The 1st Philippine Combat Wrestling Team Trials was successfully held last week, on March 28, 2015 at the YawYan Kampilan Camp in Manila.

All gold medalists qualified to the 1st Combat Wrestling World Championship in Varna, Bulgaria on August 22, 2015 (http://combatwrestling.org/wp/1st-combat-wrestling-world-championship/).

The results:

57 kg. men

Gold Wallen del Rosario (Cavite Top Team)
Silver Joel Bolivar (Brawlers’ Lab)
Bronze Richard Loyola (Parañaque Wrestling)

62 kg. men

Gold Nico Allego (YawYan Kampilan)
Silver Harvey Granfil (SPRAWL-MMA)
Bronze JP Buduan (Elorde-Tandang Sora)

68 kg. men

Gold Mark de Guzman (SPRAWL-MMA)
Silver Aldwin Recede (Cavite Top Team)
Bronze John Lloyd Merto (Cavite Top Team)

82 kg. men

Gold Nathan Ferriol (Cavite Top Team)
Silver Justine Espiritu (YawYan Kampilan)
Bronze Richie Aquino (YawYan Kampilan)

90 kg. men

Gold Gilbert Ombao (SPRAWL-MMA)
Silver Lloyd Anthony Abucayan (Beefit Python’s Pit)

48 kg. women

Gold Nikkita Suarez (SPRAWL-MMA)
Silver Elizabeth Pagsanjan (Cavite Top Team)

Exhibition matches:

57 kg. men

Gold Wallen del Rosario (Cavite Top Team)
Silver Anthony Quillarena (Belison, Antique)

74 kg. men

Gold JP Buduan (Elorde Tandang Sora)
Silver Karl Cedrick Santos (Brawlers’ Lab)

74 kg. men, freestyle

Gold Ehsan Mousaei (Iran)
Silver Ali Heydarabadi (Iran)

Congratulations to all the participating athletes and coaches, technical committee members, organizers and all supporters to this historic event in Philippine combat sports!

Videos and photos to follow.