Martial Arts
Four Karate Golds, Zero Records: The Real Opponent in Bangladesh's Combat Sports
The Empty Ledger: Bangladesh's Combat Sports Has Bouts, Not Records
Three-time Grand Slam champion Takajo arrested: from judo stardom to ATM fraud allegations
The Ledger Outside the Ring: A Las Vegas Bullet, a $432,928 Judgment, and the Accounting of the Philippines–US Boxing Pipeline
Empty Cells, Full Notebook: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Records and the Blockchain Ledger
Entering the Era of MVP MMA: PFL CEO Exit, Netflix Record, and Where American MMA Surrenders to Entertainment
Four Karate Golds, Zero Records: The Real Opponent in Bangladesh's Combat SportsThere is a wooden cupboard in my working room in Rajshahi, and its second she...
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The Empty Ledger: Bangladesh's Combat Sports Has Bouts, Not RecordsMarch 2026. The army boxing block at the NSC gymnasium in Dhaka. I slept...
When the Interim Belt Is the Co-Main: The Math UFC Can't Balance Without MakhachevTwo title fights sit on the announced UFC 336 card. One is flyweight — Van...
Three-time Grand Slam champion Takajo arrested: from judo stardom to ATM fraud allegationsThree-time Tokyo Grand Slam champion, 2026 Asian champion and former Japanese...
The Empty Purse Column: How Information Voids Set the Price of South Asian Combat SportsA combat hall in Kuala Lumpur, a bout sheet in my hand. Fifty-two names, each...
The Blank Cell on the Scorecard: Who Keeps the Record of Decisions in Bangladeshi Combat SportsIn December 2026 I found a phone-shot video on YouTube: a national karate...
The Ledger of Silence: Nine Bouts Nobody Wrote DownOctober 2026, an afternoon at the NSC gymnasium in Dhaka. A plastic chair in...
The Scorecard Nobody KeptLast week a young stringer in Dhaka sent me a photograph. A sheet of paper,...
The Shaolin Price Tag: Fees, Deposits and the Hidden Ledger of a Martial-Arts BrandIn a combat hall in Kuala Lumpur in 2026, I kept a notebook beside 96 bouts,...
The Blank Cells Told Us Where Combat Sports' Real Deficit LiesEight sections. Sixty-four tables. And in every single cell, the same sentenc...
The Headline in an Empty Cell: Bangladesh's Biggest Combat-Sports Story Is the Record Nobody WroteMarch 2026. A cot in the Army boxing block at the NSC gymnasium in Dhaka, and...
The Ledger Outside the Ring: A Las Vegas Bullet, a $432,928 Judgment, and the Accounting of the Philippines–US Boxing Pipeline"Friends told him not to move." That sentence stopped me before any of the...
Empty Cells, Full Notebook: Bangladesh's Combat-Sports Records and the Blockchain LedgerI opened a file. Eight columns, and in every slot the same sentence —...
The Ledger of Silence: In Combat Sports, the Empty Columns Are the Real StoryThe Ledger of Silence: In Combat Sports, the Empty Columns Are the Real Story...
Who Owns the Ring? The Silence After the Medal and South Asia's Invisible Coaching PipelineI counted forty-six days in the gymnasium, and the beat counted me back. The...
Entering the Era of MVP MMA: PFL CEO Exit, Netflix Record, and Where American MMA Surrenders to EntertainmentOn July 30, 2026, PFL (Professional Fighters League) and MVP (Most Valuable...
Buakaw at 44, Meng at 29: Why a 15-Year Gap Disappeared Inside the RopesForty-four and twenty-nine. Fifteen years in between. Inside the ropes at Max...