History of the rules
How prize fighting became a sport with gloves, rounds and a count after a knockdown, and how wrestling and mixed martial arts followed a similar path.
Articles
Articles
This section brings together the magazine's main topics and a catalogue of standalone articles. We write about combat sports as culture and media: how the rules changed and why they are the way they are, how a sport makes it onto the Olympic programme, how a fight night and its broadcast are prepared, how referees and doctors work and how to read news about competitions. There are no results, statistics or rankings here: we do not retell anything that cannot be checked against open sources.
Rules have a history too. Every round, every glove and every weight class was once somebody's decision.
How this section works: a topic appears here if it can be covered from open, verifiable sources — with no invented events or results, no names of living people, no predictions and no descriptions of dangerous techniques.
Magazine topics
The six areas around which the magazine's content is built.
Olympic combat sports
Boxing, judo, taekwondo and karate on the Olympic programme: when they were added and what Olympic status changes for a sport.
Fight night from the inside
Weigh-in, medical check, fight card, work in the corner: what makes up fight day and why it starts long before the first bell.
Broadcasting and media
Director, camera operators, commentators and graphics: how the television picture tells the story of a bout and what stays off screen.
Refereeing and safety
Referee, judges and ringside physician: how decisions are made and why medical oversight is part of the rules rather than an add-on.
How to read sports news
Who issued a statement, when, what it confirms and what is advertising. How to tell a press release from a piece of journalism.
Archived address: press section (in Russian)
Article catalogue for English-speaking readers
This section will host standalone articles written for English-speaking readers. They are written with this audience's interests in mind and are not translations of content from other language versions of the site.
- Aion 2 weekly activities: Practical Overview for Players
How to think about weekly activities in Aion 2: what a weekly cycle covers, how to plan it, where paid help fits and which account rules to check first.
- Dota 2: Net Wins — Seasonal Planning
What Dota 2 net wins means, how to plan a ranked season around it, what the rules say about account sharing and which realistic alternatives exist.
- Understanding EA Sports FC news, guides and game resources: Learning Resources
How to use EA Sports FC news, guides and player resources well: which sources to trust, how to read mode guides and what to check before using any service.
- GTA 6 Beginner Resources and Guides: What Players Should Know
A starter kit for GTA 6 newcomers: what to read, what to play and what to prepare before release, with unconfirmed details clearly labelled.
Topics the editors are planning
- Before Queensberry: the London Prize Ring rules and the bare-knuckle era
- How the Unified Rules of MMA spread across US state athletic commissions
- What a ringside physician does on fight night
- How to tell a genuine fight card announcement from advertising
Editorial rules
- Articles in this catalogue are written separately for each language version and are not translations.
- Some articles link to third-party websites, including gaming services; we do not control their content, prices or terms.
- We do not publish unverifiable rankings of athletes or events, predictions, betting content or reviews.
Related sections
- Collections
Themed collections of magazine sections for a first introduction to the subject.
- Fight analysis
How to break down a fight without betting and how the rules of different formats differ.
- History
A timeline from the Marquess of Queensberry rules of 1867 to the Olympic debut of karate in Tokyo.
Sources
- International Olympic Committee — history of the sports
- Encyclopaedic sources on the history of boxing and combat sports
- Association of Boxing Commissions — Unified Rules of MMA
- Encyclopaedic sources on the history of sambo
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.