{"id":104002,"date":"2026-06-03T06:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/derek-brunson\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:51:32","slug":"derek-brunson","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/derek-brunson\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Brunson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Derek Brunson : le lutteur qui a fait tomber les hype trains<\/h2>\n<p>Le 1er ao\u00fbt 2020, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Apex de Las Vegas, Edmen Shahbazyan \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 comme le futur des poids moyens : invaincu, 22 ans, adoub\u00e9 par le clan Tate. Derek Brunson l&rsquo;a encaiss\u00e9, us\u00e9, puis d\u00e9moli au sol pour un TKO au 3e round. C&rsquo;est exactement \u00e7a, Brunson : pas le combattant qu&rsquo;on met sur les affiches, mais celui qui ruine les plans de carri\u00e8re des prospects. Sur plus d&rsquo;une d\u00e9cennie chez les poids moyens UFC, il a tenu le r\u00f4le de juge de paix de la division.<\/p>\n<h3>Du tapis universitaire \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 4 janvier 1984, Brunson n&rsquo;est pas un frappeur de formation : c&rsquo;est un lutteur, pur jus. \u00c0 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 de North Carolina at Pembroke, il d\u00e9croche le titre de NCAA Division II All-American \u00e0 trois reprises. Cette base de lutte reste son ADN tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re : amener l&rsquo;adversaire au sol, contr\u00f4ler, frapper. Il d\u00e9bute en pro chez Strikeforce en juin 2011 avant de rejoindre l&rsquo;UFC en d\u00e9cembre 2012.<\/p>\n<h3>Une carri\u00e8re UFC longue et solide chez les moyens<\/h3>\n<p>Pendant onze ans, \u00ab\u00a0The One\u00a0\u00bb encha\u00eene les victoires de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence. En octobre 2017, il met KO Lyoto Machida au 1er round (Performance of the Night). En 2019, il soumet Elias Theodorou (mai) puis bat Ian Heinisch aux points (ao\u00fbt). En mars 2021, il domine Kevin Holland \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision, et en septembre 2021 il soumet Darren Till au sol \u2014 un combat o\u00f9 sa lutte \u00e9touffe compl\u00e8tement le striker anglais. Ajoute la d\u00e9molition de Shahbazyan en 2020, et tu obtiens le CV d&rsquo;un homme qui a r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement flirt\u00e9 avec le top 5 des poids moyens.<\/p>\n<h3>Le plafond de verre face \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lite<\/h3>\n<p>Le hic, c&rsquo;est que chaque fois que Brunson grimpait, le sommet de la division le renvoyait dans les rangs. Robert Whittaker le stoppe en novembre 2016. Anderson Silva le bat aux points en f\u00e9vrier 2017, lors d&rsquo;une d\u00e9cision tr\u00e8s contest\u00e9e. Israel Adesanya le finit en novembre 2018. Ronaldo \u00ab\u00a0Jacar\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb Souza l&rsquo;a battu \u00e0 deux reprises, et Yoel Romero l&rsquo;avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 arr\u00eat\u00e9 plus t\u00f4t dans sa carri\u00e8re. Sa derni\u00e8re sortie chez les moyens UFC se solde par une d\u00e9faite par TKO au 2e round contre Jared Cannonier en f\u00e9vrier 2022. Le pattern est clair : dominateur face aux contenders, mais cass\u00e9 net par les tout meilleurs.<\/p>\n<h3>Sortie de l&rsquo;UFC et chapitre PFL<\/h3>\n<p>En septembre 2023, l&rsquo;UFC et Brunson se s\u00e9parent apr\u00e8s onze ans de maison. Il rebondit aussit\u00f4t \u00e0 la PFL et signe une victoire aux points sur Ray Cooper III le 24 novembre 2023 pour ses d\u00e9buts. Depuis, il n&rsquo;a plus recombattu : \u00e0 42 ans, son palmar\u00e8s professionnel s&rsquo;\u00e9tablit \u00e0 24 victoires pour 9 d\u00e9faites. Pas un champion, mais un v\u00e9ritable poteau-fronti\u00e8re de toute une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de poids moyens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derek_Brunson\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/derek-brunson\">UFC.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek \u00ab\u00a0The One\u00a0\u00bb Brunson, lutteur et top contender des poids moyens UFC : ses victoires sur Machida, Till et Shahbazyan, et son plafond de verre face \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lite de la division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102263,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69977],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104002","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-middleweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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