{"id":103885,"date":"2026-06-04T06:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jennifer-maia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:15:27","slug":"jennifer-maia","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jennifer-maia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Maia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jennifer Maia : la Br\u00e9silienne qui collectionne les ceintures<\/h2>\n<p>Curitiba, Paran\u00e1. C&rsquo;est l\u00e0 que tout commence pour Jennifer Apreciada Gon\u00e7alves de Maia, n\u00e9e le 6 octobre 1988. Form\u00e9e \u00e0 la Chute Boxe Academy \u2014 le berceau br\u00e9silien d&rsquo;o\u00f9 sont sortis Wanderlei Silva et Maur\u00edcio Rua \u2014 elle d\u00e9bute en MMA professionnel d\u00e8s d\u00e9cembre 2009 et gravit les \u00e9chelons pendant des ann\u00e9es avant que le reste du monde daigne vraiment s&rsquo;en rendre compte.<\/p>\n<p>Ceinture noire de jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien ET de muay tha\u00ef : rares sont les combattantes \u00e0 afficher ce double bagage technique. Chez Maia, ce n&rsquo;est pas un argument marketing, c&rsquo;est la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de son jeu : une grappeleuse capable de finir au sol mais suffisamment \u00e0 l&rsquo;aise debout pour dicter la distance. Sa moyenne de temps par combat flirte avec les quinze minutes, preuve qu&rsquo;elle force rarement les d\u00e9cisions exp\u00e9ditives \u2014 elle travaille, elle construit.<\/p>\n<h3>Invicta FC : deux r\u00e8gnes, deux divisions<\/h3>\n<p>En mars 2016, elle conquiert la ceinture Invicta FC Flyweight en dominant Vanessa Porto sur cinq rounds. Elle la d\u00e9fendra deux fois, dont face \u00e0 Roxanne Modafferi en septembre 2016. En d\u00e9cembre 2024, elle revient \u00e0 Invicta pour une raison pr\u00e9cise : s&#8217;emparer du titre Bantamweight contre la championne en titre Talita Bernardo. Victoire par d\u00e9cision unanime, 49-46 chez les trois juges. Jennifer Maia devient ainsi la premi\u00e8re combattante de l&rsquo;histoire d&rsquo;Invicta FC \u00e0 tenir des ceintures dans deux cat\u00e9gories de poids diff\u00e9rentes.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC et le d\u00e9fi Shevchenko<\/h3>\n<p>Son entr\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC date du 14 juillet 2018 face \u00e0 Liz Carmouche. Elle perd ce soir-l\u00e0, mais prend vite ses marques. Le 1er ao\u00fbt 2020, elle soumet Joanne Calderwood avec un armbar \u00e0 4:29 du premier round \u2014 son bonus Performance of the Night. Quatre mois plus tard, le 21 novembre 2020 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 255, elle affronte Valentina Shevchenko pour le titre des poids mouche. Cinq rounds, d\u00e9cision unanime pour la championne kazakhe, mais Maia s&rsquo;est montr\u00e9e \u00e0 son meilleur niveau mondial sans trembler devant l&rsquo;ogresse.<\/p>\n<p>Elle encha\u00eene ensuite victoire sur Jessica Eye \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 264 (juillet 2021), des d\u00e9faites contre Katlyn Chookagian (janvier 2022) et Manon Fiorot (mars 2022), puis repart sur une s\u00e9rie positive avec des succ\u00e8s sur Maryna Moroz (novembre 2022) et Casey O&rsquo;Neill \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 286 (mars 2023). Son dernier combat \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC est une d\u00e9faite aux points contre Viviane Ara\u00fajo en octobre 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Record et statut actuel<\/h3>\n<p>Record professionnel : 23 victoires, 10 d\u00e9faites, 1 match nul \u2014 dont 4 KO\/TKO et 5 soumissions. Depuis la fin de son contrat UFC, elle a repris la route d&rsquo;Invicta FC o\u00f9 elle r\u00e8gne d\u00e9sormais comme championne bantamweight depuis d\u00e9cembre 2024. \u00c0 37 ans, Jennifer Maia n&rsquo;est pas dans une phase de transition : elle est dans une phase de reconqu\u00eate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Maia\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/jennifer-maia\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/invictafc.com\/2024\/12\/13\/invicta-fc-59-bernardo-vs-maia-official-results-and-recap\/\">Invicta FC<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Maia, combattante br\u00e9silienne MMA form\u00e9e \u00e0 Chute Boxe, ex-challengeuse UFC et premi\u00e8re double championne de l&rsquo;histoire d&rsquo;Invicta FC (flyweight + bantamweight).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103262,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69978],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-103885","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-womens-flyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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