{"id":104121,"date":"2026-06-04T06:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/tafon-nchukwi\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:16:01","slug":"tafon-nchukwi","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/tafon-nchukwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tafon Nchukwi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tafon \u00ab\u00a0Da Don\u00a0\u00bb Nchukwi : le power forward camerounais de l&rsquo;Octogone<\/h2>\n<h3>Bamenda \u2192 Maryland \u2192 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 14 octobre 1994 \u00e0 Bamenda, au Cameroun, Tafon Nchukwi d\u00e9barque aux \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 10 ans, en 2005. Comme beaucoup de gosses de sa g\u00e9n\u00e9ration, il t\u00e2te d&rsquo;abord le foot, le baseball et le football am\u00e9ricain avant que le MMA ne prenne toute la place. Il bossera comme agent de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et chauffeur Uber pour joindre les deux bouts pendant ses d\u00e9buts, tout en s&rsquo;entra\u00eenant \u00e0 Crazy 88 MMA puis sous la banni\u00e8re Team Lloyd Irvin \u00e0 Temple Hills, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Ses bases ne viennent pas de nulle part : un palmar\u00e8s amateur solide en Muay Tha\u00ef (13 victoires, 1 d\u00e9faite), deux titres mondiaux WKA en 2016-2017, une m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;argent aux PAN IBJJF 2017 en grappling. Quand il passe pro en mars 2019, \u00e7a se voit \u2014 il exp\u00e9die Alex Myers au 2e round par KO lors de CFFC 73.<\/p>\n<h3>La rampe de lancement : Contender Series 2020<\/h3>\n<p>Le 8 septembre 2020, Nchukwi passe l&rsquo;\u00e9tape qui compte. Face \u00e0 Al Matavao sur la Contender Series de Dana White, il claque un KO au 2e round (2:01) et signe son contrat UFC dans la foul\u00e9e. Moins de quatre mois plus tard, le 19 d\u00e9cembre 2020, il d\u00e9bute \u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone contre Jamie Pickett et s&rsquo;impose aux points sur trois rounds \u2014 sa premi\u00e8re d\u00e9cision en carri\u00e8re pro.<\/p>\n<h3>Parcours UFC : le gros coup de poing et les coups re\u00e7us<\/h3>\n<p>Son passage \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC illustre bien le foss\u00e9 qui existe entre \u00ab\u00a0finisseur sur la sc\u00e8ne r\u00e9gionale\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0confirm\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;\u00e9lite\u00a0\u00bb. Apr\u00e8s un revers d\u00e9cisionnel contre Jun Yong Park en mai 2021, il retrouve la victoire en septembre 2021 face \u00e0 Mike Rodriguez aux points. Mais les deux combats suivants tournent court : KO au 3e round par Azamat Murzakanov en mars 2022, puis mis hors jeu en 1:15 par Carlos Ulberg en juin 2022 \u2014 deux K.-O. durs qui mettent en lumi\u00e8re la vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 du menton.<\/p>\n<p>Sa derni\u00e8re sortie sous contrat UFC date d&rsquo;ao\u00fbt 2023, une d\u00e9faite aux points contre AJ Dobson. Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par la promotion, il rebondit en ao\u00fbt 2024 \u00e0 CFFC 134 avec une victoire aux points contre Chris Daukaus, ancien combattant UFC connu pour sa puissance de frappe. Record total \u00e0 ce jour : 8 victoires (dont 4 KO), 4 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n<h3>Profil de combattant<\/h3>\n<p>Nchukwi, c&rsquo;est avant tout un chasseur de KO. Sa pr\u00e9cision frappe (53 % d&rsquo;accuracy selon les stats UFC) et ses 5,57 coups significatifs par minute refl\u00e8tent un style agressif, plein vers l&rsquo;avant. Avec 1,96 m d&rsquo;allonge pour 1,83 m, il sait exploiter la distance \u2014 quand \u00e7a marche, \u00e7a finit vite. Sa ceinture bleue en BJJ et son bagage Muay Tha\u00ef lui donnent une base polyvalente, m\u00eame si ses sorties UFC ont surtout montr\u00e9 que les gros cogneurs du top 15 repr\u00e9sentent un \u00e9chelon au-dessus.<\/p>\n<p>Il se revendique lui-m\u00eame h\u00e9ritier d&rsquo;une tradition de combattants camerounais en UFC, dans les pas de Francis Ngannou. Pas le m\u00eame palmar\u00e8s, mais la m\u00eame origine et la m\u00eame ambition affich\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tafon_Nchukwi\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/tafon-nchukwi\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theallstar.io\/ufc-fighter-record\/tafon-da-don-nchukwi\/\">The AllStar<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tafon \u00ab\u00a0Da Don\u00a0\u00bb Nchukwi, combattant MMA camerounais (8-4), ex-UFC mi-lourd, double champion du monde WKA, connu pour sa puissance de frappe et son allonge de 196 cm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101731,"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-104121","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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