Martial Arts
Martial ArtsOne Hundred Grams, Fifteen Minutes, and a Broken Information Chain in Judo2026-10-16Fifteen minutes on the clock. In the organisers' waiting area, Jung Su-jin — ...
Martial Arts42 Days and One Shoulder: Decoding a Vietnamese Fighter's Injury Before the Asian Stage2026-10-15On the night of March 14, at Phu Tho arena, as Nguyen Duc Thang stepped onto...
Martial ArtsProfessional Martial Arts and the Data Gap: When the Ring Remains a Blind Spot2026-10-14In a fight night in Las Vegas, a fighter listed as the favorite stepped into...
Martial ArtsBuakaw Banchamek Beats Meng Gaofeng a Second Time at 44: A Win With No Published Data2026-10-06The fight night ended at the Max Muay Thai stadium in Chonburi, Thailand, and...
Martial ArtsVirtual Taekwondo at the 2026 Asian Games: 1,000 HP, VR Headsets and the Gamble of a Discipline Without a Ranking2026-10-03On the morning of October 2, at the arena in Aichi-Nagoya, Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sa...
Jena Bishop Outpoints Liz Carmouche to Level the PFL Flyweight CrownThe fight night closed with three identical scorecards: 48-47, 48-47, 48-47. ...
Jena Bishop and the Inaugural Belt: When One Takedown Decides a DynastyIn the fifth round, the clock on the arena screen ticked into the fourth...
Jena Bishop and the 48-47 Belt: When One Judge's Scorecard Decides HistoryIn the third round, Jena Bishop lay on Liz Carmouche's back for nearly four...
Jena Bishop and the First Belt: 48-47, One Judge's Card, and the Lesson of the Thinnest MarginWhen all three judges raised 48-47 cards, nobody in the arena was thinking...
Vietnamese Combat Sports Is Missing a Ledger: The Cost of Unverifiable FightsOn the night of December 31, 2026, in a small arena in western Tokyo, Tran Va...
Asiad 2026: Virtual Taekwondo Debuts as Vietnam Stakes Two Events on One AthleteOn October 1, 2026, in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, an event that has never appeared ...
Vietnam's First ASIAD Gold in Karate: Team Kata Breathing Rhythm and a Leap Up the Asian RankingsIn the instant three athletes stood motionless on the tatami, I heard their...
Farid Basharat leaves the UFC at 16-0: when a winning record is no longer currencyIn July, Farid Basharat raised his hand after the final horn. Three judges...
The Empty Seat at Bantamweight: Why the UFC Let Farid Basharat Walk While Still UndefeatedOn Thursday night, when the news was confirmed, the seat reserved for Farid...
One Hundred Grams, Fifteen Minutes, and a Broken Information Chain in JudoFifteen minutes on the clock. In the organisers' waiting area, Jung Su-jin — ...
100 Grams on the Scale and the Governance Gap in JudoInside the weigh-in room of an international judo event, the dry "beep" of th...
42 Days and One Shoulder: Decoding a Vietnamese Fighter's Injury Before the Asian StageOn the night of March 14, at Phu Tho arena, as Nguyen Duc Thang stepped onto...
Jung Su-jin and the 50.4 kg Threshold: Decoding an Administrative Failure in Women's JudoI have spent many nights watching judo, and I learned one thing: the most...
Deep Professional Analysis of Combat Sports: When Input Data Is Empty and the Analytical ConsequencesIN THE WORLD OF COMBAT SPORTS ANALYSIS, INPUT DATA IS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY...
Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis: Martial Arts in the Context of Insufficient InformationIn the context of Vietnam's growing sports and martial arts industry, in-dept...
Professional Martial Arts and the Data Gap: When the Ring Remains a Blind SpotIn a fight night in Las Vegas, a fighter listed as the favorite stepped into...
A 75-Year-Old Referee and the Fatal Blow in Hidalgo: When a Death Is Settled for US$32,000On the small stands of the "11 de Julio" Sports and Culture Center in Mineral...
Pakistan Wrestling and the 30-Million-Rupee Gap: The LA 2028 Olympic Ticket Blocked at the Training-Camp InvoiceIn the most recent budget year, the Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF)...
