Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has been covering sport for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists ...

Robelis Despaigne will return to the Karate Combat pit on Jan. 24 to face ... The Cuban heavyweight is a taekwondo Olympic bronze medalist who made waves in the MMA circuit by scoring three ...

Karate's debut as an Olympic sport brought some terrific athleticism, solid contact, and -- yes -- a whole lot of yelling to our screens and the Nippon Budokan. There was the kata, which did not ...

An Olympic bronze medalist in Taekwondo ... Jeff Le-Imagn Images Despaigne made his debut for Karate Combat just two months after exiting the UFC, and the towering striker immediately reignited ...

Karate is set to make its Olympic debut in Tokyo. The Olympic karate competition will begin on Wednesday, August 4 and conclude on Saturday, August 7 with all rounds of women's 61+kg and men's 75+kg ...

Robelis Despaigne may have found his happy place in Karate Combat ... Take a look at the KO—it was the fastest in the promotion’s history. The UFC signed the former Olympic Taekwondo athlete ...

Nishiya was 13 years old when she won, the second youngest (by two months) gold medal winner in Olympic history. Karate has been aiming for Olympic inclusion since the 1970s and Tokyo seemed the ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Karate - Men's -67kg Kumite - Pool B - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Kalvis Kalnins of Latvia in action against Hamoon Derafshipour of the Refugee Olympic Team.

Scott was joined at the Tokyo Olympics by fellow Team USA karate athletes Ariel Torres (Florida) and Sakura Kokomai (California). Kokumai was a featured instructor at the USA Elite Training Camp ...

Karate: Iran vs France at 2018 Youth Olympic Games; Judo: Ukraine vs Belarus at European Youth Olympic Festival 2013; Taekwondo: France vs Turkey at Youth Olympic Games 2010 (Amilcar Orfait ...