While traveling on a road towards the next city, Ash encountered what he thought was a wild Hitmonchan. He convinced Pikachu to fight it only to get knocked out by its superior fighting skills.
Anthony then showed up and introduced himself as Hitmonchan's trainer.
Anthony had been training his Hitmonchan to be entered the P1 Grand Prix martial arts tournament.
In the P-1 Grand Prix tournament,
Anthony's Hitmonchan defeated a Machamp in the first round. In the second round,
Meowth placed glue on the fighting surface which allowed
Giant's Hitmonlee to land a ton of consecutive hits. This lead
Anthony to throw in the towel and end the match to give
Giant's Hitmonlee the victory.