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Before we begin,

please take a moment to meet as a team and hold a brief strategy meeting.

We shouldn't push too hard. If we do that, it'll all fall on Min-jae.

If we go slow, it's like the strength of three people.

We need to be close together and coordinated.

We'll push from behind.

And once he's there, we'll stay behind him

and get in formation.

What if Seung-Yeon and I were in the middle,

and you all surrounded us.

-From the outside? -Yeah, like a wall.

If they can separate us, we're screwed.

In the event we're lucky and get a spot,

we'll lock our arms together, and pull forward while facing inwards.

By combining our strength, we created the best defense possible.

You can't pull one person from the outside without having to pull the rest of us.

We dubbed it, Operation: Flowers.

Cool, right?

It's the first quest, adrenaline's pumping,

and that means no one's gonna lock in for a few seconds.

-Right. -As wrestlers,

-you two have the major advantage here. -Yeah.

We'll start strong and hit hard.

In the world of wrestling, there's this common saying that goes…

RECEP KARA FORMER NATIONAL TEAM OIL WRESTLER

"…The greatest defense is great offense."

The most powerful country will always be Türkiye.

Look, we intend to leave here as champions.

We'll be the first in everything.

This is clearly what's gonna happen.

All of the other teams have wrestling, judo, they're all fighting.

You can see, just before, they were all practicing.

Let them drain their energy.

Let them fight.

As fast as we can, over there. On the top.

Yeah. But just observe.

-Yeah. Just observe. -Just observe.

We all know how to latch on, you gotta keep your body tight,

you gotta stay low, you gotta stay… pretty much pushed that way.

-This move is called the jeepney blitz. -Okay.

Okay?

Let's keep it Filipino. The jeepney blitz.

If you live in the Philippines, if you've been to the Philippines…

you know what a jeepney is.

It's a big bus. It's made of steel,

and it travels very fast, along EDSA and other major roads.

Now, what the jeepney blitz was,

the two heaviest guys at the front,

which was Ray and myself. We latch on.

Behind us, we had the boys, in Manny and Mark.

And then behind them, we had Lara and Robyn.

And the whole point was to stay connected, and move on to the territory,

one quick movement.

I reckon, do you want maybe Eloni…

Eloni on my flank and me in between the girls.

On the flanks. Me and you in the center

-and the girls directly behind all of us. -Sweet.

-We f****** smashed it. -Yeah, like I said,

-best major objective, stay in the circle. -Yeah.

The meeting period has come to an end.

Let's go.

Get to da chopper!

Let's crush them.

Go!

One, two, three. Thailand, let's go!

-Korea! -Fight on!

-Let's go! -Crush them!

Türkiye! Yeah!

-One, two, three! -Go Japan!

Mount up!

-Let's fight! -Philippines!

PHYSICAL: ASIA

2. ON THE BRINK

Contestants,

the match will begin at the sound of the whistle.

Stand by.

-Stand by. -Here we go.

Ready.

Over here!

Over here!

-You watch that side. -Okay, got it.

They're coming. Get ready, get ready.

Come on in.

Positions, positions!

Positions, positions!

Come on!

Hey, hey. Which way?

-Here. Get down. Huddle. Huddle. -Let's go. Get down.

Hey, hey. Which way?

-Here. Get down. Huddle. Huddle. -Let's go. Get down.

-Down! -Let me in there.

Okay, good. Hang on.

Look what Korea's doing. Just be mindful, just be mindful.

They're gonna tactical up.

Get down, Japan's open!

Let's go, let's go!

Here they come.

Here they come.

Hey! Look!

They were all strong, but Japan's women were exceptional.

Get back!

Get back!

They were well positioned. Whenever I tried to force my way through,

they would lower their stances and push back.

Even when I went for their necks,

they immediately pivoted away from me.

With the sand, it felt like a sumo match.

And we couldn't lose that.

Looks like it's time for us to push back, huh?

Come on. Let's do this.

Get 'em on there, get 'em on there. Get 'em on there.

