Phillip Delarmino got the nomination after he won a gold medal on December 11, 2021, in the International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) world championships in Phuket, Thailand.
Delarmino defeated Russian Aleksandr Abramov, 30-27, to rule the 57kg senior male category.
He got the slot to the finals after beating Kazakhstan’s Almaz Sarsembekov, 29-28, to the semifinals.
It was a glorious run for the 31-year-old muay fighter as he immediately topped the world competition two years after winning the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold in Manila.
Delarmino, the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games silver medalist, was the flag bearer of the Philippines in the 2019 Arafura Games held in Darwin, Australia. (Romeo Braceros Jr.)