Martial Arts
Muay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes and a Missing Weigh-In Page
Jena Bishop beats Liz Carmouche 48-47: the inaugural PFL title rested on a 10-8 round nobody scored
Jena Bishop and the inaugural PFL belt: one Round 1 scorecard nearly erased everything
Bishop Rallies Past Carmouche for PFL Gold: Three 48-47 Cards and the Draw Nobody Saw
UFC Ends Farid Basharat Deal Despite 16-0 Record: A Finish-Rate Reading
Brendan Allen submits Duncan in round five: a ranking win, but the numbers tell a different story
Martial ArtsThe Man Who Lunged at a Gun in Las Vegas, and the $382,928 Labor Judgment Nobody MentionedThree men walked into a strip of storefronts before the night chill had lifte...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera Stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4: 13cm of Height and a Two-Tier Gap at BKFC 95At 0:46 of the fourth round at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey,...
Martial ArtsA Boxing 'Mogul' Died in Las Vegas. The $382,928 Judgment Did Not Die With HimThree Seconds in Las Vegas Three seconds. Probably less. A 45-year-old man...
Martial ArtsThirteen Centimetres Saved Nobody: Jimmie Rivera, BKFC 95 and the Limits of a MismatchMeyer lay face down on the canvas at the Prudential Center. The clock stopped...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Weight Ladder Stops at 63.5 kgAt 5:40 a.m. on 20 October, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City's Public Servic...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Weight Classes and a Scheduling TestAt 6 a.m. on October 22, 2026, the Muay ring at Vietnam's National Sports...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes and a Missing Weigh-In PageOn 20 October 2026, I opened my third notebook and wrote exactly one line: Mu...
Martial ArtsFrom Chengdu to Riyadh: Which Ruler Is Martial Arts Using to Measure ItselfI was sitting in the seventh row of the martial arts hall at the 2026 World...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 bronze: inside the 0.133-point gapOn the finals night of the spear event at Asiad 20, I sat in the seventh row ...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu and the Silver at 17: The Real Nature of a 0-6 Defeat in Karate KumiteTran Thi Cam Tu walked into the final of the women's 59kg division with five...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu's 0-6 Silver: The Blind Spot Is the Weight Class, Not the FinalBielsko-Biała, an afternoon in October. On the electronic scoreboard the scor...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop beats Liz Carmouche 48-47: the inaugural PFL title rested on a 10-8 round nobody scoredThree scorecards went up almost simultaneously, and all three read 48-47. No...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop wins inaugural PFL women's flyweight title: three 48-47 cards and the grey zone of Round 1Round five, a little over four minutes left, Jena Bishop was on Liz Carmouche...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the inaugural PFL belt: one Round 1 scorecard nearly erased everythingRound five, roughly four minutes in. Jena Bishop is on Liz Carmouche's back,...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the First PFL Belt: When Three Judges Sat in One Room and Saw Three Different FightsRound 5, about four minutes in. Jena Bishop is on Liz Carmouche's back, both...
Martial ArtsBishop Rallies Past Carmouche for PFL Gold: Three 48-47 Cards and the Draw Nobody SawThere is a number almost nobody mentioned on the night Bishop beat Carmouche:...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop Outpoints Liz Carmouche 48-47: The First PFL Belt and the Margin of One 10-8 CardThree scorecards reading 48-47 framed the night Jena Bishop met Liz Carmouche...
Martial Arts27 Title Changes in 28 Years: The True Pulse of the UFC Heavyweight Division5:20 in the morning, a small gym at the end of an alley by the sea in Nha...
Martial ArtsBarcelos Leaves Hospital After Round-5 KO: Age 39 and the Limits of BantamweightOn the night of September 26 in Las Vegas, when the referee stepped in during...
Martial ArtsAllen Submits Duncan in UFC Main Event: The Scorecard Tells Only Half the TruthIn the fourth minute of the fifth round, when Brendan Allen threaded his arm...
Martial ArtsTwo Fights in Three Weeks: Arman Tsarukyan's Risk Map Before the UFC Title DoorNovember 14, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. But the date I circled in my tracking...
