MMA fighter Jean Claude seals shot at being first PH gold medalist

Inquirer.net - Sep 22, 2026

NAGOYA—Long before Jean Claude Saclag stepped under the bright lights of the Inae Sports Center in Nagoya City, he was a wiry kid from Kalinga who learned early that toughness was not a choice but a way of life. In the mountains where he grew up, grit was currency, and Saclag has carried that same

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