BRAVE Combat Federation closes 2025 with BRAVE CF 103 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 23. The event features top Central Asian fighters and international talent in a night of championship-level MMA action.
![Filipino Olympian Eumir Marcial keeps his SEA Games gold hopes alive with a decisive KO over Nguyen. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/096A6756-400x200.jpg)
Eumir Marcial scored a second-round knockout over Vietnam’s Manh Cuing Nguyen to advance to the gold-medal bout in the men’s 80-kg division at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
![Islay Erika Bomogao and LJ Rafael Yasay powered the Philippines to two muay thai gold medals at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/598166584_1183591810603721_4572818086102142304_n-400x200.jpg)
Islay Erika Bomogao outdueled a Thai star while LJ Rafael Yasay scored a knockout as the Philippines collected two muay thai gold medals at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok.
![Bomogao, Jamborillo, Yasay advance after dominant semifinal wins. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/096A13731-400x200.jpg)
Islay Bomogao, Tyron Jamborillo, and LJ Rafael Yasay advanced to the finals of Muay Thai at the 33rd SEA Games after decisive semifinal victories in Bangkok, boosting Team Philippines’ medal push.
![Jay Brian Baricuatro dominates Timor Leste’s Antonio da Silva to secure a gold-medal match at the 33rd SEA Games in Bangkok. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/598286950_1182966247332944_2680857823982271033_n-400x200.jpg)
Filipino boxers Jay Brian Baricuatro and Flint Jara booked their spots in the gold-medal matches at the 33rd SEA Games following decisive victories in their semifinals bouts.
![Riza Pasuit bows out after her 60kg semifinal bout in Bangkok. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/599470943_1182907404005495_1909704473878428721_n-400x200.jpg)
Ofelia Magno and Riza Pasuit fell in the semifinals at the 33rd SEA Games, leaving the Philippine boxing team with five bronze medals and only Aira Villegas still in contention for gold.
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Filipino pro boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Weljon Mindoro will compete for finals slots in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games, joined by Paris Olympian Aira Villegas in the women’s flyweight semifinals.
![Mark Ashley Fajardo exchanges punches with Bunjoing Sinsiri during the men’s 69kg semifinals at the SEA Games. [POC Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/599519229_1182211394075096_7388108565138418370_n-400x200.jpg)
Mark Ashley Fajardo secured a bronze medal after falling to Thailand’s Bunjoing Sinsiri in the men’s 69kg boxing semifinals at the 33rd SEA Games, finishing his campaign with pride despite the loss.
![Wong celebrates after winning the women’s taijijian and taijiquan gold. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/096A8695-400x200.jpg)
Agatha Wong added another SEA Games gold to her collection, winning the women’s taijijian and taijiquan events at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok.
![Nesthy Petecio in action during the SEA Games women’s 63kg semifinals. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ABC_9476-400x200.jpg)
The Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines criticized officiating and judging at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games after Olympians Nesthy Petecio and Hergie Bacyadan were eliminated in the semifinals.