Martial Arts
Martial Arts100 Grams and 15 Minutes: When a Combat-Sport Process Turns Its Back on the Athlete It Was Built to Protect2026-10-15She stepped onto the scale at 7:45 a.m. on competition day. The needle stoppe...
Martial ArtsBrendan Allen Chokes Out Duncan in UFC Apex Main Event: A Pretty Win Painted Over by a Skewed Scorecard2026-10-11When Brendan Allen slipped his arm under Christian Leroy Duncan's neck in the...
Martial ArtsBetween the Ring and the Stage: The Art of Reading a Martial Arts Bout2026-10-10Third minute of the second round. A fighter takes half a step back. He does n...
Martial ArtsThe Unscripted Fall: When a Mexican Lucha Libre Referee Took a Martinete and a System Collapsed2026-10-09A referee is never born to take a bump. That is the first principle that anyo...
Teqball Opens Vietnam's Medal Account, Karate Follows: The Morning of 20 September and Vietnam's Conversion Problem at Asiad 20The mixed doubles bronze medal match at Asiad 20 ended in two games. Nguyen...
Undefeated Basharat Leaves the UFC: When a Win Streak Stops Being CurrencyFarid Basharat walked out of the octagon for the seventh time in his UFC care...
100 Grams and 15 Minutes: When a Combat-Sport Process Turns Its Back on the Athlete It Was Built to ProtectShe stepped onto the scale at 7:45 a.m. on competition day. The needle stoppe...
When Stage-1 Is Empty: A Lesson in Precision in Sports AnalysisThe first lunge is never the fastest, but it teaches you how to keep your...
Allen Submits Duncan in UFC Main Event: A Win the Numbers Themselves ContestIn the fifth round, when Brendan Allen climbed onto Christian Leroy Duncan's...
Brendan Allen Chokes Out Duncan in UFC Apex Main Event: A Pretty Win Painted Over by a Skewed ScorecardWhen Brendan Allen slipped his arm under Christian Leroy Duncan's neck in the...
Asiad 20: The Teqball Bronze of Minh Tan - Gia Nghi and the System Question Behind the MedalVietnam's first bronze medal at Asiad 20 did not come from a traditional spor...
Raoni Barcelos Leaves Hospital After Cage Scare: Age 39 and the Limits of UFC BantamweightFifth round, past the fourth minute of the main event at a UFC Fight Night in...
Between the Ring and the Stage: The Art of Reading a Martial Arts BoutThird minute of the second round. A fighter takes half a step back. He does n...
When the Analysis Comes Back Empty: Lessons on Data, Discipline and the Heart of Vietnamese SportsNight falls, and the office of a sports writer is often filled with the sound...
One Word, Two Worlds: Southeast Asia Stands Between Forms and the Fighting FloorEarly in Chiang Mai, while mist still clings to the tin roofs of the gyms alo...
The Martinete in Hidalgo: A Referee's Death and the Legal Vacuum of Mexican Lucha LibreIn a video only a few seconds long that spread across Mexican social media, a...
Referee Dies After a Martinete: The Safety Vacuum of Independent Mexican Lucha LibreIn lucha libre, the referee is the only figure in the ring who was never born...
RAF Abu Dhabi: Arman Tsarukyan's 21 Days and the Blind Spot Rankings Cannot SeeOn the night of November 14 at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, Real American Freesty...
Referee El Búho and the Martinete: The Safety Gap in Mexican Independent Lucha LibreThe cheers died mid-sentence. On a small stand in Mineral de la Reforma, in t...
The Unscripted Fall: When a Mexican Lucha Libre Referee Took a Martinete and a System CollapsedA referee is never born to take a bump. That is the first principle that anyo...
Tsarukyan and Two Bouts in Three Weeks: The Physical Gamble at RAF Abu DhabiOn November 14, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, a familiar name from the...
When Bangkok United Lost Its Heartbeat: Lessons From A Season Without FansIn Bangkok United's last three matches of the 2026 Thai League 1 season, thei...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Professionalization Challenge: Keeping the Soul on the Big StageIn a small rented room in Binh Duong, I replayed the footage of an old martia...
Undefeated Basharat Leaves the UFC: When a Win Streak Stops Being CurrencyFarid Basharat walked out of the octagon for the seventh time in his UFC care...
100 Grams and 15 Minutes: When a Combat-Sport Process Turns Its Back on the Athlete It Was Built to ProtectShe stepped onto the scale at 7:45 a.m. on competition day. The needle stoppe...
When Stage-1 Is Empty: A Lesson in Precision in Sports AnalysisThe first lunge is never the fastest, but it teaches you how to keep your...
Allen Submits Duncan in UFC Main Event: A Win the Numbers Themselves ContestIn the fifth round, when Brendan Allen climbed onto Christian Leroy Duncan's...
Brendan Allen Chokes Out Duncan in UFC Apex Main Event: A Pretty Win Painted Over by a Skewed ScorecardWhen Brendan Allen slipped his arm under Christian Leroy Duncan's neck in the...
Asiad 20: The Teqball Bronze of Minh Tan - Gia Nghi and the System Question Behind the MedalVietnam's first bronze medal at Asiad 20 did not come from a traditional spor...
Raoni Barcelos Leaves Hospital After Cage Scare: Age 39 and the Limits of UFC BantamweightFifth round, past the fourth minute of the main event at a UFC Fight Night in...
Between the Ring and the Stage: The Art of Reading a Martial Arts BoutThird minute of the second round. A fighter takes half a step back. He does n...
When the Analysis Comes Back Empty: Lessons on Data, Discipline and the Heart of Vietnamese SportsNight falls, and the office of a sports writer is often filled with the sound...
One Word, Two Worlds: Southeast Asia Stands Between Forms and the Fighting FloorEarly in Chiang Mai, while mist still clings to the tin roofs of the gyms alo...
The Martinete in Hidalgo: A Referee's Death and the Legal Vacuum of Mexican Lucha LibreIn a video only a few seconds long that spread across Mexican social media, a...
Referee Dies After a Martinete: The Safety Vacuum of Independent Mexican Lucha LibreIn lucha libre, the referee is the only figure in the ring who was never born...
RAF Abu Dhabi: Arman Tsarukyan's 21 Days and the Blind Spot Rankings Cannot SeeOn the night of November 14 at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, Real American Freesty...
Referee El Búho and the Martinete: The Safety Gap in Mexican Independent Lucha LibreThe cheers died mid-sentence. On a small stand in Mineral de la Reforma, in t...
The Unscripted Fall: When a Mexican Lucha Libre Referee Took a Martinete and a System CollapsedA referee is never born to take a bump. That is the first principle that anyo...
Tsarukyan and Two Bouts in Three Weeks: The Physical Gamble at RAF Abu DhabiOn November 14, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, a familiar name from the...
When Bangkok United Lost Its Heartbeat: Lessons From A Season Without FansIn Bangkok United's last three matches of the 2026 Thai League 1 season, thei...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Professionalization Challenge: Keeping the Soul on the Big StageIn a small rented room in Binh Duong, I replayed the footage of an old martia...
