Martial Arts
UFC 335: Alex Pereira vs Sergei Pavlovich — the heavyweight gamble of a 39-year-old former champion2026-10-19That June night, Alex Pereira sat with his back against the cage, eyes still...
Vietnamese Boxing and the Numbers No One Can Verify2026-10-16On the afternoon of June 14, at a gym in Thanh Khe district, Da Nang, the...
Combat Sports Scorecards and the Camera Angle Nobody Judges2026-10-15On the night of June 9, 2026, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when the...
Weight-cut shock in judo: Athlete Jung Su-jin disqualified for exceeding 100 grams, head coach resigns2026-10-15In Vietnamese judo, the story of athlete Jung Su-jin and her disqualification...
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling, Seven Women's Classes and the Gaps Nobody PublishedAt 6:00 a.m. on October 22, the opening ceremony for Muay at the 2026 Nationa...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival in Ho Chi Minh City: 13 Weight Classes, Two Competition Tracks and the Gaps Still UnfilledMuay Thai will be the opening sport of the competition phase at the 2026...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes and an Unanswered Medical GapAt 6 a.m. on October 22, the lights come on in a public-service gymnasium in ...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: A Weight-Class Map and the Gaps Nobody Has MeasuredAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, the gymnasium of a public service...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes, Nine Rounds, and a Medical Protocol Nobody Has PublishedAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, the lights come on in a gymnasium...
UFC 335: Alex Pereira vs Sergei Pavlovich — the heavyweight gamble of a 39-year-old former championThat June night, Alex Pereira sat with his back against the cage, eyes still...
The Morning Form at 19/8 Stadium and Khanh Hoa's Conditioning Pulse5:40 in the morning at 19/8 Stadium, Nha Trang. Frost still clings to the edg...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the silver medal that forces a rethink of a 0-6 scorelineA 17-year-old athlete is Vietnamese. She reached the final of a world youth...
Cam Tu's World Silver: A 0-6 Final, and the -59kg Question Nobody Has NamedOn the scoreboard, the number froze at 0-6. Three minutes of combat, a world...
Tran Thi Cam Tu’s Karate Silver: The 0-6 Final and the Weight-Class QuestionIn three minutes of the women’s -59kg final at the World Youth and U21 Karate...
Raoni Barcelos and the Fifth-Round Knockout: When the Injury Map Doesn't LieOn the main card of UFC Fight Night, Raoni Barcelos stepped into the octagon ...
Beyond the Ring Lights: Vietnamese Martial Arts and Eight Gaps Still UnfilledLate November, I sat in the third row of an arena in southern Saigon. The clo...
Farid Basharat and the Unrenewed 16-0 Ticket: When the UFC Prices Entertainment Above WinningIn a gym in South Florida, after the last session of the day, one often hears...
Farid Basharat Leaves the UFC: When a 16-Fight Unbeaten Run No Longer Holds a Roster SpotI read the news at 5:47 in the morning, with the coffee on my desk long since...
100 Grams and 15 Minutes: The Notification Failure That Cost Jung Su-jin the MatThe digital scale read 50.5 kg. The permitted ceiling for judo's lightest...
Vietnamese Boxing and the Numbers No One Can VerifyOn the afternoon of June 14, at a gym in Thanh Khe district, Da Nang, the...
Combat Sports Scorecards and the Camera Angle Nobody JudgesOn the night of June 9, 2026, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when the...
One hundred grams, fifteen minutes, and the gap between one person's error and another's penaltyIn the weigh-in room of an international judo event, Jung Su-jin had fifteen...
Weight-cut shock in judo: Athlete Jung Su-jin disqualified for exceeding 100 grams, head coach resignsIn Vietnamese judo, the story of athlete Jung Su-jin and her disqualification...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival in Ho Chi Minh City: 13 Weight Classes, Two Competition Tracks and the Gaps Still UnfilledMuay Thai will be the opening sport of the competition phase at the 2026...
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes and an Unanswered Medical GapAt 6 a.m. on October 22, the lights come on in a public-service gymnasium in ...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: A Weight-Class Map and the Gaps Nobody Has MeasuredAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, the gymnasium of a public service...
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes, Nine Rounds, and a Medical Protocol Nobody Has PublishedAt six in the morning on October 22, 2026, the lights come on in a gymnasium...
UFC 335: Alex Pereira vs Sergei Pavlovich — the heavyweight gamble of a 39-year-old former championThat June night, Alex Pereira sat with his back against the cage, eyes still...
The Morning Form at 19/8 Stadium and Khanh Hoa's Conditioning Pulse5:40 in the morning at 19/8 Stadium, Nha Trang. Frost still clings to the edg...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the silver medal that forces a rethink of a 0-6 scorelineA 17-year-old athlete is Vietnamese. She reached the final of a world youth...
Cam Tu's World Silver: A 0-6 Final, and the -59kg Question Nobody Has NamedOn the scoreboard, the number froze at 0-6. Three minutes of combat, a world...
Tran Thi Cam Tu’s Karate Silver: The 0-6 Final and the Weight-Class QuestionIn three minutes of the women’s -59kg final at the World Youth and U21 Karate...
Raoni Barcelos and the Fifth-Round Knockout: When the Injury Map Doesn't LieOn the main card of UFC Fight Night, Raoni Barcelos stepped into the octagon ...
Beyond the Ring Lights: Vietnamese Martial Arts and Eight Gaps Still UnfilledLate November, I sat in the third row of an arena in southern Saigon. The clo...
Farid Basharat and the Unrenewed 16-0 Ticket: When the UFC Prices Entertainment Above WinningIn a gym in South Florida, after the last session of the day, one often hears...
Farid Basharat Leaves the UFC: When a 16-Fight Unbeaten Run No Longer Holds a Roster SpotI read the news at 5:47 in the morning, with the coffee on my desk long since...
100 Grams and 15 Minutes: The Notification Failure That Cost Jung Su-jin the MatThe digital scale read 50.5 kg. The permitted ceiling for judo's lightest...
Vietnamese Boxing and the Numbers No One Can VerifyOn the afternoon of June 14, at a gym in Thanh Khe district, Da Nang, the...
Combat Sports Scorecards and the Camera Angle Nobody JudgesOn the night of June 9, 2026, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when the...
One hundred grams, fifteen minutes, and the gap between one person's error and another's penaltyIn the weigh-in room of an international judo event, Jung Su-jin had fifteen...
Weight-cut shock in judo: Athlete Jung Su-jin disqualified for exceeding 100 grams, head coach resignsIn Vietnamese judo, the story of athlete Jung Su-jin and her disqualification...
