TOKYO (AP) – The final bout of karate’s Olympic debut seemed to have everything that makes combat sports so fascinating, right down to an incredible ending that should have made fans hungry for more ...

An Iranian Olympian who was left unconscious during a karate match took home the gold medal after his opponent was disqualified. Iran’s Sajad Ganjzadeh won the karate kumite competition in the men’s ...

The Olympics play by different rules than UFC. What would have qualified for a KO victory in professional mixed martial arts instead resulted in the disqualification of the would-be winner in a karate ...