Physical: Asia episodes 7-9 recap - Who won and who lost the Team Representative Match?

Netflix premiered episodes 7–9 of Physical: Asia on November 11, delivering the latest stage of the regional strength contest. The show gathers eight national teams from South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Türkiye, Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines, all battling for a ₩1 billion reward, roughly US$700,000.

Each squad features six athletes drawn from diverse competitive fields. High-profile figures front several teams, with Manny Pacquiao, Yushin Okami, Kim Dong-hyun, Superbon, and Robert Whittaker serving as captains. The format extends the Physical: 100 blueprint into a country-versus-country structure.

In the third quest, the Team Representative match, Australia tops Group A, with Korea advancing, eliminating the Philippines. In Group B, Japan claims victory, while Mongolia moved forward, resulting in Turkiye’s elimination.

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Physical: Asia episodes 7, 8, & 9 recap

The seventh episode of Physical: Asia carried forward the Sack Toss showdown featuring the Philippines’ Justin Coveney, Korea’s Amotti, and Australia’s Eddie Williams. The Philippines falls short and is eliminated from the contest. Group B stepped in for the representative round, covering four events between Japan, Mongolia, and Turkiye.

The first is Pillar Vaulting, where pairs complete ten vault loops before seizing a final flag. Japan fields judoka Soichi Hashimoto and MMA fighter Kana Watanabe. Mongolia sends volleyball player Khandsuren Gantogtokh and basketball athlete Dulguun Enkhbat. Turkiye is represented by karate specialist Ali Sofuoğlu and former track athlete Nefise Karatay. In this competition, Japan secured first place, with Turkiye finishing second and Mongolia taking third.

Next comes Stone Totem Endurance, with back-to-back duos supporting four 135-kg stone columns. Turkiye enters oil wrestling veteran Recep Kara and wrestler Yasemin Adar Yiğit. Japan competes with MMA athlete Yushin Okami and swimmer Katsumi Nakamura. Mongolia sends MMA fighter Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu and judoka Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan.

A technical failure in Japan’s setup forces the team to redo the third and fourth rounds. Mongolia secures a victory ahead of Turkiye. In Hanging Endurance, where participants hold onto fabric strips, Mongolia’s Lkhagva-Ochir Erdene-Ochir tops the field, followed by Turkiye’s Anıl Berk Baki and Japan’s Nonoka Ozaki. Physical: Asia's episode 8 opened with another Sack Toss heat.

It's a 4-metre hurdle and a 14-kg sack. Turkiye’s Ogeday Girişken, Mongolia’s Orkhonbayar “Bökh” Bayarsaikhan, and Japan’s Yoshio Itoi compete. Japan claims first place, Mongolia follows, and Turkiye finishes last. Despite Japan placing third in the second Totem game, its accumulated points put the team ahead, eliminating Turkiye.

Two mini-events followed. The first, one-on-one hand wrestling, saw Group A’s Eddie Williams defeat Kim Min-jae, then Yoshio Itoi, and eventually Mongolia’s Orkhonbayar “Bökh” Bayarsaikhan for the overall win. Group B’s bracket featured Amotti against Whittaker, followed by Yushin Okami versus Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu.

Amotti and Yushin triumph in their respective matchups. Eddie later beats Yushin in the A vs B face-off. The vertical jump round brought in Korea's Yun Sung-bin, Australia's Eloni Vunakece, Japan's Katsumi Nakamura, and Mongolia's Dulguun Enkhbat. Eloni secured the event, handing Australia the group victory.

Physical: Asia episode nine launched the fourth quest, the Battle Rope Relay, where teams had one minute per turn and could rotate players across three turns. Australia lines up Eloni Vunakece, Robert Whittaker, and Eddie Williams. Mongolia entered Dulguun Enkhbat, Lkhagva-Ochir Erdene-Ochir, and Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu. Korea deploys Yun Sung-bin, Choi Seung-yeon, and Jang Eun-sil, while Japan relies on Yoshio Itoi, Yushin Okami, and Soichi Hashimoto.

Australia and Japan advanced from the opening round. Japan then outperformed Australia in the next stage, earning a direct path to the fifth quest. The death match featured a 1,200-kg pillar push over 100 laps between Mongolia, Korea, and Australia. The last team to fall behind would be cut. Korea competed with Amotti, Kim Dong-hyun, and Kim Min-jae.

Mongolia fielded Orkhonbayar “Bökh” Bayarsaikhan, Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu, Khandsuren Gantogtokh, and Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan. Australia brought Dom Tomato, Katelin van Zyl, and Alexandra Milne. Results of this round determine the next team to exit in Physical: Asia.

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Episodes 10 to 12 of Physical: Asia are scheduled to premiere on Netflix on November 18, 2025.

Edited by Shreya Jha