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Roxanne Modafferi, \u00ab\u00a0The Happy Warrior\u00a0\u00bb : pionni\u00e8re et recordwoman des cages<\/h2>\n

La gamine du Delaware qui a appris le MMA au Japon<\/h3>\n

Roxanne Modafferi est n\u00e9e le 24 septembre 1982 \u00e0 Wilmington, Delaware. Elle commence le Taekwondo \u00e0 13 ans, encha\u00eene avec le Kenpo Karat\u00e9 au lyc\u00e9e, puis d\u00e9couvre le Judo et le JJB \u00e0 l’universit\u00e9 du Massachusetts \u2014 o\u00f9 elle \u00e9tudie la langue et la litt\u00e9rature japonaises. Ce n’est pas un hasard si son MMA s’est forg\u00e9 au Japon. En 2006, elle s’y installe, s’entra\u00eene sur place et compile un bilan de 8 victoires pour 1 d\u00e9faite dans les promotions japonaises. Elle remporte notamment le tournoi open-weight K-GRACE en mai 2007 en battant successivement Megumi Yabushita et la bien plus lourde Marloes Coenen \u2014 une performance qui fait parler bien au-del\u00e0 de l’archipel. Elle rentre avec une ceinture noire de JJB et une ceinture marron de Judo.<\/p>\n

Un style \u00e0 contre-courant<\/h3>\n

Modafferi n’a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 une gabarit ou une athl\u00e8te hors norme. Ce qui fait sa singularit\u00e9, c’est un jeu au sol construit sur la soumission, un cardio de fer, et une capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 imposer ses conditions dans des combats longs. Elle d\u00e9veloppe ses frappes tardivement, au Syndicate MMA de Las Vegas, pour \u00e9quilibrer son profil. Elle reste avant tout une combattante de d\u00e9cision \u2014 16 victoires par d\u00e9cision sur 25 au total \u2014 qui use ses adversaires plut\u00f4t qu’elle ne les assomme.<\/p>\n

Deux passages \u00e0 l’UFC et un titre \u00e0 port\u00e9e de main<\/h3>\n

Elle fait ses d\u00e9buts UFC en novembre 2013. En d\u00e9cembre 2017, \u00e0 la TUF 26 Finale, elle dispute le tout premier titre poids mouches f\u00e9minin de l’UFC contre Nicco Monta\u00f1o \u2014 une opportunit\u00e9 tomb\u00e9e 24 heures avant le combat quand Sijara Eubanks est d\u00e9clar\u00e9e m\u00e9dicalement inapte \u00e0 peser. Elle perd par d\u00e9cision unanime, mais le combat remporte le bonus \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb. Sous contrat UFC jusqu’en 2022, elle bat notamment Andrea Lee \u00e0 deux reprises et Antonina Shevchenko.<\/p>\n

50 combats, un record, et une retraite bien m\u00e9rit\u00e9e<\/h3>\n

Le 12 f\u00e9vrier 2022, \u00e0 l’UFC 271, elle perd contre Casey O’Neill par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e. C’est son 50e combat professionnel \u2014 un record pour une femme en MMA. Elle accroche les gants avec un bilan final de 25 victoires (4 KO, 5 soumissions, 16 d\u00e9cisions) et 21 d\u00e9faites. En octobre 2022, elle \u00e9pouse le combattant MMA Chris Roman, et en juillet 2024, ils accueillent leur fils Maximus Edwin Roman.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/a>, UFC.com<\/a>, MixedMartialArts.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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