{"id":104075,"date":"2026-06-03T06:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/misha-cirkunov\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:49:22","slug":"misha-cirkunov","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/misha-cirkunov\/","title":{"rendered":"Misha Cirkunov"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Misha Cirkunov \u2014 Le soumissionnaire letton qui a fait trembler le top 15<\/h2>\n<h3>Parti de Riga, arriv\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;Octogone<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 27 f\u00e9vrier 1987 \u00e0 Riga (Lettonie), Misha Cirkunov a grandi dans la tradition des sports de combat de l&rsquo;ex-bloc sovi\u00e9tique : judo, lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, wrestling. Il \u00e9migre au Canada, s&rsquo;installe \u00e0 Toronto et rejoint la team Xtreme Couture, o\u00f9 il aff\u00fbte un JJB qui lui vaudra la ceinture noire et deux titres majeurs en no-gi \u2014 le Pan No-Gi Championship en 2008 et les ADCC North American Championships en 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Sa carri\u00e8re pro d\u00e9marre en janvier 2010. Quand l&rsquo;UFC le signe \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 2015, son bilan affiche d\u00e9j\u00e0 9-2, construit presque exclusivement sur des finishes. Le ton est donn\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>Un chasseur de soumissions \u00e0 vitesse grand V<\/h3>\n<p>Ce qui d\u00e9finit Cirkunov, c&rsquo;est la rapidit\u00e9 avec laquelle il trouve la soumission. Sur ses 15 victoires, 8 sont des soumissions \u2014 et la plupart arrivent en moins de deux minutes. Son empattement (77 pouces, 196 cm) lui permet de travailler le clinch et les transitions debout-sol avant m\u00eame que l&rsquo;adversaire comprenne ce qui se passe. Il frappe \u00e0 52 % de pr\u00e9cision et d\u00e9fend les takedowns \u00e0 77 %, mais c&rsquo;est clairement au sol qu&rsquo;il se r\u00e9gale.<\/p>\n<p>La s\u00e9quence 2016 illustre parfaitement \u00e7a : le 19 juin 2016, il soumet Ion Cutelaba \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tranglement triangulaire bras (UFC Fight Night MacDonald vs. Thompson), puis le 10 d\u00e9cembre 2016 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 206, il choke Nikita Krylov \u00e0 la guillotine en moins de cinq minutes d\u00e8s le premier round. Deux victoires propres contre des gars class\u00e9s, deux soir\u00e9es rapides.<\/p>\n<h3>Les hauts et les bas de l&rsquo;Octogone<\/h3>\n<p>Le revers arrive le 29 mai 2017 \u00e0 Stockholm : Volkan Oezdemir le met au tapis en 28 secondes chrono (UFC Fight Night Gustafsson vs. Teixeira). Un KO brutal, mais Oezdemir \u00e9tait alors en route vers un fight de titre \u2014 Cirkunov n&rsquo;est pas la seule victime de cette p\u00e9riode. Autre d\u00e9faite marquante, le 2 mars 2019 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 235 : Johnny Walker le stoppe en 38 secondes et fait ensuite son fameux worm dans l&rsquo;Octogone.<\/p>\n<p>Six mois plus tard, Cirkunov r\u00e9pond comme il sait le faire. Le 14 septembre 2019 \u00e0 Vancouver (UFC Fight Night 158), il soumet l&rsquo;Australien Jimmy Crute \u2014 alors invaincu \u2014 avec un Peruvian Necktie \u00e0 3:38 du premier round. Performance of the Night, et un finish assez rare pour figurer au top 8 des soumissions de l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e selon UFC.com.<\/p>\n<p>La fin de son contrat arrive en 2022 apr\u00e8s un KO encaiss\u00e9 face \u00e0 Alonzo Menifield le 15 octobre (UFC Fight Night Grasso vs. Araujo, Las Vegas). L&rsquo;UFC le lib\u00e8re peu apr\u00e8s. Son bilan final dans l&rsquo;organisation : 6-7, toujours avec ce m\u00eame ADN de finisseur \u2014 il n&rsquo;a jamais rendu une performance terne.<\/p>\n<h3>Statut actuel<\/h3>\n<p>Inactif depuis octobre 2022, Cirkunov (15-9 au total) reste une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour tous ceux qui veulent comprendre comment exploiter la lutte sovi\u00e9tique dans une game de JJB. En mai 2025, il a rejoint le recours collectif anti-trust contre l&rsquo;UFC, contestant les clauses d&rsquo;arbitrage dans les contrats des combattants. Le combat continue, juste dans une autre ar\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Misha_Cirkunov\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/misha-cirkunov\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/14\/20861558\/ufc-vancouver-full-fight-highlights-cerrone-espn-cirkunov-submit-crute-peruvian-necktie\">MMA Mania<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misha Cirkunov, combattant MMA letton-canadien, ceinture noire de JJB et ancien fighter UFC mi-lourd (15-9). Sp\u00e9cialiste des soumissions rapides, pass\u00e9 par l&rsquo;Octogone de 2015 \u00e0 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102120,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69983],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104075","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-light-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Misha Cirkunov - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Misha Cirkunov\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/misha-cirkunov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Misha Cirkunov - 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