Okay.

-All right, let's circle 'em. -Around the plot, guys. That's it.

All right, let's calm down.

Don't worry.

Let's pull in.

Just stay close, okay?

I thought we were stronger than Indonesia.

Just try us, we'll see who wins.

One minute left!

Closer. Closer.

Yes.

The strategy we came up with for the game was pretty simple.

The bigger, stronger teammates would protect and shield the smaller ones.

And the smaller teammates would look for any defensive gaps and move in.

But our opponents ended up being

much stronger than we thought they'd be.

Even I ended up being pushed off of the platform.

There were so much happening, it was hard to focus.

-How much time? -My left arm's gonna drop.

-Hang in there. -Almost.

Thirty seconds!

Thirty seconds!

-Get ready! One, two… -Lock it in guys.

-And pull! -Come on!

Grab him! Grab him!

Okay! Good!

-Get up. -Come on!

-Just hold on, guys. -Hang on. Almost there!

Hold on! They've got Dong-hyun! Don't let go.

Move this way.

We couldn't lose that quickly.

Let's see what everyone makes of us now.

We'll show them just how much of a threat we can be.

-Come on! Hang on! -Just hold on, guys!

-Almost there! -Hold on!

-They've got Dong-hyun! Don't let go. -Hold on! Come on!

Get up!

That was the first time I'd ever been lifted.

And their strength really, really caught me off-guard.

I wouldn't give up.

Be ready for someone to attack us. The whole team, come on.

-Stay on, stay on! Watch your flank! -Yep, yep, yep.

Stay on!

Positions. Positions, guys. Positions. Positions. Positions.

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Jeepney blitz, this strategy could not work if you tried it too early.

JUSTIN COVENEY NATIONAL TEAM RUGBY PLAYER

You get on there early, you get in there with a minute and a half,

everyone's gonna throw you off.

So what we discussed is,

we would leave it till the last 20 seconds.

-Now, now, now. Ready? -Now.

Jeepney blitz.

Jeepney blitz.

Look! They're gonna ruck, they're gonna ruck, they're gonna ruck!

Jeepney blitz. Three,

two,

one. Let's go.

Go!

Stay down! Stay down!

-Stay down! Yes. -Go, go, go, go!

Here, take my hand!

Here, take my hand!

Stay close! Stay close!

Hold!

Hang in there!

Guys, get on! Get on!

Come here!

That's time.

Hold it, hold it, hold it!

Okay.

How many? How many?

You don't want this!

You don't want this!

-Let's go! -Yeah!

-You don't want this! You don't! -Come on, Australia.

The match has ended.

That was close.

All right, we got a good plan.

Nice work, team.

Nice, guys.

Thank you. Thank you.

-Good job. Yeah. -Yeah, very strong.

This concludes Round One

of Physical: Asia, first quest:

Territorial Conquest.

-Here are the current results. -Guys, get on! Get on!

Come here!

Winner, Japan.

I was really proud of how hard everyone fought.

We really did our best.

You don't want this!

Winner, Australia.

For that first round, Australia were able to win it…

EDDIE WILLIAMS STRONGMAN

…like a piece of cake.

Honestly, I was surprised…

ROBERT WHITTAKER MMA FIGHTER

…no one stood up to us.

Nobody even tried.

Stay on! Stay on! Stay on!

We're in this.

You gotta have a go.

One second.

Okay.

Rematch.

Türkiye and Korea.

Rematch.

Mongolia, Indonesia and Philippines.

I think we all felt really good about that round.

MANNY PACQUIAO - BOXER

Our jeepney blitz was extremely effective. Our strategy really ended up paying off.

It wasn't just effective, it was effective because we worked together as a team.

And we ended up really leaving a strong first impression.

Which was cool.

The teams who are moving on to Round Two

are Japan and Australia.

While five teams are competing in the overtime match,

only two of the five teams will move on to Round Two.

We will now proceed into overtime.

The match time is

one minute.

Overtime Match…

Mongolia versus Philippines

versus Indonesia.

