Felipe Micheletti
Felipe Micheletti | |
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| Born | May 24, 1990 Brazil |
| Occupation(s) | Kickboxer, mixed martial artist |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Known for | Competing in kickboxing and mixed martial arts; WGP Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion; WAKO Pro World Low Kick Light Heavyweight Champion; WKN K-1 Super Cruiserweight Champion; SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Heavyweight Tournament winner |
Felipe Stievano Micheletti (born May 24, 1990) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
By September 2022, Combat Press ranked him as the sixth top light heavyweight worldwide, while Beyond Kick placed him fourth in October 2022. Since November 2018, Micheletti has consistently held a spot within the top ten of Combat Press's Light Heavyweight rankings.
Early career
Throughout his amateur tenure, Micheletti engaged in 37 bouts, achieving 30 victories including 15 knockouts. In 2009, he earned the Brazilian championship title in the K-1 super-heavyweight division under the Brazilian Confederation of Kickboxing. His accolades also include being a Septa Brazilian champion, WAKO Pan American kickboxing champion, World Champion, and twice runner-up at the World Championships.
Superkombat
Micheletti’s professional debut occurred in November 2009 at KO Fight in Apucarana, where he faced Edson Lima, followed shortly by a bout against Cleber Rodrigues.
After an uneven beginning marked by a defeat to Alex Pereira, he entered the WGP Supekombat Heavyweight Tournament. In the semifinals, he secured a second-round knockout victory over Rogélio Ortiz with a liver kick and proceeded to win the final against Edson Lima via split decision.
On July 27, 2013, Micheletti challenged Saulo Cavalari for the WGP Brazilian Light Heavyweight championship at WGP 14 but was defeated by technical knockout in the fifth round.
Later that year, on December 21, he scored a first-round knockout against Francisco Lefevbre at the WGP Final Tour. On May 17, 2014, Micheletti faced off with WKN and WAKO titleholder Vladimir Mineev at WGP Kickboxing: Russia X Brasil but lost by unanimous decision.
Micheletti captured the Brazilian Professional Kickboxing Light Heavyweight championship on September 27, 2014, at WGP 22 by winning via technical knockout over Wallyson Maguila. He followed this with a unanimous decision victory against Toni Milanovic at WGP 24 in December 2014 before suffering a unanimous decision loss to Guto Inocente for the WGP light heavyweight (-84 kg) crown.
On July 2, 2016, he earned the WGP Light Heavyweight title through a unanimous decision win against Carlos Meza. Shortly thereafter, on August 20, 2016, Micheletti secured the WKN K-1 Super Cruiserweight belt by knocking out Rogélio Ortiz in the opening round at the IVC International Vale Tudo Championship.
Kunlun Fight
Micheletti made his Kunlun Fight debut at Kunlun Fight 56 on January 2, 2017, where he was defeated by Andrey Gerasimchuk via unanimous decision.
He successfully defended his WGP Heavyweight title on May 20, 2017, at WGP 37 by winning a unanimous decision against Haime Morais.
During the Kunlun Fight Heavyweight tournament, Micheletti advanced past Liu Junchao with a technical knockout in the quarterfinals but was eliminated in the semifinals after losing to Roman Kryklia by unanimous decision.
Approximately one month later, on March 16, 2018, he claimed the vacant WAKO Pro World Low Kick Light Heavyweight title by defeating Igor Darmeshkin at Battle of Champions 10. Additionally, Micheletti retained his WGP heavyweight championship with a decision victory over Ivan Galaz at WGP 45 on May 5, 2018.
GLORY
Felipe Micheletti entered the Glory promotion at Glory 60: Lyon on October 20, 2018, securing a victory by technical knockout after his opponent, Zinedine Hameur-Lain, was forced to withdraw due to injury.
He stepped in on short notice for Stephane Susperregui to compete against Luis Tavares at Glory 66: Paris on June 22, 2019, emerging victorious via split decision.
During Glory 69: Düsseldorf, Micheletti encountered Susperregui once more but was defeated by decision following an additional round, despite scoring an early knockdown.
Micheletti was slated to have a rematch with Luis Tavares at Glory 78: Rotterdam, replacing Sergej Maslobojev on brief notice; he ultimately lost by unanimous decision.
On October 8, 2022, he faced the #5 ranked fighter Donegi Abena at Glory: Collision 4.
March 11, 2023, saw Micheletti claim a unanimous decision win against Nordine Mahieddine at Glory 84, having scored two knockdowns during the bout.
At Glory: Collision 5 on June 17, 2023, Micheletti competed against Ibrahim El Bouni, who was the runner-up of the 2017 K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix.
