Martial Arts
Tran Thi Cam Tu’s World Karate Silver: Reading the 0-6 Gap CorrectlyInside the arena in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, the electronic scoreboard jumped t...
Tran Thi Cam Tu: the 0-6 kumite silver and the -59kg weight-class forkThe electronic scoreboard in Bielsko-Biała read 0-6. There was no bell to sav...
Jena Bishop Rallies to Outpoint Liz Carmouche for Inaugural PFL Women's Flyweight CrownJena Bishop defeated Liz Carmouche by unanimous 48-47 scores on all three...
Jena Bishop and the 48-47 Moment: How PFL's Inaugural Belt Was Decided by a Single RoundThe night closed with three scorecards returning the same number: 48-47. Jena...
Jena Bishop and the Inaugural Belt: When a Fight Is Decided by 60 Seconds of SilenceThere was a moment in the first round that nobody in the arena noticed. Liz...
Jena Bishop and the PFL Belt: When a Round Is Scored by Margin of Error, Not by PunchesJena Bishop won the PFL women's flyweight title on three 48-47 scorecards. Bu...
Bishop Rallies Past Carmouche for PFL Gold: 48-47 and Three Silent Minutes in the Locker RoomThe scorecard read 48-47. Three judges, one number. But it took fourteen...
Vietnam Opens Its Gold Account at ASIAD 2026: Women's Team Kata, Three Routines and a Gap Nobody Has ReadThe report from the women's team kata competition day at ASIAD 2026 leaves a...
Short Hair, Eight Teams and the Succession Equation: Decoding Vietnam's Women's Team Kata Gold at Asiad 20On the afternoon of September 22, at the arena in Aichi, three neatly cropped...
Undefeated at 16-0 Yet Cut by the UFC: When a Perfect Record Is Not Enough to Buy a Roster SpotThe Moment No One Filmed There is a moment in combat sports that no camera...
Undefeated at 16-0 Yet Released by UFC: When Winning Is No Longer a Safe TicketIn late July, at a gym in South Florida, Farid Basharat sat staring at his...
UFC declines to re-sign Farid Basharat despite the fighter's 16-0 recordTen of the 11 UFC wins belonging to the Basharat brothers were decided by the...
Farid Basharat Leaves UFC at 16-0: Analyzing the Gap Between a Winning Streak and Commercial ValueOn Thursday, when news of Farid Basharat's official departure from the UFC wa...
Basharat leaves UFC unbeaten: when a perfect record stops being currencyI sat in the seventh row, left corner of the arena, where the sound of a glov...
16-0 and a Roster Spot Erased: How the UFC Prices Emotion Above WinningTen of the eleven UFC wins shared by the Basharat brothers came from the...
Undefeated at 16-0 and still cut: Farid Basharat and the line between record and market value in the UFCLast Thursday, Farid Basharat posted a short status update on his personal...
An Empty Slot in the Octagon: When a 16-0 Run Cannot Buy a New ContractFarid Basharat stepped into the Octagon for the last time under the UFC banne...
Farid Basharat Cut by UFC at 16-0: The Injury Map Isn't on His BodyOn Thursday, the UFC confirmed that Farid Basharat is leaving the organizatio...
The Abandoned Elbow: How an Ancient Weapon Is Beating Again in BangkokThe Abandoned Elbow: How an Ancient Weapon Is Beating Again in Bangkok I was...
100 Grams Over and a Broken Information Chain: Inside the Day-of Disqualification of a -48 kg JudokaIn the weigh-in room, there is no crowd. No referee's call, no rhythm of feet...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Data Gap: From Vovinam to the CageThere is an image I cannot forget after a night of martial arts competition i...
The Empty Dossier: When Combat Sports Injury Data Vanishes From the Operating TableOn the night of November 14, at an arena in Bangkok, after the bell closed th...
When a Football Analysis Lacks Data: Lessons from A Failed PipelineIn modern sports, data is the backbone of every decision. From how a club...
Deep Martial Arts Analysis: When Input Data Is Empty and the Consequences for AnalysisIn the context of Vietnam's martial arts sports industry increasingly...
Vietnam's Martial Arts Ecosystem: From Traditional Training Halls to Professional Arenas5:30 in the morning. The alley off Nguyen Van Dau Street, Binh Thanh District...
The Death of a 75-Year-Old Referee in Hidalgo: When a Wrestling Performance Enters the CourtroomThe show in Mineral de la Reforma, in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, opened wi...