-Overtime Match… -Okay.

Türkiye versus Korea.

Standby.

Ready.

Grab the female players.

Grab the female players.

Grab her! Grab her!

I mean… Their strength was just…

Wow.

What can I say?

Impenetrable.

Seung-yeon.

-Hold on. Let's wait. -Wait it out?

Wait it out. Wait it out.

Come on!

Having a big, scary guy on the edge

is a good way to deter Korea's female players.

But still, what are they doing?

Korea's in danger if they don't try to fight back.

Then the rematch is pointless.

Grab her!

Watch out! There's two on the outside!

Two on the outside!

Thirty-eight seconds!

-Sung-bin, come here. Hold on. -I got it!

Get down, guys. Get down. Just like this.

Let's form a chain, okay?

-Take my hand. -Here. Now lock arms with me.

Lock, lock!

Let them fight.

That's okay.

Stay calm. We'll let them have this.

Let's go, Indonesia.

They're practically sitting. I'll go up.

-Is there two teams against one? -They're going in for the peel now.

They got heavier competitors.

Now they're gonna pick them off--

Like a chain, okay? Just like a chain.

-Lock arms, guys! Come on! Lock arms. -Here they come. Don't move.

-Let's start here! -Come on, come on!

-Come here! -Pull, pull, pull!

Good, good, good! Now set them down!

This way! This way, bring them here.

-No, no, no! No more! -Don't let go of me!

Hey, Glenn! Glenn! Just hang on. Just hang on.

Thirty seconds.

Hey, watch out! Be careful.

Come on! Over here!

I think Türkiye's strategy was just,

don't let the female contestants climb back up.

Sit down.

Sung-bin, do you see them? We need the girls up here.

The women are outside! Pull the men out now!

-Push! -Watch out.

Push!

We need the girls up here! We need them now!

I think Korea's one of the more experienced teams here,

which makes them stand out above the rest.

They are notably strong contenders.

-We need the girls up here! -Come on! Get in here!

-Grab on! Grab on! -Get up here!

The women are outside! Pull the men out now!

Get up here! Come on, get up here!

The women are outside! Pull the men out now!

They were relentless, but I wasn't gonna lose.

I just kept pushing back out of pure spite.

The women are outside! Pull the men out now!

-Come on! -Get up here!

-Come on, get up here! -Let's go!

All right! You got her? Great! Let's go!

-Come here, guys! Hurry up! -Come on! Charge!

Just hang on.

If my legs slips, I'm out!

Just hold like this, Glenn.

We're gonna get really low, okay? Really low.

-You ready? Go! Come on, now! -Come on.

Wait, wait!

Jeepney blitz!

Oh, they're rucking! They're rucking!

They can't, they're lying down.

Get in there! Get in there! Get in and fight!

-Ten seconds. -Let's go!

All right, ready? Three, two, one.

Charge!

I tried my best in that moment.

Hurry! Ten seconds! Just ten seconds, come on!

Recep! Come here!

Min-jae! We need one more. Keep pushing! Three seconds!

Stop. The match has ended.

-I'm not out. -Come here.

Okay, okay.

-I'm not out! No, I'm not out! -No.

-Ogeday? -No, same, same. No.

Looks like we managed to push someone out at the end.

-We did? -Yeah, one person.

-Indonesia? -Yeah, Indonesia.

Rematch.

Korea and Türkiye.

Okay!

Yeah!

Did we win?

No, it's a rematch.

Rematch.

Mongolia and Philippines.

-Yeah, that's us. Philippines. -Mongolia, Philippines,

they just said, right?

It is what it is, yeah? We just have to accept it. With grace.

We will now proceed with our second round of overtime.

For this round of overtime,

one plot remains.

At the end of the match,

the two teams who have the most members on the plot will move on to Round Two.

Come on! Let's go! Bring it home!

Come on!

The match time is one minute.

We had to think about how to approach this.

If we wanted to win, we needed another plan.

The jeepney blitz was great, but…

we came up with a lot of different ideas during the strategy meeting.

