Martial Arts
Vietnam’s First Dakar Youth Olympic Medal: Questions Behind the Silver
Rivera's Fourth-Round Knockout and the Arithmetic of the Smaller Man in Bare-Knuckle Boxing
Martinete or Contralona: The Questions Raised by a Referee's Death in Mexico
Barcelos Says “I'm Doing Great” — A Fifth-Round Stretcher Is Not a Medical Clearance
The Épée Bronze Ledger: One Last Touch at 42–41, Korea's 35–45, and Singapore's First Team Medal
Singapore's First Team Medal: The 42–41 Clutch and the Cold Truth of 35–45
Dana White’s Political Ties, but No Government Role: A New Test for the UFC BrandDana White’s appearance at a White House briefing was more than a moment...
Imane Khelif's Return: Twelve Minutes, Four Unnamed Knockouts, and Two Institutions That Still DisagreeHook On 15 December the ring goes up at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris....
Vietnam’s First Dakar Youth Olympic Medal: Questions Behind the SilverVietnam’s first medal at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games has reportedly co...
Gold Arrives by Phone Call, Never by Ledger: Bangladesh's Incomplete Combat Sports RecordDecember 2026. A notebook open on my table in Khulna, ten past four in the...
Four Karate Golds and an Empty Stadium: Sixteen Years Inside Bangladesh's Combat Sports LedgerAt the 2026 South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh won four karate golds — th...
The Report That Cannot Be Written: The Information Void at the Core of Bangladeshi Combat SportsLast week a structural framework for analysis landed on my desk. Eight...
Six Seconds Before the Bell: Why Volkanovski Never Trusted Evloev's WrestlingThere were six seconds left in the second round when Movsar Evloev finally ra...
The Hansoku Kick and the Silent Scorecard: A Karate Verdict Nobody Could AuditNippon Budokan, Tokyo, August 2026. The men's +75kg kumite final. Saudi...
Rivera's Fourth-Round Knockout and the Arithmetic of the Smaller Man in Bare-Knuckle BoxingThe ring clock read 0:46. Forty-six seconds into the fourth round. Jimmie...
Martial Arts and Blockchain Technology: Future PossibilitiesBlockchain technology is currently bringing revolutionary changes across...
Martinete or Contralona: The Questions Raised by a Referee's Death in MexicoThe gym bag held a camera, and the camera held a season I hadn't seen. On a...
Data Integrity Crisis and Blockchain: When an Empty Result Becomes the Biggest SignalLast month a two-stage analytical pipeline returned to my desk, but it came...
Raoni Barcelos: A 39-Year-Old Bantamweight, a Fifth-Round Stoppage, and the Bill Nobody PublishesIn the last two minutes of the fifth round, what was happening inside the...
Five Flags, One Knee: The Ledger Behind Vietnam's Team Kata Gold at the Asian GamesThe warm-up hall smelled of ice, tape and liniment. Twenty-two minutes before...
Barcelos Says “I'm Doing Great” — A Fifth-Round Stretcher Is Not a Medical ClearanceA stretcher was leaving the Octagon in Las Vegas. Round five, main event, bot...
Slam-KO: Barcelos Hospitalized, the Story of the UFC Main Event Is Not About WinningIn the fifth round, Raoni Barcelos was ahead on all three scorecards. A clinc...
Five Cards, One Direction: Vietnam's Team Kata Gold Was Decided Before They Stepped on the MatFive referees. Five cards. All five pointing the same way. In a team kata fin...
The Épée Bronze Ledger: One Last Touch at 42–41, Korea's 35–45, and Singapore's First Team MedalThe last touch landed at 42–41. In the women's team épée quarterfinal against...