Vortexsportan independent magazine about the culture and media of combat sports

An independent magazine about the culture and media of combat sports. This is not the website of Vortex Sport, a promotion or a federation; we do not hold events, do not sell tickets and do not write about betting.

Archive

Archive

Here you will find all the magazine's sections with a short explanation of what to look for in each, as well as a note about the content that previously lived on this domain. If you arrived here via an old link and could not find the page you wanted, this section explains why.

An archive is not a storeroom for old things but a map: it shows where things are and what is not here.

— From the editors

Magazine sections

  • Home — about the magazine, five steps to watching a fight night with understanding and answers to frequently asked questions
  • Articles — magazine topics and the catalogue of English-language articles
  • History — a combat sports timeline from the Queensberry rules of 1867 to Olympic karate
  • People and roles — the roles at an event and how to read broadcast credits
  • Collections — themed routes through the magazine's sections
  • Events — kinds of competition, fight day and verifying an announcement
  • Fight analysis — steps for breaking down a bout, the rules of different formats and a warning about techniques
  • Archived addresses of the press section and the event page — notes on old addresses

About the domain's old content

This domain previously belonged to a sports project which, judging by the surviving addresses, was connected with combat sports events. The current magazine is not its website, does not speak on its behalf and does not attempt to retell what was published there.

The earlier content has not survived and is not being restored. The current magazine does not reproduce or continue it. If you need copies of old pages, look for them in public web archives using the page address. Bear in mind that archived copies reflect the state of the site on the date they were saved and have nothing to do with the current editorial team.

If an old link leads to an address that no longer exists, this is not the magazine's error: the site structure has been rebuilt from scratch. Some old addresses that other websites still link to have been kept as notes — they are listed in the site footer under "Old addresses".

  • Home

    An independent magazine about the culture and media of combat sports: history of the rules, fight night from the inside, broadcasts, refereeing, reading the news.

  • Articles

    Magazine topics: history of the rules, Olympic combat sports, fight night from the inside, broadcasting, refereeing, sports news. Plus the article catalogue.

  • Archived address: press section (in Russian)

    What used to be at the archived press section address and how to read a sports press release.

Sources

  • Vortexsport magazine content
  • Public web archives

Historical information is based on open official and encyclopaedic sources. Sporting rules, weight classes and competition regulations change — check them on the official websites of federations and organisers.