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On July 26, 2008 two of Sitan Gym
Philadelphia fighters fought in Fleetwood
PA. After having so many problems before
leaving to go to the event and going there
late, their tire also went out on the way
up there. After finally arriving there,
Sitan's two fighters were ready to go.
First up for Sitan was Timothy Amorim,
18, who weighed in at 138 lbs and competed
against Nicholas Hutchkins. Now this fight
was a Muay Thai fight but the way Nicholas
was fighting you would have thought it was a
boxing match. However, Tim handled his
opponent's boxing by keeping his guard up,
using the clinch when his opponent came
forward and throwing really hard low kicks.
Toward the end of the 3rd round Tim caught
his opponent coming in with his hands and
dropped him with a very hard low kick,
giving his opponent an 8 count. With all
that said Tim lost the fight. "How, I don't
know." Sitan Gym Philadelphia
 head
trainer Rami Ibrahim said. "I decided to
speak to the head judge and state athletic
representative who was also there to see
what they had to say about it. They informed
me one judge did not score the whole fight
with the knockdown to Tim, another judge did
not choose to score the knockdown and the
last judge was his first time judging. They
also said that we can not over rule the
decision now because it would make us judges
look stupid. Will after the fight it did
anyway because everyone knew that Tim won
the fight.
Next up for Sitan was Osvaldo
Dominguez, 22, weighed in at 167 lbs and
competed against Peter Garcia. "I must say I
was a nervous because it was Osvaldo aka
June first fight with only 3 month training
with me and no prior experience before that.
I told him his opponent was going to come in
first round hard so just stay calm use your
push kicks, don't do to much but answer
back. He did just that. When the 1st round
was over June came back to the corner and
looked so calm, I guess the road work I took
you on paid off huh June?" Rami said. In the
second round June dropped his opponent
twice, once with a push kick to the
stomach and the second one with a cross
followed by a clinch and knee to the
stomach. Thus, giving June a KO victory half
way in the 2nd round.
"I was very proud of them. What I
have to say to Tim is keep your head up. If
your planning on staying in the fighting
world than you have to be ready for judges
like this, because there is a lot of them.
As for June, stay humble so we can always be
hungry for the next fight. I must admit
though I had to hold my self from jumping up
and down when they stopped the fight because
if it was your first fight. Now lets get
ready for August 23."
-Rami
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