filipino passion for cockfighting
Cockfighting, locally termed Sabong, is a popular pastime in the Philippines where both illegal and legal cockfights occur. Legal cockfights are held in cockpits every week.
SABONG/COCKFIGHTING CHALLENGE (Open Fight)
SABONG a cockfighting event when Meron accept any challenge from any challenger that forecome to challenge their prize cock to for a fight with high amount of wager on the line. The Wala challenge them with a smaller center bet laid.
DERBY MATCH (Tournament Fight)
DERBY a cockfighting event organized by the federation or a promoter where the participants agree to fight a given number of cocks matched according to uniformity or proximity in weights upon the result of which a pool of money (pot) is disposed and paid by the federation/promoter to the winners.