{"id":103943,"date":"2026-06-04T06:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jailton-almeida\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:51:11","slug":"jailton-almeida","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jailton-almeida\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailton Almeida"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jailton Almeida, le grappleur qui a \u00e9touff\u00e9 la division poids lourds<\/h2>\n<p>Le 13 mai 2023, \u00e0 Charlotte, Jailton Almeida n&rsquo;a eu besoin que de 3 minutes et 43 secondes pour amener Jairzinho Rozenstruik au sol, prendre le dos et serrer un \u00e9tranglement arri\u00e8re. En main event de surcro\u00eet. Ce soir-l\u00e0, le Br\u00e9silien surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Malhadinho\u00a0\u00bb a confirm\u00e9 ce que la division poids lourds redoutait : un jiu-jitsu d&rsquo;\u00e9lite log\u00e9 dans un corps de 1,93 m capable de transformer n&rsquo;importe quel \u00e9change en cauchemar au sol.<\/p>\n<h3>Du tatami de Salvador \u00e0 la ceinture noire<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 28 juin 1991 \u00e0 Salvador, dans l&rsquo;\u00c9tat de Bahia, Almeida a commenc\u00e9 le jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien enfant. Il y est devenu ceinture noire, et \u00e7a se voit : sur ses 22 victoires professionnelles, 13 sont des soumissions, dont une majorit\u00e9 d&rsquo;\u00e9tranglements arri\u00e8re. Avant de monter chez les lourds, il a longtemps tourn\u00e9 dans les cat\u00e9gories inf\u00e9rieures puis en mi-lourds, signe d&rsquo;un gabarit qui a pris du volume au fil des ann\u00e9es sans rien perdre en technique au sol.<\/p>\n<h3>Une entr\u00e9e fracassante \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Almeida d\u00e9croche son contrat via le Contender Series en 2021. Il fait ses d\u00e9buts UFC le 5 f\u00e9vrier 2022 avec un TKO de Danilo Marques au premier round. Suivent Parker Porter (RNC, R1, mai 2022), Anton Turkalj (RNC, R1, septembre 2022) puis Shamil Abdurakhimov en ground-and-pound \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 283 le 21 janvier 2023, \u00e0 domicile. Six combats, six victoires, presque toutes finies avant la limite : le ton est donn\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>Le sommet : Rozenstruik et Lewis<\/h3>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;\u00e9tranglement express sur Rozenstruik en mai 2023, Almeida encha\u00eene le plus gros nom de sa carri\u00e8re. Le 4 novembre 2023, \u00e0 S\u00e3o Paulo, il bat Derrick Lewis par d\u00e9cision unanime sur cinq rounds, accumulant un temps de contr\u00f4le au sol record pour un combat poids lourds UFC (plus de 21 minutes). Domination totale, mais aussi premier signal d&rsquo;un style qui mise sur le grappling \u00e9touffant plut\u00f4t que sur le finish spectaculaire.<\/p>\n<h3>Le mur Blaydes, puis la rechute<\/h3>\n<p>La marche d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s casse la dynamique. Le 9 mars 2024, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 299, Curtis Blaydes l&rsquo;arr\u00eate par hammerfists au d\u00e9but du deuxi\u00e8me round : premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite de Malhadinho \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC. Il se relance avec deux finitions (Alexandr Romanov par RNC au R1 le 1er juin 2024, Serghei Spivac par frappes au R1 le 18 janvier 2025), mais bute ensuite sur l&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience. Le 25 octobre 2025, Alexander Volkov le bat par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e au terme d&rsquo;un combat verrouill\u00e9. Le 7 f\u00e9vrier 2026, sur court pr\u00e9avis face \u00e0 Rizvan Kuniev, il s&rsquo;incline par d\u00e9cision unanime. Deux d\u00e9faites de suite, et l&rsquo;UFC le lib\u00e8re peu apr\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<h3>Ce qu&rsquo;il faut retenir<\/h3>\n<p>Record de 22-5 (13 soumissions, 8 KO\/TKO, 1 d\u00e9cision), quatre Performance of the Night, un sommet dans le top 10 mondial des lourds : Almeida reste l&rsquo;un des grapplers les plus aboutis jamais pass\u00e9s dans la cat\u00e9gorie reine. Son probl\u00e8me n&rsquo;a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 le sol, mais la finition contre l&rsquo;\u00e9lite et un striking trop prudent. \u00c0 34 ans, lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par l&rsquo;UFC d\u00e9but 2026, il a tout pour rebondir ailleurs : quand il met un adversaire au tapis, peu de gens en reviennent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jailton_Almeida\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/jailton-almeida\">UFC.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jailton \u00ab\u00a0Malhadinho\u00a0\u00bb Almeida, grappleur br\u00e9silien des poids lourds UFC : son jiu-jitsu \u00e9touffant, ses soumissions, sa domination de Derrick Lewis et son parcours dans la cat\u00e9gorie reine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102553,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69980],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-103943","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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