Kickboxing
- WGP Kickboxing
- Heavyweight (-94.1 kg) Champion in 2016
- Successfully defended the title twice
- Heavyweight (-94.1 kg) Champion in 2016
- World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
- WAKO Pro World Low Kick -94.2 kg Champion in 2018
- WAKO Pro Brazil Low Kick -94.2 kg Champion in 2014
- One successful title defense
- World Kickboxing Network
- World Super Cruiserweight (-92.5 kg) K-1 Champion in 2016
- SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
- Winner of the SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Heavyweight Tournament in 2013
Kickboxing
- World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
- K-1 +91 kg Gold Medalist at the 2015 WAKO World Championships
Boxing
- Gold Medalist at Copa Lisoboxe
- Gold Medalist at Brasil Ceintures
- Gold Medalist at Kid Jofre
- Silver Medalist at Forja dos Campeões
Mixed martial arts record
|- |Win |align=center|3–0 |Fabricio Almeida |Decision (split) |Hyper Fight 2 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center|2–0 |Alisson Nascimento |TKO (punches) |Dragon Fight 6 | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:44 |Votuporanga, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center|1–0 |Manoel Vitor Santos |KO (punch to the body) |Fight Pro 2 | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:20 |Bragança Paulista, Brazil |
Kickboxing record
|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2023-06-17|| Loss ||align=left| Ibrahim El Bouni || Glory: Collision 5 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2023-03-11 || Win ||align=left| Nordine Mahieddine || Glory 84 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2022-10-08 || Loss ||align=left| Donegi Abena || Glory: Collision 4 || Arnhem, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) ||3 ||3:00
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2021-09-04 || Loss ||align=left| Luis Tavares || Glory 78: Rotterdam || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2019-10-12 || Loss ||align=left| Stéphane Susperregui || Glory 69: Düsseldorf || Düsseldorf, Germany || Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) || 4 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2019-06-22 || Win ||align=left| Luis Tavares || Glory 66: Paris || Paris, France || Decision (Split) || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2018-10-20 || Win ||align=left| Zinedine Hameur-Lain || Glory 60: Lyon || Lyon, France || TKO (Retirement) ||1 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2018-05-05 || Win ||align=left| Ivan Galaz || WGP Kickboxing 45|| São Paulo, Brazil|| Decision (Unanimous) ||5||3:00 |- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2018-03-16|| Win|| align=left | Igor Darmeshkin|| Battle of Champions 10|| Moscow, Russia|| Decision||5||3:00 |- ! style = background:white colspan =9 |
|- style="background:#fbb;"
|2018-02-04|| Loss|| align=left | Roman Kryklia|| Kunlun Fight 69 Heavyweight Tournament, Semi Finals|| Guiyang, China|| Decision (Unanimous)||3||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2017-12-17|| Win|| align=left | Liu Junchao|| Kunlun Fight 68 Heavyweight Tournament, Quarter Finals|| Guiyang, China|| TKO||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2017-05-20|| Win|| align=left | Haime Morais|| WGP Kickboxing 37|| Sorocaba, São Paulo|| Decision (unanimous)||5||3:00 |- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
|2017-01-02|| Loss|| align=left | Andrey Gerasimchuk|| Kunlun Fight 56|| Sanya, Hainan, China|| Decision (unanimous)||3||3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2016-08-20|| Win|| align=left | Rogélio Ortiz|| IVC International Vale Tudo championship|| Brazil|| KO||1||1:45 |- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2016-07-02|| Win|| align=left | Carlos Meza|| WGP Kickboxing 31|| Brazil|| Decision||5||3:00 |- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2016-05-07|| Win|| align=left | Haime Morais|| WGP Kickboxing Special Edition|| Brazil|| Decision (unanimous)||3||3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
|2015-09-05|| Loss|| align=left | Guto Inocente|| WGP Kickboxing 26|| Guarapuava, Brazil|| Decision (unanimous)||5||3:00 |- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2015-06-20|| Win|| align=left | Fábio Alberto Cordovil|| Jungle Fight 78|| São Paulo, Brazil|| Decision (unanimous)||5||3:00 |- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2014-12-20|| Win|| align=left | Toni Milanovic|| WGP Kickboxing 24|| São Paulo, Brazil|| Decision (unanimous)||3||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2014-09-27|| Win|| align=left | Wallyson Maguila||| WGP Kickboxing 22||| São Paulo, Brazil||| TKO ||
|- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
|2014-05-17||| Loss||| align=left||| Vladimir Mineev||| WGP Kickboxing: Russia X Brasil||| São Paulo, Brazil||| Decision (unanimous)||3|||3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2013-12-21||| Win||| align=left||| Francisco Lefevbre||| WGP Kickboxing Final Tour||| Brazil||| KO|||1||
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
|2013-07-27||| Loss||| align=left||| Saulo Cavalari||| WGP Kickboxing 14||| São Paulo, Brazil||| TKO|||5||
|- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2013-03-23||| Win||| align=left||| Edson Lima||| WGP Kickboxing 12 x SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 2||| São Caetano, Brazil||| Decision (split)||3|||3:00 |- ! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2013-03-23||| Win||| align=left||| Rogélio Ortiz||| WGP Kickboxing 12 x SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 2||| São Caetano, Brazil||| KO (liver kick)||2||
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
|2012-09-16||| Loss||| align=left||| Alex Pereira||||WGP Kickboxing 9||||São Paulo, Brazil||||Decision (unanimous)||3||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|2012-06-02||| Win||| align=left||| Cleber Rodrigues||||WGP Kickboxing 8||||Brazil||||Decision||||
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
|2011-11-12||| Loss|||| Edson Lima|||| K.O Fight – Apucarana||||Brazil||||Decision (unanimous)||3||
|} Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest
Amateur kickboxing record
|- bgcolor="#fbb"
|2015-10-31||||Defeat|||| Sasa Polugic||||W.A.K.O World Championships Final||||Belgrade, Serbia||||Decision||||
!-style="background:white" colspan="9"|Achieved Silver medal in the 2015 WAKO World Championships K1 +91kg category.
|- bgcolor="#cfc" ... [Additional amateur matches excluded for brevity] ...
|} Key: Victory Defeat
See also
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- Living people
- Brazilian male kickboxers
- Martial artists from São Paulo
- Kunlun Fight kickboxers
- SUPERKOMBAT kickboxers
- Brazilian male mixed martial artists
- Mixed martial artists utilizing kickboxing
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen