title: Bultong
text: # Bultong
  
  Bultong is the Ifugao name for their sport of traditional wrestling. It is often played during town and provincial fiestas. Bultong falls under the international classification of belt wrestling.
  
  ## Notables
  
  Two Ifugao bultong champions who also excelled and became famous in other combat sports are:
  
  * Ronald Bingwaoel – former member of the Philippine sanshou team and one of Asia's best sanshou fighters in the 1990s. He also became a Universal Reality Combat Championship mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, winning his match in URCC 2 in April 2003.
  * Jason Balabal – current Philippine wrestling team member and 2009 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, 84 kilogram division.
  
  Sanshou gives points for wrestling take-downs, aside from kicks and punches, but does not allow ground fighting.
  
  