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Zarah Fairn dos Santos : la pionni\u00e8re fran\u00e7aise de l’UFC<\/h2>\n

Avant que le MMA soit l\u00e9gal en France, Zarah Fairn dos Santos faisait ses valises et allait chercher ses combats l\u00e0 o\u00f9 ils \u00e9taient : en Asie, en Russie, aux \u00c9tats-Unis. Fille d’un p\u00e8re marocain et d’une m\u00e8re br\u00e9silienne, n\u00e9e \u00e0 Paris en 1986, elle grandit avec cinq fr\u00e8res tous pass\u00e9s par la boxe anglaise et un p\u00e8re qui lui met les gants dans les mains d\u00e8s l’enfance. Mike Tyson comme mod\u00e8le, le ring comme terrain de jeu. La trajectoire \u00e9tait trac\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Ce qui distingue son parcours, c’est l’obstination tranquille. Polici\u00e8re de formation, titulaire d’un dipl\u00f4me en sciences politiques et d’un master en droit du sport, elle n’a pas sacrifi\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudes pour la cage \u2014 elle a fait les deux. Championne de boxe anglaise et fran\u00e7aise, titr\u00e9e en boxe comp\u00e9tition MMA (BC MMA), ceinture violette en JJB : quand elle signe \u00e0 l’UFC en 2019, elle n’est pas une inconnue qui tente sa chance. Elle est la premi\u00e8re Fran\u00e7aise de l’histoire \u00e0 d\u00e9crocher un contrat avec l’organisation.<\/p>\n

Parcours en carri\u00e8re<\/h3>\n

Elle d\u00e9bute en professionnel en 2013 et encha\u00eene les combats en Europe \u2014 W.I.N. Fighting Championships, BAMMA, Cage en Finlande, Ladies Fight Night en Pologne. Elle accumule 6 victoires dont 4 par KO\/TKO, son arme de pr\u00e9dilection. Le dernier avant l’UFC tombe le 15 d\u00e9cembre 2017 : Izabela Badurek s’effondre en 1 minute 55 au premier round.<\/p>\n

Son bapt\u00eame dans l’octogone a lieu le 5 octobre 2019 \u00e0 l’UFC 243, \u00e0 Melbourne. L’adversaire, c’est Megan Anderson, l’Australienne qui roule sur la division featherweight \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0. Fairn tient jusqu’\u00e0 3 minutes 57 avant de c\u00e9der sur un triangle choke. Quatre mois plus tard, le 29 f\u00e9vrier 2020, c’est Felicia Spencer qui l’arr\u00eate par TKO au premier round \u00e0 l’UFC on ESPN+ 27. Deux d\u00e9faites rapides contre deux des meilleures de la cat\u00e9gorie \u2014 puis la pand\u00e9mie, et trois ans sans combattre dans l’octogone.<\/p>\n

Elle revient le 21 janvier 2023 \u00e0 l’UFC 283 \u00e0 Rio de Janeiro, face \u00e0 la Br\u00e9silienne Josiane Nunes. C’est serr\u00e9, c’est dur, les juges tranchent pour Nunes aux points apr\u00e8s trois rounds. En septembre 2023, \u00e0 l’UFC Fight Night Paris \u2014 \u00e0 domicile \u2014 elle affronte Jacqueline Cavalcanti. L’Am\u00e9ricaine, d\u00e9butante \u00e0 l’UFC ce soir-l\u00e0, l’emporte aux points malgr\u00e9 un eye poke controvers\u00e9 qui perturbe le combat. L’UFC coupe Fairn de son roster dans la foul\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Style et profil<\/h3>\n

Fairn est avant tout une frappante. Ses 4 KO\/TKO sur 6 victoires totales le montrent clairement : elle cherche le finish, elle vient pour blesser. Sa bo\u00eete \u00e0 outils reste celle d’une boxeuse de formation \u2014 main haute, pression, travail \u00e0 mi-distance. La ceinture violette en JJB chez Team Figueiredo lui donne un sol correct, m\u00eame si ses d\u00e9faites \u00e0 l’UFC sont venues d’adversaires nettement plus sophistiqu\u00e9es sur le plan technique. Sa morphologie (environ 1,78 m pour le featherweight) lui donne un avantage de reach qu’elle exploite bien en boxe.<\/p>\n

Statut actuel<\/h3>\n

Apr\u00e8s son d\u00e9part de l’UFC, elle n’a pas raccroch\u00e9. En juin 2024, elle retrouve la cage \u00e0 l’Ares FC 22 face \u00e0 la Br\u00e9silienne Gisele Moreira \u2014 d\u00e9faite par soumission au premier round. Record professionnel actuel : 6 victoires, 7 d\u00e9faites. \u00c0 39 ans, \u00ab\u00a0Infinite\u00a0\u00bb continue d’avancer. Le surnom, visiblement, elle y croit.<\/p>\n

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

Zarah Fairn dos Santos, \u00ab\u00a0Infinite\u00a0\u00bb : premi\u00e8re Fran\u00e7aise \u00e0 signer \u00e0 l’UFC, ex-polici\u00e8re et boxeuse titr\u00e9e, record MMA 6-7 en featherweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103240,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69982],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104164","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-womens-featherweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nZarah Fairn - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Zarah Fairn\" \/>\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\/zarah-fairn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zarah Fairn - 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