Martial Arts
Zhang Songxi: From a Ming-Era Tailor to a Wuxia Legend and a Lesson in Sports AnalysisIn martial-arts culture, few figures create such a wide gap between the...
A Referee Died From a Head-Drop, 585,000 Pesos, and a System With No BrakeOne Referee, Four Seconds, and a System With No Brake In track and field, whe...
A Referee Died in the Ring, 585,000 Pesos, and the Move Replayed in NezahualcóyotlWhat stayed with me from that night was not the move. It was the sound of the...
The Fatal Slam in a Mexican Arena: When a Referee Is Dropped and the Governance System Doesn't ExistA professional wrestling referee in Mexico died after a head-drop in a show a...
The Beat Keeper in the Corner: The Unnamed Skill Deciding Muay Thai FightsRound four. The red corner's left teep carried no weight — a push of the foot...
The Death of Bulgaria's Taekwondo President: A Governance Node RemovedThe opening ceremony of the international taekwondo tournament in Sofia was...
Slavi Binev Shot Dead in Sofia: Three Succession Problems for European TaekwondoThe opening ceremony was cancelled. More than 650 athletes from 10 countries...
The Slavi Binev Case: When a Taekwondo Presidency Falls Vacant OvernightThat morning in Sofia, the organisers still had places for more than 650...
Injury Files in the Transfer Window: Where the Data Gets Rewritten Before the SignatureA four-year contract, a 40 percent salary increase, a release clause anchored...
Volkanovski Stops Evloev in Round 2: A Narrower Win Than It LooksThe stands were empty, yet the heart still beat in rhythm. In Round 2, when...
An Empty Record Is Not a Clean Record: How Professional Combat Sports Survive on Data SilenceIn December 2026, at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, a weigh-in sheet was place...
Three Wrong Anthems in Nagoya: The Fault Was in the Filename, Not the SpeakerOn 19 October, at an arena in Nagoya, a para taekwondo athlete from Chinese...
A Report With All Eight Sections and Not a Single Line of DataOn my desk in Osaka there is a four-page document, printed double-sided, neat...
A 'martial arts' file with no fight in it: the data audit Vietnamese sports media needs to readAt 2:14 a.m. in Binh Duong, I opened a file tagged 'martial_arts' — the kind ...
Khamzat Chimaev Pushes for Sean Strickland Rematch: The 48-47 Scorecards and the Weight-Cut ProblemThree scorecards at UFC 328 all read 48-47. Two went to Sean Strickland, one ...
Chimaev Pushes for Strickland Rematch: Three 48-47 Cards and the Real Crack at MiddleweightThree scorecards, three lines of 48-47, and three different sets of rounds. A...
Khamzat Chimaev lost 48-47, but the deepest crack sits in the weight-cut roomThree judges, three scorecards, one identical band of 48-47. Two cards for Se...
The Death of a Boxing 'Mogul' and the Buried Labor JudgmentAn armed robbery in Las Vegas, a single bullet, and a Philippine boxing name...
The Las Vegas Killing and a $382,928 Judgment: The Dark Underbelly of the Philippines-to-America Fighter PipelineHe lunged at the robber while the gun was still pointed at him. Friends insid...
The Death of a Boxing “Mogul” in Las Vegas and the $382,928 Judgment Nobody MentionedA 45-year-old man lunged at a gunman. Friends shouted at him to stay still. H...
Three Generations of Philippine Boxing, a $382,928 Judgment, and a Bullet in Las VegasA 45-year-old man stepped out of the doorway. Friends screamed at him to stay...
A Referee Died From a Head-Drop, 585,000 Pesos, and a System With No BrakeOne Referee, Four Seconds, and a System With No Brake In track and field, whe...
A Referee Died in the Ring, 585,000 Pesos, and the Move Replayed in NezahualcóyotlWhat stayed with me from that night was not the move. It was the sound of the...
The Fatal Slam in a Mexican Arena: When a Referee Is Dropped and the Governance System Doesn't ExistA professional wrestling referee in Mexico died after a head-drop in a show a...
The Beat Keeper in the Corner: The Unnamed Skill Deciding Muay Thai FightsRound four. The red corner's left teep carried no weight — a push of the foot...
The Death of Bulgaria's Taekwondo President: A Governance Node RemovedThe opening ceremony of the international taekwondo tournament in Sofia was...
Slavi Binev Shot Dead in Sofia: Three Succession Problems for European TaekwondoThe opening ceremony was cancelled. More than 650 athletes from 10 countries...
The Slavi Binev Case: When a Taekwondo Presidency Falls Vacant OvernightThat morning in Sofia, the organisers still had places for more than 650...
Injury Files in the Transfer Window: Where the Data Gets Rewritten Before the SignatureA four-year contract, a 40 percent salary increase, a release clause anchored...
Volkanovski Stops Evloev in Round 2: A Narrower Win Than It LooksThe stands were empty, yet the heart still beat in rhythm. In Round 2, when...
An Empty Record Is Not a Clean Record: How Professional Combat Sports Survive on Data SilenceIn December 2026, at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, a weigh-in sheet was place...
Three Wrong Anthems in Nagoya: The Fault Was in the Filename, Not the SpeakerOn 19 October, at an arena in Nagoya, a para taekwondo athlete from Chinese...
A Report With All Eight Sections and Not a Single Line of DataOn my desk in Osaka there is a four-page document, printed double-sided, neat...
A 'martial arts' file with no fight in it: the data audit Vietnamese sports media needs to readAt 2:14 a.m. in Binh Duong, I opened a file tagged 'martial_arts' — the kind ...
Khamzat Chimaev Pushes for Sean Strickland Rematch: The 48-47 Scorecards and the Weight-Cut ProblemThree scorecards at UFC 328 all read 48-47. Two went to Sean Strickland, one ...
Chimaev Pushes for Strickland Rematch: Three 48-47 Cards and the Real Crack at MiddleweightThree scorecards, three lines of 48-47, and three different sets of rounds. A...
Khamzat Chimaev lost 48-47, but the deepest crack sits in the weight-cut roomThree judges, three scorecards, one identical band of 48-47. Two cards for Se...
The Death of a Boxing 'Mogul' and the Buried Labor JudgmentAn armed robbery in Las Vegas, a single bullet, and a Philippine boxing name...
The Las Vegas Killing and a $382,928 Judgment: The Dark Underbelly of the Philippines-to-America Fighter PipelineHe lunged at the robber while the gun was still pointed at him. Friends insid...
The Death of a Boxing “Mogul” in Las Vegas and the $382,928 Judgment Nobody MentionedA 45-year-old man lunged at a gunman. Friends shouted at him to stay still. H...
Three Generations of Philippine Boxing, a $382,928 Judgment, and a Bullet in Las VegasA 45-year-old man stepped out of the doorway. Friends screamed at him to stay...
