Martial Arts
The Empty Combat-Sports Report: When Journalism Has to Learn How to Stay SilentSaturday night, 2:40 a.m., Incheon. An eight-dimension analysis of combat...
Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation president shot dead in Sofia: one empty seat, three succession crisesThe loudspeaker in the Sofia arena came on, then went quiet. No opening...
Vietnam's Empty Medical Ledger: The 32% Groin-Injury Spike and the Scales Nobody Re-Reads8:40 p.m., the weigh-in room of a professional Muay Thai event in Ho Chi Minh...
UFC 336: Prates and Morales Fight for Interim Welterweight Title as Makhachev Delays ReturnSeven times Carlos Prates has stepped into the UFC cage, and seven times he h...
When the Analysis Is Empty: Combat Sports and the Limits of DataAn eight-page report sits on my desk in Tokyo, and nearly every line in it...
Makhachev Sidelined Until May: UFC Books Prates vs. Morales for Interim Welterweight Title at UFC 336On January 30, Scotiabank Arena in Toronto will carry two championship fights...
The Punch After the Bell: A Heavy Sanction and the Rulebook Gap Between Two RingsThe bell to end the round rang out in the Glasgow arena, and by the rhythm th...
The Punch After the Bell: When Gold Is Stripped for a Moment of Lost ControlThat punch was never recorded on any scorecard. It happened after the bell, i...
From 2026 to BoxRec: Vietnamese Boxing Goes Looking for a Data PassportIn 2026, Vietnamese sport entered a new chapter without a single ledger for...
Two Disqualifications in Three Months: The Verdict of Two Systems, Not One RefereeThe referee called "break". Abdul stepped back half a pace and dropped his le...
The Empty Injury Dossier: Why Combat Sports Must Learn to Say 'Insufficient DataThe dossier landed on the table at eleven at night, forty minutes after the...
Brawl before RAF: Arman Tsarukyan risks his UFC title window in a fight he does not needArman Tsarukyan's right arm extended toward Dillon Danis before the front row...
The Empty Combat-Sports Report and a Lesson in Data DisciplineAt 8:40 in the morning I opened the combat-sports analysis file I had been...
Vietnam's Fight Cards: Eight Names, No Weigh-In Sheet, and Where the Money Actually SitsAt 5:47 in the morning, Incheon time, my phone lit up because of a poster. Th...
A Name Erased After Twenty Years: What Martial Arts Taught Me About Correcting the RecordIn 2026, on the road up Mount Hua, Jin Yong's convoy was stopped by a group o...
Eight Dimensions, Not a Single Name: A Pipeline Failure in Fight Research and the Habit of Filling Empty CellsAt 2:47 a.m. Seoul time, a file from the research desk landed in my inbox....
The Crack That Never Heals: When Vietnamese Football Learns to Read the Body Before It's Too LateThe Crack That Never Heals: When Vietnamese Football Learns to Read the Body...
The Empty Cell on the Fight Card: Why Vietnamese Combat Sports Data Must Not Be GuessedThe file arrived at 7:12 in the morning, sent by someone on the promoter's...
When the Martial Arts Data Vault Is Empty, the Writer Must Choose SilenceIn a press conference before a night of boxing in Ho Chi Minh City, the...
The Death of a 'Mogul' and the Buried Labor VerdictIn the last three fights of the Philippine boxing scene, people only mention...

