Martial Arts
Martial ArtsUFC 335: Pereira vs. Pavlovich and the Chin Question at 392026-10-20In June I watched Pereira versus Gane on a monitor in a Bangkok studio at thr...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions Capped at 63.5 kg, Seven Women's Classes, and a Gap Nobody Has Named2026-10-19At six in the morning on 22 October 2026, the gymnasium of the public service...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the Moment One Judge's Scorecard Decided Flyweight History2026-10-18The fight ended, three scorecards were read, and the arena understood at once...
Martial ArtsBarcelos Leaves Hospital After Fifth-Round Knockout: What Was Really Checked on the Night of September 262026-10-17On the night of September 26, in Las Vegas, the fifth round of the main event...
Philippine Boxing Promoter: The $383K Judgment and a Death in a Las Vegas BarbershopGunshots rang out in a low-rise commercial block in Las Vegas, home to a...
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4, and the limits of a knockoutAt the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the clock stopped at 0:46 of...
Jimmie Rivera stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4 at BKFC 95: 13 centimetres of height and a gap in classMeyer lay face down on the canvas at the Prudential Center, arms still locked...
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera Stopped Meyer With Pressure, Not HeightPrudential Center, Newark, New Jersey. The clock on the screen rolled to 0:46...
UFC 335: Pereira vs. Pavlovich and the Chin Question at 39In June I watched Pereira versus Gane on a monitor in a Bangkok studio at thr...
Muay opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: the 63.5 kg ceiling is telling the truth about Vietnam's pipelineOn the morning of October 22, 2026, as the opening ceremony closed at the Ho...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Missing Weight Classes Are the Real DataOn October 20, 2026, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City's Sports Training and...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Weight Classes, Format, and the Gaps Nobody FillsAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026, a gymnasium run by a public service supply cent...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes, One Medal, and What the Rulebook Leaves UnsaidAt 6:00 a.m. on October 22, inside the gymnasium of the Ho Chi Minh City Spor...
Muay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Weigh-In Nobody ScheduledAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026 the lights come on in a gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gap Nobody Wants to NameAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, inside a gymnasium belonging to a...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Read the Rulebook Before the Medal TableAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026, inside the gymnasium of the Ho Chi Minh City...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: An 11-Day Ring and Three Blind Spots Nobody Wants to Name6:00 a.m., October 22, 2026. A gymnasium inside a public-service supply cente...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions Capped at 63.5 kg, Seven Women's Classes, and a Gap Nobody Has NamedAt six in the morning on 22 October 2026, the gymnasium of the public service...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the Karate Silver: What the Medal Doesn't Say, and the Weight-Class QuestionIn Tran Thi Cam Tu's last three kumite bouts, there is a detail I wrote into ...
Tran Thi Cam Tu's Silver Medal: Where Was the Real Heartbeat After the 0-6 Final?Nha Trang, early morning. The floor is still cold, and only the sound of bare...
Tran Thi Cam Tu's Karate Silver: A Real Signal and a Data GapThe women's -59kg final at the World Youth Karate Championship ended 0-6. Tra...
The 0-6 Scoreline and the Weight-Class Fork: What the Report on Tran Thi Cam Tu Left OutI was sitting in the third row of the coaching zone, close enough to hear the...
Cam Tu and the World Silver: Behind the 0-6 Scoreline Lies a Fork Nobody Has MappedIn the third minute of the final, there was a moment I still keep in my head:...
Jena Bishop and the Moment One Judge's Scorecard Decided Flyweight HistoryThe fight ended, three scorecards were read, and the arena understood at once...
Jena Bishop rallies to outpoint Liz Carmouche for PFL crownJena Bishop entered the fifth round with Liz Carmouche's back under complete...
Barcelos Leaves Hospital After Fifth-Round Knockout: What Was Really Checked on the Night of September 26On the night of September 26, in Las Vegas, the fifth round of the main event...
The 5 a.m. Gym and the 3,000-Seat Arena: What It Actually Costs to Be a Fighter in Vietnam5:40 a.m., a gym on Nguyen Huu Tho Street, Da Nang. Only the yellow strip of...
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4, and the limits of a knockoutAt the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the clock stopped at 0:46 of...
Jimmie Rivera stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4 at BKFC 95: 13 centimetres of height and a gap in classMeyer lay face down on the canvas at the Prudential Center, arms still locked...
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera Stopped Meyer With Pressure, Not HeightPrudential Center, Newark, New Jersey. The clock on the screen rolled to 0:46...
UFC 335: Pereira vs. Pavlovich and the Chin Question at 39In June I watched Pereira versus Gane on a monitor in a Bangkok studio at thr...
Muay opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: the 63.5 kg ceiling is telling the truth about Vietnam's pipelineOn the morning of October 22, 2026, as the opening ceremony closed at the Ho...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Missing Weight Classes Are the Real DataOn October 20, 2026, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City's Sports Training and...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Weight Classes, Format, and the Gaps Nobody FillsAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026, a gymnasium run by a public service supply cent...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes, One Medal, and What the Rulebook Leaves UnsaidAt 6:00 a.m. on October 22, inside the gymnasium of the Ho Chi Minh City Spor...
Muay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Weigh-In Nobody ScheduledAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026 the lights come on in a gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gap Nobody Wants to NameAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, inside a gymnasium belonging to a...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Read the Rulebook Before the Medal TableAt 6 a.m. on 22 October 2026, inside the gymnasium of the Ho Chi Minh City...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: An 11-Day Ring and Three Blind Spots Nobody Wants to Name6:00 a.m., October 22, 2026. A gymnasium inside a public-service supply cente...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions Capped at 63.5 kg, Seven Women's Classes, and a Gap Nobody Has NamedAt six in the morning on 22 October 2026, the gymnasium of the public service...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the Karate Silver: What the Medal Doesn't Say, and the Weight-Class QuestionIn Tran Thi Cam Tu's last three kumite bouts, there is a detail I wrote into ...
Tran Thi Cam Tu's Silver Medal: Where Was the Real Heartbeat After the 0-6 Final?Nha Trang, early morning. The floor is still cold, and only the sound of bare...
Tran Thi Cam Tu's Karate Silver: A Real Signal and a Data GapThe women's -59kg final at the World Youth Karate Championship ended 0-6. Tra...
The 0-6 Scoreline and the Weight-Class Fork: What the Report on Tran Thi Cam Tu Left OutI was sitting in the third row of the coaching zone, close enough to hear the...
Cam Tu and the World Silver: Behind the 0-6 Scoreline Lies a Fork Nobody Has MappedIn the third minute of the final, there was a moment I still keep in my head:...
Jena Bishop and the Moment One Judge's Scorecard Decided Flyweight HistoryThe fight ended, three scorecards were read, and the arena understood at once...
Jena Bishop rallies to outpoint Liz Carmouche for PFL crownJena Bishop entered the fifth round with Liz Carmouche's back under complete...
Barcelos Leaves Hospital After Fifth-Round Knockout: What Was Really Checked on the Night of September 26On the night of September 26, in Las Vegas, the fifth round of the main event...
The 5 a.m. Gym and the 3,000-Seat Arena: What It Actually Costs to Be a Fighter in Vietnam5:40 a.m., a gym on Nguyen Huu Tho Street, Da Nang. Only the yellow strip of...
