Martial Arts
Martial ArtsVolkanovski stops Evloev in round two: the left hook that closed a two-year finish drought2026-10-25Round two. Evloev dropped his level for a takedown entry. Volkanovski was...
Martial ArtsThe $382,928 Judgment Beneath a Filipino Boxing Promoter's Death in Las Vegas2026-10-21Friends shouted at him to stay down. Rodis lunged at the armed robber anyway....
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions, Seven Women's, and the Gaps Nobody Has Filled2026-10-19Someone taped a sheet of A4 paper to the door of a public-service gymnasium i...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the Inaugural Belt That Opened From a 10-8 Crack: A Full Analysis of PFL's Flyweight Coronation Night2026-10-18In the first two rounds of PFL's women's flyweight title fight, Jena Bishop w...
Martial Arts100 Grams Over: A Coaching-Staff Communication Failure and the Price Paid by Jung Su-jin2026-10-16Fifteen minutes before the deadline, Jung Su-jin sat in the organizers' holdi...
Martial ArtsA Referee Died in a Mexican Lucha Libre Ring: The $30,000 Settlement and the Regulatory Void Nobody FillsOn October 6, at the 11 de Julio Sports and Cultural Center in the state of...
Martial ArtsVolkanovski stops Evloev in round two: the left hook that closed a two-year finish droughtRound two. Evloev dropped his level for a takedown entry. Volkanovski was...
Martial ArtsWhen the Analyzer Returns Zero: The Data Void Behind Combat Sports CoverageLate August in Incheon, I stayed behind in the newsroom after receiving a dee...
Martial ArtsOne 'Martial Arts' Label, Three Scoring Systems: A Categorization Failure in Vietnamese Combat Sports ReportingI stood at the edge of the mat, about a metre from the boundary line. The tao...
Martial ArtsJin Yong and three rewritten files: an evidence audit of the wuxia canonThat day at Mount Hua, a group of grey-robed Taoist priests stood across the...
Martial ArtsThe Death of a 'Mogul' and the Buried Labor VerdictIn the past three months, the Philippine boxing community has whispered a nam...
Martial ArtsTaolu, Sanda and MMA: Three Rulers That Cannot Be SwappedThe electronic scoreboard lit up in the left corner of the arena, three colum...
Martial ArtsFilipino Boxing Promoter: The Buried Labor Judgment Behind a Las Vegas DeathEvery season begins on a morning when no one is awake yet. This time, that...
Martial ArtsThe $382,928 Judgment Beneath a Filipino Boxing Promoter's Death in Las VegasFriends shouted at him to stay down. Rodis lunged at the armed robber anyway....
Martial ArtsThe Vietnam–Korea Combat Sports Transfer Window: When Noise Costs More Than Data6:12 a.m. in Bupyeong, Incheon. The roller shutter is still down; inside the...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Men's Divisions Stop at 63.5kg, Women's Reach Below 45kgThe men's weight-class list for Muay Thai at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Weight-Class Map Before the First BellTwo days before the opening ceremony, I stood inside the gymnasium of Ho Chi...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gaps Nobody PublishesOn 20 October 2026, Muay Thai became the first sport to enter the competition...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Competition Programme Through What Has Not Been DisclosedTwo days separate the start of the muay competition at Vietnam's 2026 Nationa...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions, Seven Women's, and the Gaps Nobody Has FilledSomeone taped a sheet of A4 paper to the door of a public-service gymnasium i...
Martial ArtsComeback Pressure Breaks Vietnamese Fighters Faster Than Old InjuriesThe clock on the screen ticked to 2:41 of the second round. The 24-year-old...
Martial ArtsTwo measuring sticks in one medal table: Vietnamese martial arts and the analytical blind spotThe applause in the wushu hall arrived about four seconds after the feet...
Martial ArtsVietnam's 2026 Chuncheon Poomsae Gold: What Actually Stands Behind the ResultIn Chuncheon, on South Korean soil, at the very birthplace of the sport, a...
Martial ArtsWushu, sanda and MMA: one “martial arts” label, three irreconcilable competition logicsIn mid-May 2026, at the Cau Giay district arena in Hanoi, I sat in the fourth...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu and the Forgotten Silver: When 0-6 Is Not a LossOn an October morning in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, a seventeen-year-old girl fro...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu's 0-6 Defeat: A Verdict on a Defensive Fighter or a Systemic Flaw in Vietnamese Karate?When the final whistle echoed through Bielsko-Biała, I did not look at the...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu's world silver: the 0-6 final is not the most worrying partInside three minutes of the women's -59kg final, the electronic scoreboard...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the Inaugural Belt That Opened From a 10-8 Crack: A Full Analysis of PFL's Flyweight Coronation NightIn the first two rounds of PFL's women's flyweight title fight, Jena Bishop w...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the First Belt: A Fight Decided by a Single RoundJena Bishop stepped into the cage with the posture of someone who had waited...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop outpoints Liz Carmouche 48-47 for PFL flyweight title: how round one nearly decided everythingRound one ended with Jena Bishop sitting on the stool, dropped twice inside...