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AIMAG: Pinoy Muay Thai fighter advances to gold medal match

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/09/21/aimag-2017-092117.jpg"/><figcaption>Phillip Delarmino (center) with Muay secretary general Pearl Managuelod (right) and coach Billy Alumno. Handout photo</figcaption></figure></div>Filipino Muay Thai fighter Phillip Delarmino moved to the gold medal match following a 30-27 win over Rusdem Bayramdurdyyew of Turkmenistan in their -57kg semis in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Wednesday.Delarmino was the more dominant fighter in the rings, overwhelming his opponent and the highly partisan crowd at the Martial Arts Arena.The 26-year-old Ilonggo, a silver medalist in the Asian Beach Games in 2014 and the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar, won all three rounds to set himself for a title fight against Thailand&#x27;s Chotichanin Kokkrachai.Kokkrachai registered a 30-27 victory over Almaz Sarsembekov of Kazakhstan in the other semis match.The gold medal game is scheduled Thursday evening at the Muay Thai Arena.“Nahirapan din ako sa kalaban ko, pero effective naman &#x27;yung game plan namin ni coach (Billy Alumno),” Delarmino said.“Napag-aralan namin dahil sa last two fights ko ganun lang plano ko… clear na kunin namin every round. Mahirap kasi kung dumikit ang laban tapos ang kalaban host country pa,” he added.Delarmino said they have already studied the moves of his Thai foe, and hopes that their strategy would be effective for him to finally secure a gold medal in the sport that the Thais invented.“Nakita na namin mga laban niya (Kokkrachai), meron kaming gameplan para sa kanya. Kaya naman, sana makuha natin &#x27;yung gold sa finals,” said Delarmino, who reached the quarterfinals in last August’s Muay World Games in Poland.The Philippines is running 13th overall with a medal count of two gold, five silver and six bronze medals.The fighters from taekwondo and belt wrestling each settled for a bronze after Francis Aaron Agojo lost to Jang Jun of South Korea (34-9) in the -58kg semifinals, while Jefferson Manatad fell to Kazakhstan’s Aldos Kulmanbetov (5-0) in the -80kg Classic Style final four.Kurash grappler Al Rolan Llamas also settled for a bronze medal after losing in the semifinals against Erkin Omurzakow of Turkmenistan, 10-0, in the men’s -60kg weight class.Wrestlers Noemi Tener (women’s classic style -60kg), Grace Loberanes (-50kg), Michael Vijay Cater (men’s classic style -55kg), Christof Hofmann Jr. (-90kg) and Jonathan Maquilan (-65kg) didn’t make it to the medal rounds.Dessa Delos Santos finished fifth in the women’s weightlifting following a combined lift of 184kg in the women’s 58kg division.Luo Xiaomin of China (222kg) won the gold medal followed by second-placer Muattar Nabieva of Uzbekistan (212kg) and bronze medalist Acchedya Jagaddhita of Indonesia (204kg).(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)

Filipino Muay Thai fighter Phillip Delarmino moved to the gold medal match following a 30-27 win over Rusdem Bayramdurdyyew of Turkmenistan in their -57kg semis in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Wednesday.

Filipino Muay Thai fighter Phillip Delarmino moved to the gold medal match following a 30-27 win over Rusdem Bayramdurdyyew of Turkmenistan in their -57kg semis in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Wednesday.