Martial Arts
An Analysis Without Evidence: Why Martial Arts Reporting Must Begin with Verified Facts
Eight Rooms Marked N/A: Why Bangladesh's Combat Sports Cannot Keep Its Own Record
Forty-Six Days, One Empty File: Why Bangladesh's Combat Sports Keep No Record of Themselves
A Headlinerless Card, an Unanswered Question: Who Carries Pereira's Last Risk at UFC 335?
An Analysis Without Evidence: Why Martial Arts Reporting Must Begin with Verified FactsThe first question before producing a serious martial arts report is simple:...
Two Disqualifications, Three Months, and One Unwritten ScorelineThe bell rang exactly as the two men locked into a clinch. The referee's hand...
Imane Khelif Returns After Two Years: Where Federation War and Gender Controversy Still BreatheI counted every punch by hand at the Khulna Divisional Boxing Championship—47...
Twelve Minutes and an Unresolved JurisdictionTwelve. A women’s six-round professional bout, two minutes per round — twelve...
The Medal Outside the Column: Le Hoang's Taiji Silver at the Dakar Youth Olympics and Vietnam's Ledger of SilenceThe scoreboard reads 9.346 after the first routine. The second routine yields...
Three Wrong National Anthems at the Asian Para Games: Hosts' Ceremony Protocol FailureThe host city of the Asian Para Games has played the wrong national anthem...
From Khulna's Ring to Dhaka's Ballroom: The Audit That Points a Finger at Bangladesh's Combat SportsIn those three days at the Khulna District Stadium indoor hall in 2026, I...
Three Empty Columns: The Names, Rulesets and Weigh-Ins No One Records in Bangladeshi Martial Arts CoverageLast week a document landed on my desk. Eight chapters, every one with a...
The Card With No Payout Sheet: Combat Sports' Information Blackout and the Ledger of VerificationThe scorecard after the third bout at a Kuala Lumpur combat hall read 30-27,...
An Empty Ledger in a Full Hall: The Record Nobody Keeps in Bangladesh's Martial Arts2026, the National Karate Championship. NSC Gymnasium, Paltan. The federation...
Rivera's Knockout, Meyer's 3-5 Record, and the Truth the Bare-Knuckle Headline BuriesThe clock reads 0:46 of the fourth round. The man who has just been dropped f...