Martial Arts
Martial ArtsEl Búho and the Martinete: A Referee's Death in the Safety Vacuum of Lucha Libre2026-10-09In a video less than thirty seconds long, I saw the thing every referee fears...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Dossier of Combat Sports: When Data Cannot Speak2026-10-07On August 13, I sent a martial arts event organizer a request to verify...
Martial ArtsWhen a Sports Analysis Returns Zero: The Discipline of Writing Before Empty Data2026-10-06Three in the morning in a small apartment in Hanoi, my computer screen lit up...
Martial ArtsPereira Meets Pavlovich at UFC 335: Age 39 and the Heavyweight Power Equation2026-10-04In June, in the second round, Alex Pereira drifted back toward the cage wall....
Rodis, Red Boxing and the $382,928 Judgment Buried Under the 'Mogul' Headline"Don't move." A friend shouted it exactly like that. Rodis lunged at the arme...
The $382,928 Judgment, the Empty Chair in Los Angeles and the Bullet in Las VegasOn 24 January 2026, in a Los Angeles Superior Court room, Judge Malcolm Macke...
Muay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Blanks Nobody Has DrawnAt 6 a.m. on October 22, 2026, the Muay Thai opening ceremony at Vietnam's...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Reading the Weight Classes Before the MedalsThe weight-class sheet for Muay Thai at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festiv...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling, Seven Women's Divisions, and the Gaps Nobody Wrote Into the MinutesAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, inside the gymnasium of a...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gap Above ItOn the morning of October 22, the arena doors open at 6:00. Before the first...
Eight Dimensions of Fight Analysis: When the Data Is Empty, the Conclusion Must Be Empty TooThat night, in the press row of a combat sports arena, I watched a young...
Allen submits Duncan in the UFC main event: the scorecard says what the headline hidesLas Vegas, Meta Apex — an in-house arena so small the referee's count carries...
Darren Yap and the Asian Games Poomsae Bronze: Reading 9.0400 Off the ScoreboardIn the final instant of his form, Darren Yap stood still. No impact, no heavy...
Singapore Fencing and the Asian Games Bronze: A Historic Result That Needs Re-readingIn the back row of the arena, where I usually sit to watch combat sports, the...
El Búho and the Martinete: A Referee's Death in the Safety Vacuum of Lucha LibreIn a video less than thirty seconds long, I saw the thing every referee fears...
RAF Abu Dhabi: Arman Tsarukyan to Face Gracie, Kennedy Blades Defends Title Against Bella MirRAF ABU DHABI EVENT CARD REVEALED Real American Freestyle (RAF) is preparing ...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and Combat Sports at a Glance: An Emerging Ecosystem and Its Data GapsOver the past two decades, martial arts and combat sports in Vietnam have...
The Empty Dossier of Combat Sports: When Data Cannot SpeakOn August 13, I sent a martial arts event organizer a request to verify...
When a Sports Analysis Returns Zero: The Discipline of Writing Before Empty DataThree in the morning in a small apartment in Hanoi, my computer screen lit up...