But Justin was the one who thought of approaching Mongolia.

Not only would it give both of us an advantage,

but also in a more logistical sense,

our strategy would be twice as strong as before.

Standby.

All right.

Ready.

Let's go! Come on!

Come on, go as fast as you can!

Hurry. Let's go.

Okay!

Huh?

Oh, Türkiye.

-Oh, my gosh! -Let's go!

-I got it! -It's ours.

Hurry up!

-It's ours. Everyone ready? -Come on.

Get up here. Positions, positions. Come on.

Oh, okay.

-They teamed up. -They did, huh?

Look, they're all linked together.

That's amazing, honestly.

Join, join, join! Mongolia, Mongolia, Mongolia!

Hey, over here!

Let's go, team. Follow me.

-What's going on? -It looks like Türkiye and Korea

-are teaming up. -Wait, seriously?

10 MINUTES AGO

-Good fight. Good fight. -Yeah.

-Two teams? -Yeah?

Two teams? Did you say two teams this round?

-Together? Together? -Ah, got it.

-Two on two? -Yeah.

-Enemy of my enemy is my friend. Okay? -All right, two teams.

Teaming up.

-They're gonna be teaming up. -Yeah, for sure.

What I noticed was, to my left, I see Amotti and Dong-hyun Kim

walk over to the Turkish team.

And I could tell. At that moment, I looked at our team,

I said, "Look, we need to team up with Mongolia."

-Over here, everyone. -Let's go clockwise.

Come! Hurry!

Thirty seconds.

This side, this side.

-Turn. Hurry. We gotta turn. -Turn!

-Let's huddle up. Go! -Turn, turn, turn!

All the men made this circle, with the women inside.

And their job was to support us from behind, like pillars,

and push us forward.

And while they were inside the circle,

they'd stay locked together.

That gave our team three layers of protection.

It was foolproof.

Build it, build it. Hurry!

-Move as one. Get down. -Grab on first.

-Get in formation. -Keep moving.

-Huddle! -Fifteen, fifteen!

-Fifteen! -Build it, build it!

A scrum is really, really technical.

But we made our way,

and there were language barriers, as there is with different countries.

We agreed that we would form a joint scrum, a joint jeepney,

and blitz with about 20 to 15 seconds to go.

Go, Ali, go Ali! Go Ali!

-Ali, go, go, go! -Push 'em out!

-Twenty seconds! -Twenty!

Turn! Turn! Left, left turn! Left turn!

-Fifteen! -Let's go!

Ten seconds.

Wow, wow, wow!

Stick together, guys! Don't move. Don't move!

Stick together, guys! Don't move. Don't move!

-Get up here, guys. Come on! -Hang on!

-Hang on! Four, three… -Pull! Pull!

-Hang on! -Hurry, hurry! Come on!

Stop.

Stop. The match has ended.

-How did we do? -No clue.

Was there anyone else out?

I was inside when the whistle blew.

Really?

I went out after.

-Now that was cool to see. -The alliances?

It's a good idea.

Rematch.

Korea,

Mongolia…

…and…

Stop. The match has ended.

…and Türkiye.

-Yes! -All right!

Let's go!

So just those three right? Okay. Three teams.

It was just pure disappointment.

JUSTIN COVENEY NATIONAL TEAM RUGBY PLAYER

Yeah, it was a really, sort of depressing moment.

We will now proceed with our third round of overtime.

For this round of overtime, one plot remains.

Mongolia's gonna be teamed up on.

Yeah, they're gonna get slaughtered.

With the Philippines out and having seen the other alliance,

I knew Korea and Türkiye would keep their united front.

All we could do was try again.

Okay!

Let's go again.

Yes.

It's all right, Recep. Don't rush.

They're gonna do the same tactic.

One team against two.

-Let's take them both down! -Get around 'em.

Honestly, as long as we get in there

and give it our all…

there's no reason to feel any sort of regret.

Drag them out one by one!

We came into that fight fiercer than ever before.

