is Asking AboutAt 6:00 a.m. on October 22, 2026, the lights inside a public-service gymnasiu...
The Empty Cell on the Results Sheet: A Data Lesson from Vietnam's Fighting SportsThat night in Hai Phong, the resin on the mat gave off a sharp, dusty smell,...
Vietnam’s women’s team kata gold at ASIAD 2026: won by the right routine, not by dominanceFrom Aichi-Nagoya, Japan — Three athletes step onto the tatami. There is no...
Vietnam poomsae in Chuncheon: team gold is the main door, individual is the testMorning in Chuncheon. The blue competition mat had just been wiped down for t...
Tran Thi Cam Tu, the world karate silver and the weight-class fork nobody mentionsOn mat two of the arena in Bielsko-Biała, a seventeen-year-old Vietnamese gir...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the 0-6 Map: Reading a Silver Medal Through Kumite LogicInside the three minutes of the women's 59kg final, the scoreboard stopped at...
The 0-6 Silver: Trần Thị Cẩm Tú's Real Story Is the -59kg Weight-Class Fork, Not the FinalBielsko-Biała. The electronic scoreboard jumped to 0-6. Three minutes of a...
Jena Bishop and the Inaugural Crown: 48-47, One Judge's Whim, and 25 Months of WaitingEarly Saturday morning, Jena Bishop entered the cage as the challenger. She...
Jena Bishop and the First PFL Belt: A Victory Rescued by ArithmeticThere was a moment in the first round that should stop any long-time observer...
When Injuries Go Uncounted, Vietnamese Martial Arts Call It GritIn the 36 hours before the opening bell, the hardest-worked part of a fighter...
Barcelos and the Fifth Round: When the Age Bill Needs No MicrophoneRound five. The clock ticked down from 2:47 to 2:31, then 2:14. Raoni Barcelo...
16-0 and No New Deal: What Ruler Did the UFC Use to Read Farid Basharat's Fight?On Thursday, the news was confirmed: Farid Basharat is leaving the UFC. His...
Undefeated at 16-0 but cut by the UFC: when the win column stops being currencyLate July, when the referee's arm went up and Farid Basharat walked out of th...
The 16-0 Cut: Why the UFC Let Farid Basharat Walk Despite an Unbeaten RecordFarid Basharat left the UFC with his unbeaten run intact and no new contract....
A 16-Fight Unbeaten Run and a Closed Roster Door: The Finish-Rate Equation Behind Farid Basharat's UFC ExitOn Thursday morning, as I was rearranging my notebook of the week's fights,...
Farid Basharat Cut by UFC Despite 16-0 Record: When the Winning Rhythm Doesn't Match the Arena's RhythmWhen all three judges raised their hands for Farid Basharat after his fight...
16-0 and an Unsigned Contract: How the Octagon Repriced an Undefeated StreakOn an October morning in Chiang Mai, while mist still clung to the wooden roo...
An Undefeated 16-0 Record and an Exit from the Octagon: How the UFC Prices a WinTen of the brothers' combined eleven UFC victories were decided by the judges...
100 Grams and 15 Minutes: The Day Korean Judo's Administration Defeated Its Own AthleteI have followed judo long enough to know the sport is decided by things small...
