SAN PABLO CITY — Fury in the South is an Underground Battle Mixed Martial Arts Corporation’ s (UGB MMA) benefit event is happening at 6 pm today, Saturday, August 5, at the San Pablo City Multi-Purpose And Convention Center. This is to support the local sports federation's goal to establish a foundation for its athletes, coaches and families.
Inside Fury in the South: Showcase of Filipino martial arts
The event highlights Juego Todo or weaponized martial arts, a hybrid of Filipino martial arts.
In Juego Todo, a fighter can win on points, by submission, by knockout or technical knockout. In the first two rounds the fighters are weaponized with Arnis Sticks, by the third and final round, all gears and weapons are dropped, and it becomes a showcase of different local fighting styles—sikaran (kicking techniques), buno (Filipino-style wrestling), panuntukan (punching techniques), dumog (Filipino-style grappling) and yaw-yan (Filipino-stylekickboxing)."
The sport is like bringing in the modern-day Pinoy gladiators, the arnisadors, and putting them in the modern-day arena, which is the cage,” says the promoter, UGB MMA Corp. CEO Ferdinand Munsayac.
Foreign fighters are flying in from Korea and India to compete.
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