We earned our respect.

Hey! I need help!

-Here! -Almost there.

Okay, let's do it! Together!

Come here, guys. Almost there. Everyone in.

Ten seconds!

Everyone, get in!

Five! Four!

Hurry! Hurry! Get in there!

Three! Two!

-Hurry! Hurry! Get in there! -One!

Game over.

Mongolia?

Korea's been eliminated?

The final survivors from Round One

are Korea and Türkiye.

We were just getting started.

I think we could've done better. A lot better.

So I was pretty disappointed in the end.

Round one, final results.

The four teams advancing to Round Two

are Japan, Australia, Türkiye and Korea.

Physical: Asia.

Territory Conquest: Round Two.

For this second round, only two plots remain.

Before we begin,

the remaining teams will select their new starting positions.

Let's target Team Australia.

Just ram right into 'em.

-Exactly. -Sounds good.

Knock 'em down in one go.

We settled on Australia as our target right away.

RECEP KARA FORMER NATIONAL TEAM OIL WRESTLER

We were pretty determined to knock 'em down a peg.

You could hear them going,

"Oh, are you too scared? Afraid to lose?"

Things like that.

They were cocky.

No one came. No one came.

Okay, next turn.

Next turn versus, ah? Okay, easy money. Yeah.

-Easy money, easy money. -Okay, easy money. Yeah.

You don't want this smoke.

-Okay. -No one wanted this smoke.

They were confident, but they were so confident,

you just had to destroy them.

So I told my team,

"Australia's next."

They're talking about coming at us, I think. Turkey?

-Yeah. -Yeah. They're, like, looking at us,

and talking back to their team.

Talk all you want.

But bring it to action and beat us.

Show us. Show us what you got.

If it comes down to a one-on-one, I think we can beat Korea.

-Yeah, I'd say that's a safe bet. -Yeah.

Given the choice, looking at the other three teams,

I knew we had to go after Team Korea.

We had to destroy them here.

I think our best option is Japan.

Both Australia and Japan lack experience.

But if we pick Australia, Japan will get off easy.

I know we'll be able to beat them.

I'm confident in that choice.

Ready.

LOCATION SELECTION

Come on. Come on.

Okay. Come on!

The selection has ended. All starting positions have now been reset.

Turkey's on us, isn't it?

-Sweet. -Yeah, perfect.

I don't think they want us though.

No. Turkey's no-no.

It's a battle of the giants.

They're staring us down over there.

Doesn't matter.

We'll be face-to-face soon enough.

All right. It's Korea.

It's showtime.

This should be an easy win.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

Losing to Korea wasn't an option.

We had to win.

For the finals, guys. Ready?

Korea!

Fight on!

-One, two, three. -Go, Japan!

Stand by.

Godspeed, guys.

-Let's go. -Let's do our best.

Ready? Here we go.

Ready.

Size against skill.

That's, like, insane.

It's gonna get aggressive. Just watch.

Oh, man, I feel so nervous. Like my chest hurts.

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

It was like a head-on collision! Bang!

Both teams were notably big,

but they were equally skilled too.

Careful, guys!

Push, push, push.

Yasemin!

Here!

It was like I was watching the ultimate battle.

Oh, no way.

They're really going at it.

-Was that the judo fighter? -Yeah, that's him.

Oh, they're all tied up. Wow!

Sit down, sit down. Okay. Good.

Is anyone out?

Hold on to me! Get a grip! That's it.

Just don't let go.

Hey, let go of me! Let go!

-Let go. -Where's Min-jae?

Min-jae, stop them.

I've got him. Send him this way! Get him, Min-jae.

He was so small,

I thought he'd be easy to fend off.

But he put me in this hold,

and I couldn't get out.

He may have been small, but he was no pushover.

I had to adapt.

So I decided to just keep him out of the ring with me.

KIM MIN-JAE SSIREUM WRESTLER

I hate to say it, but it did kind of feel like I was going up against an amateur.

