Martial Arts
The Twin 9.346 and Dakar's Clock: What Lies Behind Vietnam's First Youth Olympic Medal
Eight Dimensions of Martial Arts Journalism: Building a Methodological Framework from an Empty Data Set
Behind the Bronze, 42–41: Singapore's Fencing Medal and South Asia's Empty Pipeline
42–41: The Score Sheet Nobody Published, and the New Ledger of the Blade
What the Six Rounds Don't Contain Is Imane Khelif's Real Fight
What the Six Rounds Don't Contain Is Imane Khelif's Real FightThe Maison de la Mutualité in Paris is not a big arena. The main event on the...
The Twin 9.346 and Dakar's Clock: What Lies Behind Vietnam's First Youth Olympic MedalVietnamese sports fans woke on the morning of November 4 to a headline that...
Eight Dimensions of Martial Arts Journalism: Building a Methodological Framework from an Empty Data SetThe hardest test in sports journalism arrives when the raw material is empty:...
Rivera's 46 Seconds and 13 Centimetres: The Bare-Knuckle Numbers Still Waiting for VerificationThe line stays unfinished in my notebook after the ring is taken apart: "Meye...
The Totals Are Printed, the Columns Are Missing: The Ledger Nobody Is Reconciling Before UFC SydneyFebruary 7. Sydney. The release announcing the UFC Fight Night main event...
PFL–MVP: The Chair Emptied Before the Rebrand, and Three Blank Cells in the LedgerOn 30 July, a single announcement welded two names together: PFL and MVP....
The Ghost of Empty Data: When a ‘Deep Analysis’ Admits There Is Nothing to AnalyzeLast night a PDF landed in my inbox. Its title was ‘Stage-2 Deep Professional...
Three Punches in Buriram: A Trained Fist, an Unprepared Neighbour, and the Reckoning Outside the RingThree. Not a combination, not a round — three punches. A forty-year-old man w...
Nobody Was Counting Outside the Ropes: A Referee's Death in Mexican Independent Lucha Libre and the Arithmetic of No GovernanceFebruary 2026. The indoor hall at Khulna District Stadium. The divisional rou...
The Ring's Ledger: Why Blockchain Could Rewrite Combat Sports' Purses, Contracts and RecordsThe Ring's Ledger: Why Blockchain Could Rewrite Combat Sports' Purses,...
Four Karate Golds, Zero Pathways: The Three Ledgers Bangladesh's Combat Sports Must Open Before Anyone Writes Blockchain On ThemOn the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. In June...
Pereira vs Pavlovich at UFC 335: 'One Win From a Third Belt' — What the Market Is Selling, the Data Isn'tI didn't see it live. In fact I never watch fights live — for thirteen years ...
Pereira vs Pavlovich: A 39-Year-Old Star, One Knockout, and the Verification GapsI did not watch it live. The announcement surfaced on a laptop screen in a...
The Geometry of an Empty Stage: Why Bangladesh's Combat Sports Win Medals but Not PathwaysDhaka, November 2026. Covering the SAFF Championship final, I walked into the...
Empty Source, Intact Ledger: When Stage-1 Returns NothingIn March 2026, the National Championship of the Bangladesh Boxing Federation...
We Count Knockouts. Nobody Counts Recovery Days.Round five. Inside the Las Vegas Octagon the air is dry, and then it is silen...
Shadow Medals, Empty Field: Vietnam's Taekwondo Bet at Asiad 2026On the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. In June...
The Twin 9.346 and Dakar's Clock: What Lies Behind Vietnam's First Youth Olympic MedalVietnamese sports fans woke on the morning of November 4 to a headline that...
Eight Dimensions of Martial Arts Journalism: Building a Methodological Framework from an Empty Data SetThe hardest test in sports journalism arrives when the raw material is empty:...
Rivera's 46 Seconds and 13 Centimetres: The Bare-Knuckle Numbers Still Waiting for VerificationThe line stays unfinished in my notebook after the ring is taken apart: "Meye...
The Totals Are Printed, the Columns Are Missing: The Ledger Nobody Is Reconciling Before UFC SydneyFebruary 7. Sydney. The release announcing the UFC Fight Night main event...
PFL–MVP: The Chair Emptied Before the Rebrand, and Three Blank Cells in the LedgerOn 30 July, a single announcement welded two names together: PFL and MVP....
The Ghost of Empty Data: When a ‘Deep Analysis’ Admits There Is Nothing to AnalyzeLast night a PDF landed in my inbox. Its title was ‘Stage-2 Deep Professional...
Three Punches in Buriram: A Trained Fist, an Unprepared Neighbour, and the Reckoning Outside the RingThree. Not a combination, not a round — three punches. A forty-year-old man w...
Nobody Was Counting Outside the Ropes: A Referee's Death in Mexican Independent Lucha Libre and the Arithmetic of No GovernanceFebruary 2026. The indoor hall at Khulna District Stadium. The divisional rou...
The Ring's Ledger: Why Blockchain Could Rewrite Combat Sports' Purses, Contracts and RecordsThe Ring's Ledger: Why Blockchain Could Rewrite Combat Sports' Purses,...
Four Karate Golds, Zero Pathways: The Three Ledgers Bangladesh's Combat Sports Must Open Before Anyone Writes Blockchain On ThemOn the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. In June...
Pereira vs Pavlovich at UFC 335: 'One Win From a Third Belt' — What the Market Is Selling, the Data Isn'tI didn't see it live. In fact I never watch fights live — for thirteen years ...
Pereira vs Pavlovich: A 39-Year-Old Star, One Knockout, and the Verification GapsI did not watch it live. The announcement surfaced on a laptop screen in a...
The Geometry of an Empty Stage: Why Bangladesh's Combat Sports Win Medals but Not PathwaysDhaka, November 2026. Covering the SAFF Championship final, I walked into the...
Empty Source, Intact Ledger: When Stage-1 Returns NothingIn March 2026, the National Championship of the Bangladesh Boxing Federation...
We Count Knockouts. Nobody Counts Recovery Days.Round five. Inside the Las Vegas Octagon the air is dry, and then it is silen...
Shadow Medals, Empty Field: Vietnam's Taekwondo Bet at Asiad 2026On the Rajshahi rooftop, ninety seconds became a way of listening. In June...