Martial ArtsUndefeated at 16-0 but Released by UFC: When the Record Stops Being CurrencyOn the morning of August 13, I rewatched the tape of Farid Basharat against...
Martial ArtsUndefeated but Unwanted: UFC's Verdict on Farid BasharatSixteen professional fights, sixteen victories. Seven trips into the Octagon,...
Martial ArtsJimmie Rivera Stops Meyer at 0:46 of Round 4: 13cm of Height and a Two-Tier Gap at BKFC 95At 0:46 of the fourth round at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey,...
Martial ArtsA Boxing 'Mogul' Died in Las Vegas. The $382,928 Judgment Did Not Die With HimThree Seconds in Las Vegas Three seconds. Probably less. A 45-year-old man...
Martial ArtsThirteen Centimetres Saved Nobody: Jimmie Rivera, BKFC 95 and the Limits of a MismatchMeyer lay face down on the canvas at the Prudential Center. The clock stopped...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Weight Ladder Stops at 63.5 kgAt 5:40 a.m. on 20 October, the gymnasium of Ho Chi Minh City's Public Servic...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: Weight Classes and a Scheduling TestAt 6 a.m. on October 22, 2026, the Muay ring at Vietnam's National Sports...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Weight Classes and a Missing Weigh-In PageOn 20 October 2026, I opened my third notebook and wrote exactly one line: Mu...
Martial ArtsFrom Chengdu to Riyadh: Which Ruler Is Martial Arts Using to Measure ItselfI was sitting in the seventh row of the martial arts hall at the 2026 World...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 bronze: inside the 0.133-point gapOn the finals night of the spear event at Asiad 20, I sat in the seventh row ...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu and the Silver at 17: The Real Nature of a 0-6 Defeat in Karate KumiteTran Thi Cam Tu walked into the final of the women's 59kg division with five...
Martial ArtsTran Thi Cam Tu's 0-6 Silver: The Blind Spot Is the Weight Class, Not the FinalBielsko-Biała, an afternoon in October. On the electronic scoreboard the scor...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop beats Liz Carmouche 48-47: the inaugural PFL title rested on a 10-8 round nobody scoredThree scorecards went up almost simultaneously, and all three read 48-47. No...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop wins inaugural PFL women's flyweight title: three 48-47 cards and the grey zone of Round 1Round five, a little over four minutes left, Jena Bishop was on Liz Carmouche...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the inaugural PFL belt: one Round 1 scorecard nearly erased everythingRound five, roughly four minutes in. Jena Bishop is on Liz Carmouche's back,...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the First PFL Belt: When Three Judges Sat in One Room and Saw Three Different FightsRound 5, about four minutes in. Jena Bishop is on Liz Carmouche's back, both...
Martial ArtsBishop Rallies Past Carmouche for PFL Gold: Three 48-47 Cards and the Draw Nobody SawThere is a number almost nobody mentioned on the night Bishop beat Carmouche:...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop Outpoints Liz Carmouche 48-47: The First PFL Belt and the Margin of One 10-8 CardThree scorecards reading 48-47 framed the night Jena Bishop met Liz Carmouche...
Martial Arts27 Title Changes in 28 Years: The True Pulse of the UFC Heavyweight Division5:20 in the morning, a small gym at the end of an alley by the sea in Nha...
Martial ArtsBarcelos Leaves Hospital After Round-5 KO: Age 39 and the Limits of BantamweightOn the night of September 26 in Las Vegas, when the referee stepped in during...
Martial ArtsAllen Submits Duncan in UFC Main Event: The Scorecard Tells Only Half the TruthIn the fourth minute of the fifth round, when Brendan Allen threaded his arm...
Martial ArtsTwo Fights in Three Weeks: Arman Tsarukyan's Risk Map Before the UFC Title DoorNovember 14, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. But the date I circled in my tracking...
Martial ArtsUndefeated at 16-0 but Released by UFC: When the Record Stops Being CurrencyOn the morning of August 13, I rewatched the tape of Farid Basharat against...
Martial ArtsUndefeated but Unwanted: UFC's Verdict on Farid BasharatSixteen professional fights, sixteen victories. Seven trips into the Octagon,...