{"id":103939,"date":"2026-06-04T06:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/phil-rowe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:58:13","slug":"phil-rowe","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/phil-rowe\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Rowe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Phil Rowe, le \u00ab\u00a0Fresh Prince\u00a0\u00bb qui finissait les combats \u2014 mais pas assez souvent<\/h2>\n<p>Phil Rowe, c&rsquo;est une incongruit\u00e9 ambulante : un ex-ing\u00e9nieur p\u00e9trolier de Brooklyn qui l\u00e2che les plateformes offshore pour l&rsquo;octogone, devient ceinture noire de BJJ sous Julien Williams \u00e0 Orlando, et se retrouve \u00e0 affronter Gordon Ryan et Craig Jones sur le circuit grappling en pleine carri\u00e8re UFC. Le genre de parcours qu&rsquo;on ne scripte pas.<\/p>\n<h3>De Brooklyn aux cercles r\u00e9gionaux (2014-2019)<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 18 juillet 1990 \u00e0 Brooklyn, Philip Ambrose Rowe encha\u00eene d&rsquo;abord les circuits r\u00e9gionaux \u00e0 partir d&rsquo;octobre 2014 \u2014 avec deux d\u00e9faites d&rsquo;entr\u00e9e qui auraient d\u00e9courag\u00e9 beaucoup de monde. Il ne l\u00e2che pas. Entre 2015 et 2019, il empile six victoires de suite sur le circuit r\u00e9gional, principalement par soumission ou KO, avant de se pointer \u00e0 la Contender Series 3 de Dana White en ao\u00fbt 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Face \u00e0 Leon Shahbazyan \u2014 le m\u00eame Shahbazyan qui explosait tout le monde \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque \u2014 Rowe prend cher d\u00e8s le premier round. Il survit, g\u00e8re les deux rounds suivants, et cl\u00f4t l&rsquo;affaire au 3e round \u00e0 0:16 sur punitions. Seul contractualis\u00e9 de la soir\u00e9e. C&rsquo;est le genre de soir\u00e9e dont on parle encore.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC : des finishes spectaculaires, trop de d\u00e9faites aux points<\/h3>\n<p>Le d\u00e9but de son parcours \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC est poussif : dix-sept mois d&rsquo;attente entre la Contender Series et son premier combat, une d\u00e9faite aux points face \u00e0 Gabriel Green \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 258 (13 f\u00e9vrier 2021). Mais les mains de Rowe travaillent. Il stoppe Orion Cosce (TKO round 2, juillet 2021), puis Jason Witt (TKO round 2, f\u00e9vrier 2022), puis Niko Price (TKO round 3, d\u00e9cembre 2022). Trois sorties de suite par arr\u00eat de l&rsquo;arbitre, une dynamique qui commence \u00e0 faire parler.<\/p>\n<p>Le probl\u00e8me, c&rsquo;est que le gabarit ne suffit pas contre les d\u00e9cisionneurs. Neil Magny lui impose une d\u00e9faite aux points en split decision (UFC on ABC 5, juin 2023), Jake Matthews lui fait le m\u00eame coup \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 302 (juin 2024). Apr\u00e8s un retour gagnant contre Ange Loosa par TKO au 3e round en juin 2025, il perd encore deux fois aux points \u2014 contre Seok Hyeon Ko (novembre 2025) puis Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani (21 f\u00e9vrier 2026). Le roster UFC referme la porte le 11 mars 2026.<\/p>\n<h3>Le grappler qui se promenait parmi les \u00e9lites<\/h3>\n<p>Ce que les stats UFC ne disent pas, c&rsquo;est que Rowe prenait en parall\u00e8le des matchs de grappling contre quelques-uns des meilleurs du monde. Il a affront\u00e9 Gordon Ryan au WNO et Craig Jones \u00e0 la Pit Submission Series en f\u00e9vrier 2024, deux exercices que la quasi-totalit\u00e9 des welterweights UFC ne tenteraient pas. Sa ceinture noire de BJJ sous Julien Williams n&rsquo;est pas honorifique.<\/p>\n<h3>Apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 du roster, Rowe reprend le circuit r\u00e9gional sans tarder. Le 22 mai 2026, il soumet Jacob Kilburn par triangle au premier round \u00e0 Island Fights 97 \u2014 de retour aux fondamentaux. \u00c0 35 ans, avec un bilan de 12 victoires (7 TKO, 5 soumissions) pour 7 d\u00e9faites, l&rsquo;essentiel de ses revers venaient des juges, pas du canvas. La question reste ouverte.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Rowe\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/philip-rowe\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/phil-the-fresh-prince-rowe\">VerdictMMA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Rowe, surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0The Fresh Prince\u00a0\u00bb, est un welterweight am\u00e9ricain (12-7) pass\u00e9 par l&rsquo;UFC de 2021 \u00e0 2026, connu pour ses finishes spectaculaires et sa ceinture noire de BJJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101650,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69976],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-103939","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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