Martial Arts
Martial ArtsUSD 382,928, a Default Judgment and a Death in Las Vegas: The Bottom Tier of Boxing Has No Third Man in the RingHe lunged. The friend standing beside him shouted at him to stay down, not to...
Martial ArtsA Death in Las Vegas and the Forgotten $383,000 Judgment Behind a Boxing Promoter's NameThree men walked into a building that houses a barbershop and a shoe store in...
Martial ArtsBKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera Beats Meyer, and the 13cm Gap Is Not the Real StoryNewark, New Jersey. At the Prudential Center, I sat in the seventh row of the...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera Stops Meyer in Round 4 at BKFC 95: A Gap in Class, Not a Gap in HeightThe clock on the big screen stopped at 0:46 of the fourth round. Meyer lay fa...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Men's Divisions End at 63.5 kg, Women's Sub-45 kg Class Has No Published Weigh-In ProtocolOctober 20, 2026 is the first date in the eleven-day competition window for...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling, Seven Women's Divisions and a Missing Weigh-In ProtocolI still remember a 57-60 kg bout at a domestic amateur Muay event a few years...
Martial ArtsThe 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Sub-45 kg Gap: Mapping Muay at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports FestivalOn October 20, 2026, Muay became the first sport to enter the competition pha...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival in Ho Chi Minh City: Format, Weight Classes and the Gaps to FillThere are nights you do not need to sleep, because someone else's dream is...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling Is the Quietest StatementGym in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, a September afternoon. The smell of...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions, Seven Women's, and an Unpublished Medical FileOn 20 October 2026, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City's Sports Training and...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Seat in Bangkok: When a Name Is Mispronounced and a Belt Nobody SeesI sat in the seventh row of a press room in Bangkok, counting empty chairs....
Martial Arts16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When Finish Rate Becomes the VerdictFarid Basharat stepped out of the Octagon with both arms raised and not a...
Martial Arts100 Grams, 15 Minutes and a Career: The Disqualification of a Korean Judoka and the Lesson of a Broken Information ChainI rewound that weigh-in footage four times. Each time, what made me pause was...
Martial ArtsFunding Crisis Threatens Olympic Wrestling: When the Mat Waits for a Cheque That Never Comes5:40 in the morning. A training hall on the outskirts of Lahore, dim yellow...
Martial ArtsA Death in Las Vegas and the Forgotten $383,000 Judgment Behind a Boxing Promoter's NameThree men walked into a building that houses a barbershop and a shoe store in...
Martial ArtsBKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera Beats Meyer, and the 13cm Gap Is Not the Real StoryNewark, New Jersey. At the Prudential Center, I sat in the seventh row of the...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera Stops Meyer in Round 4 at BKFC 95: A Gap in Class, Not a Gap in HeightThe clock on the big screen stopped at 0:46 of the fourth round. Meyer lay fa...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Men's Divisions End at 63.5 kg, Women's Sub-45 kg Class Has No Published Weigh-In ProtocolOctober 20, 2026 is the first date in the eleven-day competition window for...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling, Seven Women's Divisions and a Missing Weigh-In ProtocolI still remember a 57-60 kg bout at a domestic amateur Muay event a few years...
Martial ArtsThe 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Sub-45 kg Gap: Mapping Muay at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports FestivalOn October 20, 2026, Muay became the first sport to enter the competition pha...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival in Ho Chi Minh City: Format, Weight Classes and the Gaps to FillThere are nights you do not need to sleep, because someone else's dream is...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling Is the Quietest StatementGym in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, a September afternoon. The smell of...
Martial ArtsMuay Thai Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: Six Men's Divisions, Seven Women's, and an Unpublished Medical FileOn 20 October 2026, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City's Sports Training and...
Martial ArtsThe Empty Seat in Bangkok: When a Name Is Mispronounced and a Belt Nobody SeesI sat in the seventh row of a press room in Bangkok, counting empty chairs....
Martial Arts16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When Finish Rate Becomes the VerdictFarid Basharat stepped out of the Octagon with both arms raised and not a...
Martial Arts100 Grams, 15 Minutes and a Career: The Disqualification of a Korean Judoka and the Lesson of a Broken Information ChainI rewound that weigh-in footage four times. Each time, what made me pause was...
Martial ArtsFunding Crisis Threatens Olympic Wrestling: When the Mat Waits for a Cheque That Never Comes5:40 in the morning. A training hall on the outskirts of Lahore, dim yellow...

