Martial Arts
The Gap Outside the Ring: A Lucha Libre Referee’s Death, Compensation and an Unregulated Return
The Co-Main Slot Is the Real Story: The Belt the UFC Is Selling While Makhachev Sits Out
Filipino Boxing Promoter Killed in Las Vegas: An Eight-Year-Old Labor Judgment That Exposed a Dark Tier of the Sport
The Promoter Is Dead. The Fighters' Verdict Is $432,928.
A National Games That Stops at 63.5 kg: Muay Thai's Weight Architecture and Vietnam's Selection Chain
Martial ArtsNo Verdict Without Evidence: Why Source Verification Matters in Martial Arts ReportingSometimes the most important question in a combat-sports report comes before...
Martial ArtsVolkanovski's Last Wildfire: The Ledger of 38 and the Zero-Finish Trap of EvloevIn the Abu Dhabi workout room, the sound of tape being cut took me back to th...
Martial ArtsThe 9.346 Repeat: Why Vietnam's Dakar Youth Olympic Silver Arithmetic Doesn't CloseTwo numbers on the taijiquan final score sheet from the Dakar Youth Olympic...
Martial ArtsThe Deal Sheet in the Pay-Per-View Era: Why Small-Market Purses Are Combat Sports' Most Honest DataI still remember the air in that combat hall in Kuala Lumpur in August 2026....
Martial ArtsDeep Review Halted by Missing Data: The Eight Pillars of Professional Combat-Sports AnalysisThis report begins with an unambiguous caveat. The Stage-1 analysis layer on...
Martial ArtsRing, Ruleset and Reality: The Eight Layers of Combat Sports AnalysisIntroduction: Where Analysis Begins — and Stops Any deep analysis of a combat...
Martial ArtsTen Weight Classes Under a 'Martial Arts' Umbrella: The Label Freezing Bangladesh's Combat Sport in a Single FileThe afternoon of March 2026 is still logged in my notebook with the date...
Martial ArtsThe Gap Outside the Ring: A Lucha Libre Referee’s Death, Compensation and an Unregulated ReturnBefore the lights went out at Arena San Juan Pantitlán, the scene inside the...
Martial ArtsThe Co-Main Slot Is the Real Story: The Belt the UFC Is Selling While Makhachev Sits OutThe story broke in Dhaka. I read it from a Nagoya apartment at 3 a.m., and my...
Martial ArtsHo Chi Minh City Boxing Federation and BoxRec: The Records Ledger and the Sanctioning GapOn the night of Trigger Promotion 9, the ringside chairs at the Trigger Boxin...
Martial ArtsBehind the Glamour, Labor Exploitation: The Death of Philippine Boxing Promoter Rodis and the Ledger of JusticeA 45-year-old Philippine-born boxing promoter, Rodis, was shot dead during an...
Martial ArtsVolkanovski's Last Wildfire: The Ledger of 38 and the Zero-Finish Trap of EvloevIn the Abu Dhabi workout room, the sound of tape being cut took me back to th...
Martial ArtsThe 9.346 Repeat: Why Vietnam's Dakar Youth Olympic Silver Arithmetic Doesn't CloseTwo numbers on the taijiquan final score sheet from the Dakar Youth Olympic...
Martial ArtsThe Deal Sheet in the Pay-Per-View Era: Why Small-Market Purses Are Combat Sports' Most Honest DataI still remember the air in that combat hall in Kuala Lumpur in August 2026....
Martial ArtsDeep Review Halted by Missing Data: The Eight Pillars of Professional Combat-Sports AnalysisThis report begins with an unambiguous caveat. The Stage-1 analysis layer on...
Martial ArtsRing, Ruleset and Reality: The Eight Layers of Combat Sports AnalysisIntroduction: Where Analysis Begins — and Stops Any deep analysis of a combat...
Martial ArtsTen Weight Classes Under a 'Martial Arts' Umbrella: The Label Freezing Bangladesh's Combat Sport in a Single FileThe afternoon of March 2026 is still logged in my notebook with the date...
Martial ArtsThe Gap Outside the Ring: A Lucha Libre Referee’s Death, Compensation and an Unregulated ReturnBefore the lights went out at Arena San Juan Pantitlán, the scene inside the...
Martial ArtsThe Co-Main Slot Is the Real Story: The Belt the UFC Is Selling While Makhachev Sits OutThe story broke in Dhaka. I read it from a Nagoya apartment at 3 a.m., and my...
Martial ArtsHo Chi Minh City Boxing Federation and BoxRec: The Records Ledger and the Sanctioning GapOn the night of Trigger Promotion 9, the ringside chairs at the Trigger Boxin...
Martial ArtsBehind the Glamour, Labor Exploitation: The Death of Philippine Boxing Promoter Rodis and the Ledger of JusticeA 45-year-old Philippine-born boxing promoter, Rodis, was shot dead during an...