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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between PePe Hapitchou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Camatta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hapitchou comes to the cage accompanied by Blackalicious - Sky is falling. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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142 lbs
21 - 6 - 0 |
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34
147 lbs
26 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, PePe Hapitchou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Camatta!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camatta moves forwards but Hapitchou connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hapitchou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Camatta.
Hapitchou pivots, looking for a leg kick but Camatta is out of range and Hapitchou settles back down.
Camatta scores with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Camatta.
Hapitchou attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Camatta misses.
Camatta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hapitchou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Camatta throws a push kick but Hapitchou slaps the foot to one side.
We've been told by Hapitchou's head coaches at Breakdown Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hapitchou looks to land a right hand but Camatta moved out of range.
Hapitchou tests Camatta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hapitchou motions for Camatta to come forward. Hapitchou throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Camatta misses with a low kick.
Camatta defending well as Hapitchou loads up on a big left hand.
Hapitchou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Camatta does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hapitchou missing with a left hand there. Camatta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Camatta finds it's way through Hapitchou's defenses.
Hapitchou tried to score with a low kick but Camatta checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camatta shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hapitchou is trying to maintain the position but Camatta is very close to passing his half guard.
Camatta perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Camatta has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at DJs Locker. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Let's hope that Camatta has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hapitchou is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camatta looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Camatta looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hapitchou moves into full guard.
Hapitchou is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Camatta throws a big elbow that misses.
Camatta controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hapitchou looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camatta slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
It looks like Camatta might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Camatta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Camatta slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hapitchou throws a solid leg kick but Camatta takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hapitchou.
Camatta swings widly with a right hand
and Hapitchou counters with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hapitchou. Camatta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Camatta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Camatta blocks a low kick nicely.
Camatta lands a jab to Hapitchou's midsection.
Hapitchou misses with a wild body shot.
Camatta takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hapitchou checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hapitchou, right into the meat.
Hapitchou pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Camatta with the counter takedown but Hapitchou avoids it easily.
Hapitchou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Camatta misses with a takedown
and Hapitchou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Antonio Camatta has been cut.
Hapitchou throws a right and a left that Camatta avoids nicely.
Antonio Camatta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Camatta connects with a high kick.
Camatta throws out a powerful jab.
Camatta throws a low kick but Hapitchou avoids it.
Nice jab there from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou misses with an uppercut. Camatta saw that one coming.
Camatta lands an overhand right.
Camatta scores with a head kick. Hapitchou tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hapitchou connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Camatta's hands.
Camatta moves out of range as Hapitchou strikes.
Hapitchou checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that PePe Hapitchou will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antonio Camatta's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Camatta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Camatta shoots in but no luck this time.
Camatta thows a leg kick but Hapitchou checks it
enabling Hapitchou to counter with a crisp jab.
Camatta avoids a punch combination nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Camatta.
Camatta takes one to the chin there.
Hapitchou tests Camatta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Camatta throws a low kick but Hapitchou moves out of range easily.
Hapitchou jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Camatta lands with a nice body kick.
Hapitchou throws a looping overhand right but Camatta ducks down to avoid it.
Hapitchou drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Camatta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camatta thuds his right hand into Hapitchou's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hapitchou misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Camatta.
Camatta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hapitchou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Camatta moves away.
Hapitchou misses with a right hand
letting Camatta counter with a right hand.
Hapitchou throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hapitchou scores with a sloppy right hand. Camatta should have avoided that one.
Hapitchou scores with a punch to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Camatta.
Hapitchou shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Camatta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hapitchou's calf.
Camatta shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hapitchou as he avoids it easily.
Camatta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
PePe Hapitchou is winning the standup battle so far.
Camatta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hapitchou.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou looks to land a right hand but Camatta moved out of range.
Hapitchou has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Camatta.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hapitchou throws a leg kick but Camatta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Camatta fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hapitchou checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camatta throws a low kick, looking for Hapitchou's leg but Hapitchou calmly moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Hapitchou misses the target.
Hapitchou throws out a loose jab but Camatta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hapitchou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Camatta shoots in for a takedown but Hapitchou shows good takedown defense.
PePe Hapitchou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Camatta.
Camatta misses the body punch
and Hapitchou counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hapitchou keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hapitchou fails to land with a series of punches.
Hapitchou lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Camatta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hapitchou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hapitchou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Camatta moves away from the strike by Hapitchou.
Camatta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hapitchou throws a lazy right hand but Camatta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Camatta wants to land a leg kick but Hapitchou is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camatta looks to throw the jab but Hapitchou is out of range.
Hapitchou scores with a shot to the body.
Camatta moves out of range of the body kick from Hapitchou.
Camatta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hapitchou at a distance.
Hapitchou throws a right and a left that Camatta avoids nicely.
Camatta throws out a counter right but Hapitchou avoids it with no problem.
Hapitchou chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Camatta can pounce on him.
Hapitchou looks to throw the jab but Camatta is out of range.
Camatta throws a front kick aimed at Hapitchou's knee but Hapitchou avoids it well.
Camatta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Camatta tries to clinch but Hapitchou moves away
and Hapitchou counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hapitchou. That's going to slow Camatta down.
Hapitchou has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Camatta finds it's way round the side to connect with Hapitchou's head.
Hapitchou misses with the combination.
Camatta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camatta shoots in for a takedown but Hapitchou shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hapitchou throws a hook but Camatta avoids it easily.
PePe Hapitchou is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hapitchou finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Camatta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Camatta scores with a sloppy right hand. Hapitchou should have avoided that one.
Hapitchou connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Camatta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Camatta.
Hapitchou appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hapitchou is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hapitchou misses with a jab to the body
and Camatta counters with a stiff right hand.
Hapitchou misses with an uppercut.
A good leg kick by Camatta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hapitchou fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hapitchou scores with a punch to the head.
Camatta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
PePe Hapitchou dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Camatta's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Camatta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Camatta fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hapitchou is out of range.
Camatta throws a right hand that misses
and Hapitchou counters with a thumping low kick.
Hapitchou misses with a double jab.
Camatta throws a head kick but Hapitchou moves out of range.
Camatta fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hapitchou to the ground. Camatta is now in Hapitchou's guard.
Hapitchou looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Camatta is stalling in the full guard.
Hapitchou avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hapitchou working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Camatta has passed into half guard!
Hapitchou tries to get to full guard but Camatta has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hapitchou is working hard here to advance position.
Camatta is trying to control. Hapitchou wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Camatta keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hapitchou trying to control but Camatta postures up.
Camatta with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Camatta slips a nice elbow through Hapitchou's hands, connecting with Hapitchou's forehead.
Camatta looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hapitchou manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Camatta working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Camatta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hapitchou managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou working for a triangle but Camatta defends it easily.
Camatta looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
PePe Hapitchou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hapitchou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Camatta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Camatta motions for Hapitchou to come forward. Camatta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Hapitchou was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Camatta.
Hapitchou stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Camatta.
Antonio Camatta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hapitchou scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hapitchou keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hapitchou drops his hands momentarily and Camatta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Camatta fails with a takedown attempt.
Hapitchou throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hapitchou lets loose with a powerful body kick. Camatta will feel that in the morning.
Hapitchou listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice body punch from Hapitchou.
Camatta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hapitchou checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hapitchou throws a good cross that connects.
Camatta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hapitchou throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to PePe Hapitchou.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hapitchou, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... PePe Hapitchou!
A victorious PePe Hapitchou thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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