JORDAN’S GOLDEN PAIR AT WORLD MUAY THAI CHAMPIONSHIP

Omar Awad and Yazan Al-Seifi have won gold for Jordfan at the Senior World Muay Thai Championship, held in the Kosovan city of Deçan.
Both were competing in the under 24 competitions, with Awad capturing the -67kg gold medal by stopping Turkish fighter, Gürkan Yıldız, in the final.
Awad had opened his campaign by defeating Polish world champion Bartosz Pamuła by knockout in the first round, before overcoming Croatia’s Robert Rezo in the quarter-finals. He then beat Vietnam’s An An Ca Tuan by technical knockout in the third round of the semi-final bout.
Al-Seifi claimed gold in the -75kg weight after beating Bulgaria’s Viktor Krashevski in the final.
He reached the final with a victory over Lebanon’s Juan Seif in the quarter-finals, before overcoming Georgia’s Dota Gablia in the last four.