someone just replied to ur answer 1 day above urs :P
u can still get the hat
but really loosing to him..hes got
lvl 11 pikachu
lvl 9 pidgeotto
lvl 10 butterfree
^^
Oh thanks and yeahhh I felt so dumb because I didn't think he would battle me and I only had a lvl 5 Nidoran M and a lvl 9 Pikachu haha