Martial Arts
Muay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: The Weight-Class Table Speaks Where the Medical Record Is SilentIn the weight-class table for Muay Thai at Vietnam's 2026 National Sports...
VR Taekwondo at the Asiad: Vietnam's Female Fighters and the Mixed-Gender MatchupIn June 2026, at the Olympic Esports Week in Singapore, I stood about four...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the 0-6 Karate Silver: Which Number Is Lying About the 17-Year-Old?In a WKF kumite final, losing 0-6 is not a beatdown. It is being misread on...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the World Silver: What Lies Behind the 0-6 Scoreline?In the three minutes of the -59kg women's final, Tran Thi Cam Tu did not lose...
The Empty Column: What Vietnamese Combat Sports Still Refuses to PublishOn 13 November 2026, in Las Vegas, Kim Duk-koo stepped onto the scale for his...
An Overnight Weight Cut and an Empty Quarterfinal Slot at the 2026 Asian GamesOn the evening of 20 September 2026, at the Asian Games athletes' village in...
Farid Basharat at 16-0 and cut: the UFC prices one finish above a perfect recordI was rewinding the final moments of Farid Basharat's unanimous-decision win...
Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts: A New Pulse from Young FightersAt the corner of the ring, after the third round, I watched a young fighter...
The Billion-Dollar Bubble: The Real Bill of the 2026 FIFA Club World CupOn the night of 13 July 2026, at MetLife Stadium, the final whistle blew and...
Farid Basharat Leaves UFC Despite 16-0 Record: What Does the UFC Actually Value in a Fighter?Last Thursday, confirmation arrived that Farid Basharat was leaving the UFC. ...
Undefeated at 16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: The Painful Lesson About What Combat Sports Actually Pays ForOn Thursday night, the UFC confirmed it was parting ways with Farid Basharat....
Farid Basharat Leaves UFC Despite 16-0 Record: When the Scorecard Is No Longer a Safe TicketLast Thursday night, as I sat in a small coffee shop on Sukhumvit Road in...
Farid Basharat Leaves UFC: A 16-0 Record Could Not Buy a Roster SpotPage 400 of the notebook I started keeping in 2026 holds a cold line: "UFC...
Jung Su-jin and the 100 Grams Over the Limit: When a Notification Error Can Collapse an Entire Judo CareerFifteen minutes before the deadline. A female judoka in the lightest weight...
16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When Winning Is Not Enough to Keep a SpotThat night in Las Vegas, when the referee raised Farid Basharat's hand, the...