SOICHI HASHIMOTO NATIONAL TEAM JUDOKA

To be fair, I've had a lot of experience fighting bigger opponents,

so I was confident I could hold him off.

Get off me.

Off you go.

Look, I'm a forty-three year old man.

This challenge was draining.

And Team Australia's ridiculously strong.

They weren't gonna give up out there.

But we weren't gonna give up either.

Hold me, hold me, hold me.

-Got you, got you. -Hold me, hold me.

One second.

Yeah, come back, just a bit.

Looking over at Turkey, I could tell they wanted it.

But I felt like we were gonna win.

Grab those. Grab those.

One minute left.

Hold on. Hold on.

-Hold on. -Okay.

Get 'em.

Let's give Sung-bin a push.

Amotti, pivot towards your knees.

Hold on.

-I can't grab him! -He lifted him!

Hold on. I can't grab him!

He lifted him!

It's like he's swimming.

He lifted him! Now slam him down!

-There's still time, Sung-bin! -Fifty seconds!

It's okay. We're good! We're good.

What's the time?

Time's almost up.

-We're good. -45 seconds.

Just a bit more. Okay?

Somebody's grabbing on to me.

-Tighter, Seung-yeon! -Hold tighter.

-Keep holding, Nonoka. -Okay.

Min-jae! Keep him pinned to the end!

Forty more seconds!

-Get her off. -Hold.

Hold.

It was an incredibly difficult fight out there.

But the more we fought, the more adrenaline we had.

The hard thing was

one of their girls ran straight up

and tried to take…

There was still time,

and we were all fired up.

Can she take those two guys?

She's a world champion wrestler, man.

Take a knee.

Thirty seconds.

-Thirty seconds! -Come on. Thirty seconds!

The turnaround…

Sung-bin, I'm gonna let you go

for 30 seconds!

He was much stronger than he looked.

Even with the difference in our weight classes, he was strong.

To be honest, I'm not much of an aggressive athlete.

So being locked in that hold was really overwhelming.

Fifteen more seconds, guys.

Fifteen seconds left.

We're tied anyway.

-Hurry up. -Almost there.

-Is everyone here? -Get on, get on.

-Nefise! -Get Anıl!

-On, on! -Come on. Get up here!

-Get Anıl! -Nefise!

Come on, get up here!

Get on this.

Get off it.

Ten seconds.

-Let's go! -Let's go! Come on!

Recep, we need one more!

-Seven seconds. -Five…

Five seconds!

This is where the match begins.

Come on. Finish it. Push someone out!

I was gonna shake him off and climb back up,

but he wouldn't budge.

4, 3, 2, 1.

Okay.

Okay.

-Sudden death. -We win?

-No. Tied Again. -How did we do?

How about them?

Did Türkiye actually win?

Australia won?

I think so.

7 SECONDS AGO

-Recep, we need one more. 7 Seconds. -Five-- Five seconds!

Four! Guys!

Three, two…

Three, two…

Yeah!

Two!

Yeah!

-Yes! We did it! -They won?

Turkey wins.

-No. -Yes.

Yes, man!

The surviving country from Round Two,

is Türkiye.

Bring it in, guys!

One, two, three, Türkiye! Yeah!

Bravo!

-Good round. Good round. -Yeah.

I feel guilty for that,

'cause everyone else was on there,

and I was not on there.

I really felt like I let my team down

and just felt so horrible after that.

I just never… I knew I never wanted to feel that feeling again.

They had a great game plan.

Like, I've gotta give them respect and props when it's due.

But I'm very proud of my team,

the way we came together.

The heart they all showed. The heart we all showed.

It felt just as good as winning a championship.

NEFISE KARATAY FORMER NATIONAL TRACK ATHLETE

And our team's strategy? Absolute perfection.

Team Australia was completely blue in the face!

Man, I'm so happy and proud of us right now!

YASEMIN ADAR YIGIT NATIONAL TEAM WRESTLER

Honestly, I'm getting a little emotional.

I'm holding my head high.

Rematch.

Korea versus Japan.

