Gentiane Lupi Explained

Gentiane Lupi (born 26 October 1975, Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional boxer, kickboxer, MMA and Muay Thai fighter. Lupi is also the former Women's International Boxing Association World super bantamweight champion^[1] and also the third New Zealand born person to have held a world boxing title.

Lupi has starred in such films such as Eagle vs Shark, Kombi Nation, Second Hand Wedding and Krampus as well as the TV series Nothing Trivial.^[2] Since debuting in 2013, Lupi has won seven titles in all fighting styles including a boxing world title. In 2016 Lupi stated she has been training with MTI Wellington for nearly three years.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Love Bites[4]	Clare Grainger	New Zealand TV Series, 26 Episodes
2003	Kombi Nation[5]	Sal	Also a Writer
2003	[6]	(Non Acting Role)production runner	miniature unit
2007	Eagle vs Shark[7]	Tracy
2008	Second Hand Wedding[8]	Daniela
2015	Krampus	(Non Acting Role)	Lead Stunts

Combat Titles

Kickboxing

• Tournament
  • Four Women King in the Ring Tournament Winner (2014)
  • Four Women Adrenaline Tournament Winner (2014)
• World Mauy Thai Council
  • WMC New Zealand Welterweight Title (2014)
  • WMC New Zealand Light Welterweight Title (2016)
• World Kickboxing Federation
  • WKBF New Zealand Middleweight Title (2015)
  • WKBF New Zealand Light Welterweight Title (2016)
  • WKBF World Featherweight Title (2017)

Boxing

• New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
  • NZPBA Women's Lightweight Title (2014)
• Women's International Boxing Association
  • WIBA World Super Bantamweight Title
• World Boxing Association
  • WBA Oceania Super Featherweight Title (2016)

Professional MMA record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|1 Wins (1 knockouts, 0 decisions, 0 Submissions), 1 Losses (0 knockouts, 1 decisions, 0 Submissions), 0 Draws^[9] |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center|Lose|1–1|align=left| Hera Tha Nytmere ^[10] ||||align=left||align=left| |- align=center|Win|1–0|align=left| Alex Sorthis ^[11] ||||align=left||align=left|

Professional kickboxing/Muay Thai record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|19 Wins, 4 Losses, 0 Draws|- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center|Win|19–4|align=left|Demi McNamara||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Lose|18–4|align=left|Lucy Payne ||||align=left|||- align=center|Win|18–3 |align=left|Katie Quick ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|17–3|align=left|Desiree Maaka ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|16–3|align=left|Missy Elliot ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Lose|15–3|align=left|Daria Smith ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|15–2|align=left|Natalier Teller ^[12] ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Lose|14–2|align=left|Carleigh Crawford ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|14–1|align=left|Natalier Teller ^[13] ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|13–1|align=left|Emma Graham ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|12–1|align=left|Alicia Pestana ^[2] ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|11–1|align=left|Daria Smith ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|10–1|align=left|Baby Nansen ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|9–1|align=left|Tui Pirikahu ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|8–1|align=left|Rochelle Stroh ^[14] ||||align=left||align=left| |- align=center|Win|7–1|align=left|Amy Vaughen ^[14] ||||align=left||align=left| |- align=center|Lose|6–1|align=left|Baby Nansen^[15] ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|6–0|align=left|Beathe Kornelison ||||align=left||align=left| |- align=center|Win|5–0|align=left|Rose Te Hau ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|4–0|align=left|Ari MacDonald ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|3–0|align=left|Jo LoFroth ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|2–0|align=left|Bridget Lord ||||align=left||align=left| |- align=center|Win|1–0|align=left|Ramona Sargent ||||align=left||align=left|

Professional boxing record

^[16] |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center|- align=center|Win|7-3-1|align=left| Ariane Nicholson||||align=left|||- align=center|Win|6-3-1|align=left| Karen Te Ruki Pasene||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|5-3-1|align=left| Nurshahidah Roslie||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Lose|4-3-1|align=left| Deanha Hobbs||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Lose|4-2-1|align=left| Ronica Jeffrey||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|4-1-1|align=left| Anrey Onesongchaigym||||align=left||align=left||-|Win|3-1-1|align=left| Baby Nansen||||align=left||align=left||-|Win|2-1-1|align=left| Daniella Smith||||align=left||align=left||-|Win|1-1-1|align=left| Daniella Smith||||align=left||align=left||-|style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw|0-1-1|align=left| Leighann Banham||||align=left||align=left||-|Lose|0–1|align=left| Shannon O'Connell ||||align=left||align=left||-

Awards and recognitions

• 2019 Gladrap Boxing Awards Female Boxer of the Year (Nominated)^[17]
• 2019 Gladrap Boxing Awards Returning Boxer of the Year (Nominated)^[18]

External links

• Newzealandfighter.co.nz
• Awakeningfighters.com

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Notes and References

1. Web site: W.I.B.A. - Women's International Boxing Association . Wiba_ratings.tripod.com . 2015-10-08.
2. Web site: Hamish Bidwell . Lupi finds peace in the kickboxing ring . Stuff.co.nz . 2014-08-29 . 2015-10-08.
3. Web site: Gentiane "AAA" Lupi Champion From NZ | MuayTash . Muaytash.wordpress.com . 2014-09-05 . 2015-10-08.
4. Web site: Love Bites (NZ) . TV.com . 2015-10-08.
5. Web site: Kombi Nation Full Cast & Crew. IMDb.com. 2015-10-08.
6. Web site: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Full Cast & Crew. IMDb.com. 2015-10-08.
7. Web site: Eagle vs Shark Full Cast & Crew. IMDb.com. 2015-10-08.
8. Web site: Second Hand Wedding Full Cast & Crew. IMDb.com. 2015-10-08.
9. Web site: Gentiane Lupi | MMA Fighter Page . Tapology . 2015-10-08.
10. Web site: Charlene Watt Wins Princess of Pain 45 Title . New Zealand Fighter . 2015-05-30 . 2015-10-08.
11. Web site: Princesses of Pain - Da Silva vs. Thompson . Sherdog.com . 2014-11-29 . 2015-10-08.
12. News: Kickboxing: Vannathy looking for fairytale hometown finish . NZ Herald . 18 June 2015 . 6 January 2019.
13. Web site: Boxing: Three rings, no waiting for eager multi-sport fighter . M.nzherald.co.nz . 2015-10-08.
14. Web site: King in the Ring : 62 11 Results . Kinginthering.co.nz . 2015-10-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160122033655/http://kinginthering.co.nz/62IIResults.html . 2016-01-22 .
15. Web site: Luke Appleby . From housewife to Muay Thai boxer . Stuff.co.nz . 2014-02-27 . 2015-10-08.
16. Web site: Gentiane Lupi . BoxRec . 1975-10-26 . 2015-10-08.
17. Web site: Gladrap Awards 2019 . Gladrap Channel . 21 December 2019. 3 January 2020.
18. Web site: Gladrap Awards 2019 winners . Gladrap Channel . 3 January 2020 . 2 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200102134133/https://gladrapawards.weebly.com/winners2019.html . dead .