Francis Carmont vs. Chris Camozzi Set for UFC 137
by Scott Haber on Sep 12, 2011 9:00 PM EDT
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We reported last week on the UFC's signing of Francis Carmont, a French native and training partner of Georges St. Pierre at Tristar Vale Tudo in Montreal. Carmont expected to debut at UFC 137, the same card where St. Pierre will defend his title against Carlos Condit, and now the French middleweight has an opponent in the returning Chris Camozzi, as revealed by the UFC this afternoon:
A UFC newcomer faces a returning veteran as Francis "Limitless" Carmont and TUF alumni Chris Camozzi will go to war at UFC 137. Carmont, a French striker who trains with event headliner Georges St-Pierre in Montreal, has long fought at light heavyweight but will make his promotional debut at 185 pounds against the TUF alumnus.
Camozzi's return to the Octagon is somewhat of a surprise, as the UFC seemed eager to cut him loose and released him following a loss to Kyle Noke earlier this year at UFC 127, despite Camozzi still having a 2-1 UFC record. Perhaps the Zuffa brass just wanted the Colorado native to get some experience on the regional circuit before getting called back up, and that's what Camozzi did, fighting journeyman, Joey Villasenor, at Shark Fights 15 this May. The fight was initially scored as a draw, but after a scoring error came to light, the decision was overturned and Camozzi was given the win.
Chris Camozzi (15-4)
Win Joey Villasenor (split decision) - Shark Fights 15
Loss Kyle Noke (submission - rear naked choke) - UFC 127
Win Dongi Yang (split decision) - UFC 121
Francis "Limitless" Carmont (16-7)
Win Jason Day (TKO - punches) - Slammer in the Hammer
Win Kelly Anundson (submission - armbar) - Strength and Honor Championship
Win Simon Carlsen (TKO - punches) - Heroes Gate 3
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Kinda surprised they brought Camozzi back so fast.
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by ultima0chaotic on Sep 13, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
What are the details on this scoring error? That must of sucked for Joey thinking he won and then bam, nope you lost.
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From what I understand
It was actually ruled as a Draw erroneously, not a win for Joey.
Then they found out one judge f’cked his math up, and Camozzi got the win.
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by Chris Groves on Sep 12, 2011 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
i wonder if the same judges that scored his last fight also scored the yang fight.
cause that shit was whack.
Why is his nicname "Limitless"?
Did he just really like the movie? I wish all fighter’s nick names were just their favorite movie.
Georges “Jurassic Park” St. Pierre
Forrest “Forrest Gump” Griffin
Brad “Snatch” Pickett
Anderson “Hard to Kill” Silva
Frank “Miguel Torres’ Home Videos” Mir
Cheick “Moulin Rouge” Kongo
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by underrated ground game on Sep 13, 2011 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
No, he is a ritard.
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by sitnam90 on Sep 13, 2011 2:52 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I like Camozzi a lot. Glad they brought him back.
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Francis Carmont is huge in person
I was at “Slammer in the Hammer” where he just embarrassed Jason Day. The place was silent after the fight ended, he sucked the air out of the room, probably cause he beat a Canadian in Canada.
Regardless, this guy is huge, I can’t believe he is cutting to 185.
solid facebook fight, not to take anything away from Francis but a win over Jason Day is not a huge notch in his belt, having said that I will take Francis by tko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtwkIvcT_g
I feel bad for Jason Day.
He’s a really funny, personable, cool dude. I wish he was better at fighting, because he’s a solid guy.
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He'll always have that KO over Belcher to look back and smile on.
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by ElliotMatheny on Sep 13, 2011 2:48 AM EDT up reply actions
He trained in Vegas for a bit.
You ever run in to him? Not sure if he passed through EXC, I think he was working with Thompkins post-split at Tapout. Really funny dude. Not always tactful, but funny as hell.
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I didn't,
I’m only in vegas during the summer, so i don’t know if our time would’ve lined up. He at least had his day in the sun for a while.
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by ElliotMatheny on Sep 13, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Did any one else accidently read Carmont's finish as "Slammer in the Hammer" for a sec
Or was it just me
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