Results from July 25 World Muay Thai Championship/Wulin Feng Event Announced for Fil-Am Professional Fighters Romie Adanza and Christine Toledo
July 27, 2009- Las Vegas, NV - Results for the World Championship Muay Thai / Wulin Feng event that took place at the Las Vegas Hilton on July 25 have been announced. Fil-Am professional fighters Romie Adanza and Christine Toledo performed on the card. Adanza won his bout against British champion Paulo Da Silva via TKO in the fourth round and earned the IKKC International and WBC Muay Thai Bantamweight U.S. championship titles. Toledo lost to her opponent Jeri Sitzes by unanimous decision.
Adanza fought to a rubber-match with his opponent Paulo Da Silva. The first bout ended in a victory for Adanza, and the second ended in a KO victory for Da Silva. On Saturday, Adanza took the "W" by ending the fight in 0:26 seconds of round 4. This was a full Muay Thai rules bout that was scheduled for 5 three minute rounds.
Toledo fought an opponent that was not announced until Thursday evening. Her originally scheduled Chinese opponent, Zheng Yenan was unable to fight due to complications with travel arrangements, as was the case for the entire China Team who were all scheduled to fight that night. Toledo was at a weight disadvantage by over 10 lbs to Jeri Sitzes, who appeared to look more powerful than Toledo. Sitzes dominated and controlled each of the rounds by moving Toledo back and pressing the attack with sharp combinations. This was a Wulin Feng rules bout that was scheduled for only 3 two minute rounds. Sitzes entered the ring with an undefeated professional Muay Thai record of 10-0. Toledo entered with a professional record of 3-0.
"When it comes down to it, I accepted the fight knowing exactly what I was getting myself into, so I have no regrets today for what happened on Saturday evening. Instead, I stand true to myself and will admit that I'm not the best, I'm not perfect, and there will always be plenty of room for improvement. I can sit here and make excuses about how much heavier and more skilled Jeri is than me, but the simple reality is that I stepped in the ring that night, I learned from the experience, and that is what counts and is more important to me than trying to reason with myself for the loss", says Christine Toledo.
Toledo adds," I felt very privileged to fight Jeri Sitzes. She is a seasoned fighter with many talents in the ring - a professional boxer, Muay Thai fighter, kick boxer and mixed martial artist, who has a great reputation for her wealth of experience in the fight game and has dominated in several weight divisions. I have a lot of respect for her and she truly is an inspiration to me".
Dennis Warner, Henan TV Station, and InSync Productions have scheduled for the original China vs. USA event to continue as planned. The event is anticipated to take place at the Las Vegas Hilton on Sunday, August 30, 2009.