Martial Arts
Three wrong anthems in Nagoya and the limits of an apology
The Empty Dossier and the Price of Invented Data in Combat Sports Journalism
BKFC 95: Jimmie Rivera, a 13cm Gap and the Limits of an Old Name
A 75-Year-Old Referee Died After a Head-Drop in Hidalgo: When a Performance-Wrestling Ring Has No License, No Insurance, and No Safety Screener
Vietnamese Martial Arts Matchmaking: Don't Mistake Booking Predictions for Understanding the RingThat night, in a packed arena in Ho Chi Minh City, a 28-year-old fighter...
Thirty Thousand Dollars and Fourteen Days: The Regulatory Vacuum After a Lucha Libre Referee's DeathI have watched that clip seventeen times, and each time I stop at the same...
From a Fatal Drop to a 30,000 USD Settlement: Mexican Lucha Libre's Governance Vacuum Through the Death of a RefereeOn a night in Hidalgo, Mexico, a referee stepped into the ring in street...
The Data Void on Vietnam's Combat Sports ArenaOn Saturday night a fight file from an amateur card in Hai Phong landed in my...
HBF and BoxRec: A Data Passport for Ho Chi Minh City BoxingThe quietest summer is when I take the most notes. News of the working sessio...
Two Disqualifications in Three Months: The Abdul File and the Limits of Amateur Boxing's JudgementIn track and field, a false start costs eleven seconds and a line in the...
Three wrong anthems in Nagoya and the limits of an apologyOn October 19, at a venue of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, a para...
A Combat Sports Report With No Names: When Analytics Fills the Void With Invented NumbersAt 2 a.m. in Incheon I opened a combat-sports report the data team had sent...
Tsarukyan, Danis and the RAF Wrestling Match: When Noise Hides a Risk TestLas Vegas, the press conference before Real American Freestyle’s wrestling...
Vietnam's Fight Scene Learns to Count Rhythm in DataAt 5:40 in the morning, the electronic scale is set down on the concrete floo...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: When the Performance Floor and the Fighting Ring Share One DrawerInside a routine assessment at the National Sports Training Centre, a wushu...
From Grand Slam Pinnacle to Money-Mule Allegation: The Unbraked Fall of a Former Judo FighterOn September 28, 2026, at an ATM in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City, security...
Tomofumi Takajo: the 2026 ippon and the void fourteen years laterIn 2026, at the final of the Tokyo Grand Slam, a judoka born in 2026 stepped...
Filipino Boxing Promoter Shot Dead in Las Vegas: The $383,000 Judgment and the Buried TruthFilipino Boxing Promoter Shot Dead in Las Vegas: The $383,000 Judgment and th...
The Empty Dossier and the Price of Invented Data in Combat Sports JournalismIt is two in the morning in Chiang Mai and the ceiling fan is still turning...
A Boxing Promoter Dies in Las Vegas: The $432,928 Judgment Buried Under the HeadlineA barbershop, a shoe store and a small office sharing one low-slung commercia...