Martial Arts
Tomofumi Takajo: Four Grand Slam Titles, a Theft Allegation and an Unmeasured Gap
Vietnamese Martial Arts: The Gap Between the Scorecard and the Ring
UFC 335: Pereira's Scar and Pavlovich's Unfired Punch
Asiad 20: Nine Fighters, Three Sports, One Day — and the Data Gap the Schedule Leaves Behind
The Data Gap in Vietnamese Combat Sports Analysis: Why We Are Judging Fighters on Faith
Yin Zhiping, Lü Wende, Shi Lang: When Wuxia Fiction Rewrites Real PeopleThe evening session at a small martial arts hall off Nguyen Thien Thuat Stree...
Tomofumi Takajo: Four Grand Slam Titles, a Theft Allegation and an Unmeasured GapKumamoto, September 28. An ATM in Higashi Ward. A 34-year-old man inserts a...
The Empty Dossier of Vietnamese Combat Sports: When the Beat Keeper Must Learn to Say 'Not Enough'6:40 in the morning, March, Da Nang. The gym sits on the third floor of an ol...
A Night of Crossover in Abu Dhabi: Tsarukyan Steps Beyond the UFC and the Whispers from the StandsAround 8 PM in Thu Dau Mot, I received a message from a familiar collaborator...
Three Judges, Three Scorecards, Three Results: Vietnam's Combat Sports and the Data-Standardisation ProblemAt a semi-professional boxing event held in Nha Trang earlier this year, afte...
Sal Everett Knocks Out at UFC Apex: A Contract Not Signed Inside the CageThe clock at UFC Apex stopped at 1:57 of the first round. Sal Everett, 29,...
Sal Everett's 1:57 Knockout: A UFC Contract and a Data VoidThe fight ended at 1:57 of the first round. Sal Everett walked Ozzy Martin to...
Sal Everett, Dana White's Personal Assistant, Earns a UFC Contract: Re-reading the 1:57 KO Through DataThe clock on the Apex screen stopped at 1:57. Sal Everett took half a step...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: The Gap Between the Scorecard and the RingOn an August night in Osaka, after finishing my hosting duties at an indoor...
Vietnamese Martial Arts Between the Traditional Gym and the Professional Arena: The Data GapOn the mat of a small gym on Lach Tray Street, Hai Phong, two students faced...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: A Closed Ecosystem and the Stars That Never Had a Chance to Be BornOn the night of November 16, 2026, at the Military Region 7 Arena, I sat in t...
Why a Sanda Bout Cannot Be Scored by Taolu's YardstickThe 70kg sanda final at a continental multi-sport games left a paradox on the...
UFC 335: Pereira's Scar and Pavlovich's Unfired PunchLast June, when Ciryl Gane knocked out Alex Pereira in the second round, I wa...
Asiad 20: Nine Fighters, Three Sports, One Day — and the Data Gap the Schedule Leaves BehindIn the press room of the Asiad village, the competition schedule for October ...
Asian Games: Vietnam's Ju-Jitsu, Taekwondo and Freestyle Wrestling Day Begins in the QualifiersIn the crowded schedule of Vietnam's sports delegation, two small lines deser...
VR Taekwondo and the Vietnamese Female Athlete's Mixed-Gender Medal Run at the Asian GamesIn a darkened training room at the National Sports Centre, the fighter's...
VR Taekwondo and the Mixed-Gender Asiad Medal: A Vietnamese Female Fighter's RunInside a soundproofed competition room at an esports center, a 21-year-old...
Accumulated injury debt in Asian professional combat sports: when the career window is shorter than the recovery timeIn the injury dataset I have tracked across many seasons of Asian combat...
The Data Gap in Vietnamese Combat Sports Analysis: Why We Are Judging Fighters on FaithIn March 2026, I sat in front of my screen trying to analyze a fight between ...
When the Arena Enters the Screen: The Quiet Pulse of Virtual Taekwondo at the 2026 Asian GamesOn the morning of October 2, at a training facility in Vietnam, a young athle...
Nguyen Thi Tam Stuns World Champion to Reach Asiad 20 Gold Medal FinalI sat for a long time after rewatching the tape of the women's 50-51 kg...
Vua Bong: Decoding 28 Years of UFC Heavyweight Title Reigns — 27 Changes and the Identity QuestionOn the morning of August 13, 2026, I sat in a coffee shop corner on Pham Ngoc...
Raoni Barcelos: Five Rounds, a Stretcher and the Price of Promising 'a Great Fight'I remember that sound more clearly than the final blow. In an arena in Las...
Raoni Barcelos Hospitalized After Round-5 TKO: Age 39, Head-Trauma Protocol, and the Final Limit of a UFC VeteranInside a Las Vegas cage, a stretcher appeared in the fifth round The fifth...
Raoni Barcelos and the Fifth Round in Las Vegas: When Fighter Safety Outweighs the ResultThere is a moment that anyone who has sat long enough beside the octagon...
Raoni Barcelos and the Las Vegas Night Nobody Wants to Remember: When a 39-Year-Old Veteran Touches His Own Biological LimitThe morning in Las Vegas did not begin with stage lights. It began with a...
Raoni Barcelos, 39, and a Fifth Round With No WinnerLas Vegas, Saturday night. Raoni Barcelos lies on the canvas, unresponsive. T...