Sorry, guys.

You had, like, 17 matches today.

Crazy.

Let's go again. We need to make up the difference somehow.

Right.

Dong-hyun, and that ssireum fighter, the big guy.

As long as they're standing,

Korea's a near-impenetrable force.

Our first priority is taking those two down.

KIM MIN-JAE SSIREUM WRESTLER

That first round, Soichi had me pinned down.

I was so annoyed that I couldn't get out.

But that just made me wanna to take him on again.

Territorial Conquest, Round Two

will now proceed into overtime.

The match time is one minute.

-Korea… -Let's go, guys.

Let's make this the last one.

…versus Japan.

Let's go!

Fight hard!

Korea!

I wonder if Korea's just gonna bow down.

That's fine.

Oh, no. They've got Big Boy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Korea's got Big Boy. -Yeah.

But Japan's got fighters.

Yeah.

-Stand by. -Ready?

We're gonna sprint.

I'll block this side.

One last minute.

Ready.

Seung-yeon!

We all know that Itoi has an amazing physique,

so I figured he'd be pretty tough to throw off.

Turns out, it's nearly impossible.

I just couldn't shake him off.

What is this?

-Who did he just pick up? -Man, can you believe that?

What is this?

Who's he got? Who's he got?

-Oh, he's got the swimmer. That's why. -Oh, my God.

Yeah, Sung-bin!

Holy moly!

Sung-bin's throwing him down the hill.

Hold him!

I was terrified.

It felt like I'd been taken by some kind of monster.

But when I took a second to look around,

I noticed everyone was in the same boat.

Each person was in a one-on-one.

I had this feeling in my gut, and I thought,

"The only way we can win is if I can fight back." I had to stop him.

Thirty seconds.

All right.

-I've got them! Min-jae, Min-jae! -Soichi, go, go!

-Go! -Don't let anyone out!

Keep them out.

Keep them…

Min-jae, wait!

Shift your weight!

Use your knees!

I didn't care what they did to me, I wasn't going to budge.

Ten seconds.

Let's go! Ten, nine--

Come on! Come on!

Five, four!

Dong-hyun, get in here!

Dong-hyun, get in here!

Get in here!

Stop, stop.

-Stop. The match has ended. -Is that 3-3?

Okay, one more!

One more time, guys!

One more, one more, one more!

Yes, Japan! Let's go!

Ah!

There was one disappointing moment.

I'd gotten a hold of Okami,

I got him. I flipped him under, and then I climbed back up.

But in the last two seconds…

…he managed to climb back up with me.

They're just a strong team.

It wasn't anything I was doing, because, physically, I couldn't do anything.

And that same scenario just kept repeating.

Advancing to the next round was difficult.

-Rematch. -Okay, team.

Korea versus Japan.

Okay. Push through it. Use all our strength.

-Let's go! -Fight on!

-Ready? -Ready.

They're not having a good time, Korea.

Korea's just on a rematch bender.

Shows their…

It shows their willingness to be on the platform.

Hey, are you just gonna watch them take it from us?

We're the stars here, all right? Remember that.

Stand by.

They're exhausted. It's one minute.

Ready.

Okay, okay, okay!

Let's go, Sung-bin!

Oh, single! Nice single leg.

That's it, guys! Come on!

Don't let go, guys!

Pin him from the top! Yes!

Pin him! Pin him!

-That's my guy! -Pin him!

Yun Sung-bin. That guy's nuts. He's very, very strong.

I saw him lift Nakamura during the last round.

I looked up for one second to get my bearings,

just to see Sung-bin hauling him over his shoulder.

What was I thinking? "Sure! I can hold him off!"

Thirty seconds.

How many are there?

They're tired. They're losing steam.

Go, go, go, guys! Push 'em out!

-Like this. -Okay, I'll lift.

-No, pull. -Sorry. Got it.

-Sorry. Got it. -Help me, gonna fall!

Here. I'm coming.

-Twenty seconds. -Here. I'm coming.

Hey! What are you doing?

