{"id":104124,"date":"2026-06-03T06:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/kris-moutinho\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:18:29","slug":"kris-moutinho","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/kris-moutinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Moutinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kris Moutinho : la t\u00eate la plus dure de la Nouvelle-Angleterre<\/h2>\n<p>Le 10 juillet 2021, \u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone de l&rsquo;UFC 264, un inconnu du circuit r\u00e9gional new-yorkais a encaiss\u00e9 177 coups \u00e0 la t\u00eate en trois rounds face \u00e0 Sean O&rsquo;Malley \u2014 et a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 avancer. Kris Moutinho, natif de Milford (Massachusetts), n&rsquo;avait accept\u00e9 ce combat que 11 jours avant l&rsquo;\u00e9v\u00e9nement, en remplacement de Louis Smolka. Il est ressorti avec une d\u00e9faite par TKO \u00e0 4:33 du troisi\u00e8me round et le bonus Fight of the Night en poche, 75 000 dollars partag\u00e9s avec \u00ab\u00a0Sugar\u00a0\u00bb. Ce soir-l\u00e0, la MMA world a retenu son nom.<\/p>\n<h3>Du circuit CES aux grandes sc\u00e8nes<\/h3>\n<p>Moutinho est devenu professionnel en 2016, dans les salles de la CES (Combat Extreme Series), la ligue r\u00e9gionale qui forge les combattants de Nouvelle-Angleterre. Il y a construit un palmar\u00e8s solide, avec des victoires par KO d\u00e8s ses premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es \u2014 dont un finish en 10 secondes face \u00e0 Jason Rine en janvier 2017. Le parcours n&rsquo;est pas sans accrocs : deux d\u00e9faites par soumission en 2017 le remettent \u00e0 plat, mais il rebondit sur plusieurs victoires cons\u00e9cutives, dont un coup sur Da&rsquo;Mon Blackshear et une soumission face \u00e0 Andrew Salas en mai 2021, qui lui ouvre les portes de la grande ligue. Il arrive \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC avec un bilan de 9-4, southpaw, ceinture marron en jiu-jitsu, entra\u00een\u00e9 au New England Cartel.<\/p>\n<h3>Un style fait pour les guerres<\/h3>\n<p>Moutinho n&rsquo;est pas un fighter technique \u00e0 la m\u00e9canique froide. C&rsquo;est un presseur : il avance, il impose le rythme, il cherche \u00e0 coincer l&rsquo;adversaire contre la cage. Sa r\u00e9sistance aux coups est presque absurde \u2014 l&rsquo;UFC 264 en est la d\u00e9monstration brute. O&rsquo;Malley, futur champion des poids coq, a frapp\u00e9 230 fois pour 70 frappes re\u00e7ues en retour. Moutinho a continu\u00e9. \u00ab\u00a0\u00c7a ne faisait pas si mal. C&rsquo;est ce que je fais\u00a0\u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9 apr\u00e8s le combat. Son ascendance portugaise, il la revendique avec le sourire : \u00ab\u00a0My Portuguese head is the thickest thing in the world.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<h3>Coup\u00e9, reconstruit, de retour<\/h3>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s une deuxi\u00e8me d\u00e9faite \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en mars 2022 \u2014 un KO au premier round face \u00e0 Guido Cannetti en seulement 2:07 \u2014 il est lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par l&rsquo;organisation. Il aurait pu raccrocher. \u00c0 la place, il encha\u00eene cinq victoires cons\u00e9cutives par arr\u00eat sur le circuit r\u00e9gional entre 2022 et 2025, prouvant que le niveau \u00e9tait toujours l\u00e0. L&rsquo;UFC le rappelle pour affronter Malcolm Wellmaker \u00e0 Atlanta en juin 2025 : d\u00e9faite par KO d\u00e8s le premier round, \u00e0 2:37. Dernier combat connu : le 1er mars 2026 \u00e0 UFC Mexico City, une d\u00e9faite aux points unanimes (30-27 \u00d7 3) face \u00e0 Cristian Qui\u00f1onez. Bilan UFC total : 0 victoire en 4 apparitions, mais chaque passage laisse une empreinte.<\/p>\n<h3>O\u00f9 il en est<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c0 33 ans, avec un record global de 14-8-0, Moutinho parle d&rsquo;un rapport diff\u00e9rent \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re : \u00ab\u00a0Je profite juste plus du processus, d&rsquo;\u00eatre dans le moment pr\u00e9sent. Je ne pourrai pas faire \u00e7a \u00e9ternellement.\u00a0\u00bb Il travaille \u00e0 int\u00e9grer davantage la lutte et le grappling dans son jeu, conscient que survivre aux \u00e9changes debout ne suffit plus au niveau UFC. La suite de son contrat reste \u00e0 confirmer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/kris-moutinho\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mma\/2021\/07\/15\/ufc-264-kris-moutinho-stoppage-vs-sean-omalley\">Sports Illustrated<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/kris-moutinho-enjoying-process-ufc-mexico\">UFC.com (interview UFC Mexico)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kris Moutinho, bantamweight am\u00e9ricain du New England Cartel, connu pour avoir encaiss\u00e9 177 coups face \u00e0 Sean O&rsquo;Malley \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 264 en 2021. Record : 14-8-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102809,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69974],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104124","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kris Moutinho - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Kris Moutinho\" \/>\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\/kris-moutinho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kris Moutinho - 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