Martial Arts
A Fight Night in Saigon: When Vietnamese Combat Sports Learn to Count Their Scars2026-10-02I remember the bell. Not the bell of a big televised fight, but the cold bell...
Nguyen Thi Tam Reaches the Asiad 20 Boxing Final: A 5-0 Win Over the Reigning World Champion and the Wu Yu Question2026-10-01At the arena in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, after the bell closed the third...
Raoni Barcelos 'doing great' after hospitalization: stretcher, CT scan, and the question of when to stop2026-09-29When the stretcher was rushed out of the UFC cage in Las Vegas, the moment di...
Inam Butt: The Eye-Drop Treatment and the Suspended Sentence Hanging Over a Wrestling Champion2026-09-26Inam Butt: The Eye-Drop Treatment and the Suspended Sentence Hanging Over a...
Asiad 20: Vietnam Karate Defends Team Kata Gold — What the 5-0 Scoreline Leaves Out2026-09-25The Third Footstep Toyohashi Gymnasium is not large by the standards of a...
Vietnam women's team kata defends Asiad 20 gold: three 5–0 verdicts and two lessons from 22 September2026-09-24On the tatami, three athletes take their positions. No impact, no one goes...
Vietnam's Combat Sports in the Professionalization Vortex: An Eight-Dimension Data Report on a Martial Arts Scene Searching for Its Own SpineOn July 20, 2026, the clock in Incheon read 2:17 a.m. I sat alone in front of...
A Fight Night in Saigon: When Vietnamese Combat Sports Learn to Count Their ScarsI remember the bell. Not the bell of a big televised fight, but the cold bell...
Virtual Taekwondo at the 2026 Asian Games: Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and a Race With No Incumbent LeaderIn the training footage that head coach Nguyen Thanh Huy sent me in late...
Darren Yap and Singapore's first Asian Games poomsae medal: reading the 9.0400 scoreboard againIn Nagoya, that morning began with the sound of bare feet on the mat. No bell...
Raoni Barcelos Out of Hospital After Health Scare: Age 39, Round 5 KO, and the Gray Zone of Fighter SafetyThere are moments inside the cage when the roar of the crowd cuts out abruptl...
Nguyen Thi Tam Reaches the Asiad 20 Boxing Final: A 5-0 Win Over the Reigning World Champion and the Wu Yu QuestionAt the arena in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, after the bell closed the third...
Raoni Barcelos leaves hospital: The KO at 39 and the stretcher that forced UFC into defense modeThe stretcher glided across the Octagon while the UFC Fight Night lights stay...
Nguyen Thi Tam and the Asiad 20 Final: When 'World Champion' Is Just an Ambiguous TitleOctober 1, 2026, at Nishio Arena, Aichi Prefecture, Japan — I sat in the four...
Nguyen Thi Tam beats world champion Balkibekova 5-0 to reach Asiad 20 boxing final against Wu YuThe scoreboard at Nishio Arena, Japan, lit up as the third round closed: 10-9...
Dinh Van Tam – Asiad 20 Silver: From a Poor Village to Glory, and the Untold FightsMore than a week after the Asiad 20 final, the image of Dinh Van Tam still...
Raoni Barcelos 'doing great' after hospitalization: stretcher, CT scan, and the question of when to stopWhen the stretcher was rushed out of the UFC cage in Las Vegas, the moment di...
Raoni Barcelos unconscious on a stretcher at UFC Fight Night: A 39-year-old fighter and the fragile line of a careerOn Saturday night in Las Vegas, the UFC Apex crowd witnessed an image that...
Raoni Barcelos, Round Five, and the Injury File of a 39-Year-Old FighterRaoni Barcelos left the cage on a stretcher. The Las Vegas fight night ended...
Raoni Barcelos and the Injury Bill Due in Round FiveLate Sunday Osaka time, I sat in front of a screen watching the main event of...
Stretcher in Round Five: Raoni Barcelos and the Final Limit of a 39-Year-Old FighterSTRETCHER IN ROUND FIVE: RAONI BARCELOS AND THE FINAL LIMIT OF A 39-YEAR-OLD...
