Martial Arts
Martial ArtsThe Villain Fights for Gold: Josh Hokit Faces the Biggest Test Against Ciryl GaneThe discussion surrounding Josh Hokit ahead of his appearance at Madison Squa...
Martial ArtsThe Price of Shaolin: Where Martial Arts Tuition Becomes a LedgerAt the Khulna district stadium indoor hall in December 2026, I scored 47 bout...
Martial ArtsDana White Stays Out of Formal Politics but Keeps UFC in the Political SpotlightUFC CEO Dana White has become the center of a political-sports crossover stor...
Martial ArtsEleven Empty Fields and a Broken Lock: The Ledger Nobody Keeps in Bangladesh's Combat SportsThere is a wooden almirah on the second floor of the federation building, and...
Martial ArtsSuarez Back in Title Conversation, but the Claim’s Basis Is ContestedAt UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, Tatiana Suarez defeated Virna Jandiroba by...
Martial ArtsThe 9.346 Twice Over: Dakar Youth Olympics Silver Where the Score Sheet Itself Is the QuestionThe news arrived at dawn on Vietnam's clock. But by the third time I turned t...
Martial ArtsSilver in Taiji Fan at Dakar: Three Blank Cells Behind Vietnam's First MedalWhen the score 9.346 flashed on the screen for the second time in the taiji f...
Martial ArtsThe Twin 9.346: Behind Vietnam's Dakar Youth Olympic Silver, the Real Story Is the Clock and the PaperworkIn the taijiquan final at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, one number returns...
Martial ArtsThe Medal Table Nobody Published: The Unpublished Ledger Behind Bangladesh's Karate GoldsOn an evening in 2026, I sat in the gallery of the NSC gymnasium and made a b...
Martial ArtsBangladesh's Martial Arts Federation Governance Crisis: How an Empty Data Frame Blocks AnalysisLast week I was examining the output of a structured data pipeline. In hand w...
Martial ArtsThe Bout Sheet Nobody Files: Bangladesh Combat Sports' Unwritten ScoreboardTen minutes after the final of the National Karate Championship ended on the...
Martial ArtsReal American Freestyle: New Debate Surrounds UFC Stars' Crossover EventStanding at the intersection of mixed martial arts and professional freestyle...
Martial ArtsZero in the File Cabinet: Bangladeshi Combat Sports' Real Opponent Is an Empty SpreadsheetLast month, at three in the morning in a Nagoya apartment, I opened a...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Record: What a Blank File Reveals About Combat Sports' Information Supply ChainAt ten past two in the morning in Kuala Lumpur, the file landed on my desk....
Martial ArtsSalkilld vs. Saint Denis: UFC Fight Night Sydney HeadlinerFebruary 7. Sydney arena. When the bell sounds, Quillan Salkilld steps forwar...
Martial ArtsMakhachev's Belt Is Vacant in Practice; Toronto Is Selling an Interim OneThere are two title fights on the ScotiaBank Arena card. The welterweight one...
Martial ArtsRAF 14’s ‘Title Fight’: One T-Shirt, One Pinfall, and the Ledger Nobody PublishedTwo wrestlers stood barely eighteen inches apart in a conference room at the...
Martial ArtsFrom Grand Slam to an ATM Booth: The Five Gates of a Judo Star's FallOn the evening of 21 October, Kumamoto police arrested a 34-year-old former...
Martial ArtsBlank Score Sheets, Complete Reports: The Four Gates of Martial Arts Coverage and One Invisible RiskA results sheet landed on my desk last week. Seven of the ten bouts had a bla...
Martial ArtsAnother Fight Outside the Ring: The Promoter Accused of Betrayal, and the Philippine-US Boxing Pipeline Now Under Question After His DeathBefore the sound of gunfire at a Las Vegas doorstep, another event was...
Martial ArtsA Promoter’s Death, a $382,928 Judgment, and Boxing’s Invisible Labor MarketA civil case file in Las Vegas contains a number: $382,928. Beside it sits...
Martial ArtsNo Room Above 63.5kg: Muay Thai's Weight Architecture at Vietnam's National Sports GamesI got the weight-class sheet for the muay event in Ho Chi Minh City and did n...
Martial ArtsThe Semifinal Is the Ceiling: Inside Vietnam's Four Wushu BronzesSeptember 23, evening. I am standing at the edge of the lei tai writing in my...
