Martial Arts
Blood on the Mat Doesn't Dry: Behind the National Wrestling Scene
When the Analysis Becomes the Story: A Null-Payload Diagnosis of a Combat-Sports Pipeline
The Cream Foundation General: Beauty's Market Price and the Battle Ledger
From 42-41 to 35-45: Which Tier Does Singapore's Épée Bronze Actually Belong To?
42–41 and 35–45: The Two Scorelines That Measure Singapore's Fencing Breakthrough
Nunes vs Harrison: Old Gym, New Suspicion and the Question Behind a Championship RivalryTwo Fighters from the Same Gym, Two Different Interpretations One question, a...
Two Champions, One Former Gym: Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison Prepare to Settle an Old RivalryTwo Champions, One Former Gym On June 7, 2026, the main event of UFC 316 had...
Death of a Referee in Mexican Lucha Libre: Hijo de Fishman's Release, Compensation and the Unanswered Safety QuestionsA few seconds inside a wrestling ring in Mineral de la Reforma, in Mexico's...
Blood on the Mat Doesn't Dry: Behind the National Wrestling SceneOn the first morning, I saw an old bloodstain on the wrestling mat. Who knows...
One Medal, Two Clocks: The 0.028 Points From Dakar That Have No WitnessOn a November morning at my Khulna desk, the first thing that stopped me was...
Vietnam's First Medal from Dakar: The 0.028-Point Ledger and an Incomplete Deal SheetWhen Dakar's night rolls into Vietnam's dawn, 9.346 and 9.346 add up to 18.69...
When the Analysis Becomes the Story: A Null-Payload Diagnosis of a Combat-Sports PipelineI never forget the first frame. In 2026, when I left the Seoul daily desk to...
The Empty Bout Sheet: The Record Bangladesh's Combat Sports Never Kept2026, National Karate Championship, NSC Gymnasium, Paltan. The bout sheets ca...
Nobody Counted the Five Rounds: Salkilld’s Real Test at UFC Fight Night SydneyThe UFC release carried four numbers: Quillan Salkilld's 13-1 record, his 6-0...
Volkanovski's Art of Getting Up, Evloev's Zero Finishes: What UFC 333 Is Really TestingAt a boxing gym in Mirpur the morning session does not end until the coach...
Forty Chairs and Twelve Thousand Screens: The Audience Moved, the Institutions Did NotAt a hotel-ballroom weigh-in in Dhaka in 2026, the number of people sitting i...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Games, but There Is No Door Above 63.5 kgThe first thing I look for in any multi-sport games document is not the medal...
The Bout That Was Never Written: Reading a Null Result in the Combat-Sports Coverage LedgerA row in the ledger has been sitting empty for a year. The date is there—a...
Verdict Outside the Ring: A 75-Year-Old Referee's Death, the Martinete Dispute and a Quiet Restorative-Justice DealThe crowd noise did not stop until I ran the clip at 0.25x. The video shows a...
The Death of a 75-Year-Old Referee: Four Gates of Lucha Libre, One Unpermitted Venue, and Justice on PaperIn the small hall in Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo, nobody kept a ticket cou...
Three Punches, One Death: A Muay Thai Fighter's Fatal Force, Legal Exposure, and the Governance Vacuum of Provincial Muay ThaiA provincial Muay Thai story that is a crime story, not a sporting one. Three...
Two Champions, One Former Gym: Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison Prepare to Settle an Old RivalryTwo Champions, One Former Gym On June 7, 2026, the main event of UFC 316 had...
Death of a Referee in Mexican Lucha Libre: Hijo de Fishman's Release, Compensation and the Unanswered Safety QuestionsA few seconds inside a wrestling ring in Mineral de la Reforma, in Mexico's...
Blood on the Mat Doesn't Dry: Behind the National Wrestling SceneOn the first morning, I saw an old bloodstain on the wrestling mat. Who knows...
One Medal, Two Clocks: The 0.028 Points From Dakar That Have No WitnessOn a November morning at my Khulna desk, the first thing that stopped me was...
Vietnam's First Medal from Dakar: The 0.028-Point Ledger and an Incomplete Deal SheetWhen Dakar's night rolls into Vietnam's dawn, 9.346 and 9.346 add up to 18.69...
When the Analysis Becomes the Story: A Null-Payload Diagnosis of a Combat-Sports PipelineI never forget the first frame. In 2026, when I left the Seoul daily desk to...
The Empty Bout Sheet: The Record Bangladesh's Combat Sports Never Kept2026, National Karate Championship, NSC Gymnasium, Paltan. The bout sheets ca...
Nobody Counted the Five Rounds: Salkilld’s Real Test at UFC Fight Night SydneyThe UFC release carried four numbers: Quillan Salkilld's 13-1 record, his 6-0...
Volkanovski's Art of Getting Up, Evloev's Zero Finishes: What UFC 333 Is Really TestingAt a boxing gym in Mirpur the morning session does not end until the coach...
Forty Chairs and Twelve Thousand Screens: The Audience Moved, the Institutions Did NotAt a hotel-ballroom weigh-in in Dhaka in 2026, the number of people sitting i...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Games, but There Is No Door Above 63.5 kgThe first thing I look for in any multi-sport games document is not the medal...
The Bout That Was Never Written: Reading a Null Result in the Combat-Sports Coverage LedgerA row in the ledger has been sitting empty for a year. The date is there—a...
Verdict Outside the Ring: A 75-Year-Old Referee's Death, the Martinete Dispute and a Quiet Restorative-Justice DealThe crowd noise did not stop until I ran the clip at 0.25x. The video shows a...
The Death of a 75-Year-Old Referee: Four Gates of Lucha Libre, One Unpermitted Venue, and Justice on PaperIn the small hall in Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo, nobody kept a ticket cou...
Three Punches, One Death: A Muay Thai Fighter's Fatal Force, Legal Exposure, and the Governance Vacuum of Provincial Muay ThaiA provincial Muay Thai story that is a crime story, not a sporting one. Three...