Wait, come here! Hold on!

It's fine, I've got this guys.

Ten seconds.

Ten seconds!

Eight seconds.

We gotta push! Push!

Hey, push, push, push!

-Gotta push! Push! -Push him off.

-Gotta push! Push! -Push, push! Push him off!

Four, three…

His feet! Knock his feet off!

-Push! -Push him off!

-His feet! Knock his feet off! -Go, go, go!

Stop. The match has ended.

-Oh, thank you. -Good?

-Good job. -Strong. So strong.

So close, Min-jae!

It's another draw.

-Again? -Yeah.

-A draw? -Yep.

At that point, I thought, "When's it gonna end?"

You start to realize just how long you might have to keep fighting.

Suddenly,

the battle of strength had become a battle of endurance.

We just had to wait for them to fold.

Rematch.

Ready.

Okay, guys. One more minute.

Having all these rematches, back-to-back like that,

it just made both of us all the more determined to win.

Nobody concedes at that point.

Hey! I can't hold this!

You just can't afford to lose.

There's no other option, you have to win.

Come on. Loosen your grip.

-Okay. -Stop. The match has ended.

Again?

No, no, no…

It just wouldn't end.

Ready.

That territory battle was excruciating.

And honestly, after a while, I hit my limit.

My mind, my body, my soul…

I'd pushed myself to my breaking point.

Stop. The match has ended.

Every time I looked at my teammates,

I could still see that spark in their eyes.

It kept me going. I had to win this for them.

By round five, we were in shambles,

but it didn't matter. Until we won, we'd keep on fighting.

-Stop. Game over. -What happened? Did we win?

No, a tie.

At this rate, it's never gonna end.

Eventually, after multiple rounds and no end in sight,

they decided to implement some new rules.

For this match, we'd start on the platform.

But this time, you weren't allowed to step off.

If you fell off the platform, you were out.

So the goal was to have the most players left standing.

And, just to keep it extra fair,

each team's largest and smallest players were excluded.

That way, both teams were more evenly matched.

And by agreeing to those terms, the sixth rematch became a four-on-four.

I think they're all starting on there. A four-on-four.

Sudden death!

We have to push right away.

They're gonna charge.

Should we sidestep them?

Nah. Straight on.

-Stand by. -Lower your body.

We couldn't lose this. It was a matter of National Pride.

We had to do it. We had to win.

All right. Let's grab 'em.

-Go, go, go! -Let's go!

Oh, oh! Sung-bin's on the edge there.

YUN SUNG-BIN OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA & YOSHIO OF JAPAN ARE OUT

There it is! Go, go, go!

-Oh, God. -There you go.

Oh, oh!

AMOTTI OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA & KATSUMI OF JAPAN ARE OUT

Push someone out! Come on!

That's right.

KIM DONG-HYUN OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA & SOICHI OF JAPAN ARE OUT

After Amotti and I were thrown out at the same time,

only the girls were left on the platform.

And that was the moment I realized,

exactly what Japan had been planning.

Oh, one-on-one, one-on-one.

-No way. -One-on-one, one-on-one.

This is so cool!

One versus one. Girls. Girls are in.

Red's CrossFit, red's CrossFit.

And then blue is…

-Wrestling. -Wrestling. Yeah.

-Instinct versus technique, huh? -Especially technique.

-That's what it boils down to. -We'll see.

We had Japan's super-wrestler, Ozaki.

She was the ace up our sleeve. We knew she could win this.

So, I guess you could say everything had gone according to plan.

I'm a professional wrestler.

So I figured I'd have an advantage.

I went in confident.

-Come on! Let's go, Seung-yeon. -Okay.

I'm sure that, when Japan saw this matchup,

they must've gone, "Man, we've got this."

But, uh…

I'm not discouraged by that sort of thing.

Honestly, I love knowing that because it gets me fired up.

So, in that moment, I was ready to win.

Stand by.

Whatever happens up there, I'll be the last one standing.

I'm ready to go, and take her down.

Ready.