Olympic Wrestling in Pakistan: A Zero Budget, an Empty Mat, and the LA 2028 Dream on HoldBirmingham, August 2026. I sat in front of a screen in Nha Trang, watching th...
Pakistan and the Funding Drought: The 2028 Olympic Wrestling Dream on the BrinkIn Lahore, before the first rays of sun touch the ground, young wrestlers are...
Martial Arts Is Not One Sport: When a Single Label Hides Many Opposing WorldsIn a week of monitoring earlier this month, I rewatched three pieces of foota...
The 10-9 Scorecard: When Nobody Audits the VoteThe 10-9 Scorecard: When Nobody Audits the Vote In professional combat sports...
Jena Bishop and the Inaugural Belt: When One Takedown Decides a DynastyIn the fifth round, the clock on the arena screen ticked into the fourth...
Jena Bishop and the 48-47 Belt: When One Judge's Scorecard Decides HistoryIn the third round, Jena Bishop lay on Liz Carmouche's back for nearly four...
Jena Bishop and the First Belt: 48-47, One Judge's Card, and the Lesson of the Thinnest MarginWhen all three judges raised 48-47 cards, nobody in the arena was thinking...
Vietnamese Combat Sports Is Missing a Ledger: The Cost of Unverifiable FightsOn the night of December 31, 2026, in a small arena in western Tokyo, Tran Va...
Asiad 2026: Virtual Taekwondo Debuts as Vietnam Stakes Two Events on One AthleteOn October 1, 2026, in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, an event that has never appeared ...
Vietnam's First ASIAD Gold in Karate: Team Kata Breathing Rhythm and a Leap Up the Asian RankingsIn the instant three athletes stood motionless on the tatami, I heard their...
Farid Basharat leaves the UFC at 16-0: when a winning record is no longer currencyIn July, Farid Basharat raised his hand after the final horn. Three judges...
The Empty Seat at Bantamweight: Why the UFC Let Farid Basharat Walk While Still UndefeatedOn Thursday night, when the news was confirmed, the seat reserved for Farid...
One Hundred Grams, Fifteen Minutes, and a Broken Information Chain in JudoFifteen minutes on the clock. In the organisers' waiting area, Jung Su-jin — ...
100 Grams on the Scale and the Governance Gap in JudoInside the weigh-in room of an international judo event, the dry "beep" of th...
42 Days and One Shoulder: Decoding a Vietnamese Fighter's Injury Before the Asian StageOn the night of March 14, at Phu Tho arena, as Nguyen Duc Thang stepped onto...
Jung Su-jin and the 50.4 kg Threshold: Decoding an Administrative Failure in Women's JudoI have spent many nights watching judo, and I learned one thing: the most...
Deep Professional Analysis of Combat Sports: When Input Data Is Empty and the Analytical ConsequencesIN THE WORLD OF COMBAT SPORTS ANALYSIS, INPUT DATA IS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY...
Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis: Martial Arts in the Context of Insufficient InformationIn the context of Vietnam's growing sports and martial arts industry, in-dept...
Professional Martial Arts and the Data Gap: When the Ring Remains a Blind SpotIn a fight night in Las Vegas, a fighter listed as the favorite stepped into...
A 75-Year-Old Referee and the Fatal Blow in Hidalgo: When a Death Is Settled for US$32,000On the small stands of the "11 de Julio" Sports and Culture Center in Mineral...
Pakistan Wrestling and the 30-Million-Rupee Gap: The LA 2028 Olympic Ticket Blocked at the Training-Camp InvoiceIn the most recent budget year, the Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF)...
Olympic Wrestling in Pakistan: A Zero Budget, an Empty Mat, and the LA 2028 Dream on HoldBirmingham, August 2026. I sat in front of a screen in Nha Trang, watching th...
Pakistan and the Funding Drought: The 2028 Olympic Wrestling Dream on the BrinkIn Lahore, before the first rays of sun touch the ground, young wrestlers are...
Martial Arts Is Not One Sport: When a Single Label Hides Many Opposing WorldsIn a week of monitoring earlier this month, I rewatched three pieces of foota...
The 10-9 Scorecard: When Nobody Audits the VoteThe 10-9 Scorecard: When Nobody Audits the Vote In professional combat sports...
