{"id":104170,"date":"2026-06-04T06:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/ihor-potieria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:52:25","slug":"ihor-potieria","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/ihor-potieria\/","title":{"rendered":"Ihor Potieria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ihor Potieria, le \u00ab\u00a0Duelist\u00a0\u00bb de Kyiv qui finit ses combats<\/h2>\n<p>\u00c0 11 ans, Ihor Potieria commence le combat sambo et le pankration dans les salles de Kyiv. Vingt ans plus tard, le grand Ukrainien (1,90 m, 191 cm d&rsquo;allonge) d\u00e9barque \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC avec un bilan de 18 victoires pour 2 d\u00e9faites et un titre WWFC dans la valise. Ce genre de palmar\u00e8s pr\u00e9-UFC en dit long : le \u00ab\u00a0Duelist\u00a0\u00bb ne s&rsquo;est pas construit sur du vent.<\/p>\n<h3>Un palmar\u00e8s b\u00e2ti loin des projecteurs<\/h3>\n<p>De 2015 \u00e0 2022, Potieria encha\u00eene les promotions ukrainiennes et russes \u2014 WWFC, RFP, MMAPU \u2014 avec une r\u00e9gularit\u00e9 de m\u00e9tronome. Il y remporte le titre WWFC et affiche un ratio de finitions impressionnant : plus de 70 % de ses victoires se r\u00e8glent avant la limite. Sa base en combat sambo nourrit un MMA complet, southpaw, qui m\u00e9lange les angles de frappe et les passages au sol sans pr\u00e9venir. Le tout avec un Master of Sports international en sambo, pankration et horting dans le CV.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC : un bapt\u00eame difficile, un KO qui reste<\/h3>\n<p>Le 30 juillet 2022, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 277, l&rsquo;Ukrainien d\u00e9couvre l&rsquo;Octogone face au Roumain Nicolae Negumereanu. Le choc est rude : stoppage au deuxi\u00e8me round, des genoux. Mais six mois plus tard, le 21 janvier 2023 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 283 \u00e0 Rio de Janeiro, Potieria livre ce qui reste \u00e0 ce jour le moment fort de son parcours octogonal. Face \u00e0 Mauricio \u00ab\u00a0Shogun\u00a0\u00bb Rua, l\u00e9gende br\u00e9silienne qui faisait ses adieux au MMA, il place un direct d\u00e9vastateur suivi d&rsquo;un encha\u00eenement de frappes : TKO au round 1, \u00e0 4:05. La sc\u00e8ne qui suit \u2014 une danse au-dessus de Rua \u2014 lui vaut une vol\u00e9e de critiques de la part du monde MMA pour manque de respect envers l&rsquo;ic\u00f4ne. Potieria expliquera qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agissait d&rsquo;un hommage \u00e0 sa mani\u00e8re, pas d&rsquo;une moquerie.<\/p>\n<h3>La suite : un passage d\u00e9licat aux mi-lourds et aux poids moyens<\/h3>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s le coup d&rsquo;\u00e9clat contre Rua, les r\u00e9sultats deviennent moins souriants. Stoppage par Carlos Ulberg en mai 2023, KO par Rodolfo Bellato en d\u00e9cembre 2023. Un retour gagnant en f\u00e9vrier 2024, sur d\u00e9cision unanime contre le Polonais Robert Bryczek. Puis trois d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives : soumission express (guillotine au round 1) par Michel Pereira en mai 2024, d\u00e9cision face \u00e0 Cesar Almeida \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 307 en octobre 2024, et KO au premier round par Marco Tulio le 11 janvier 2025 \u2014 combat lors duquel il avait rat\u00e9 la limite de poids de deux livres. \u00c0 l&rsquo;issue de ce run, son bilan UFC s&rsquo;\u00e9tablit \u00e0 2-6, pour un total en carri\u00e8re de 21 victoires et 8 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n<h3>Style de combat<\/h3>\n<p>Potieria est avant tout un finisseur debout : la moiti\u00e9 de ses victoires s&rsquo;ach\u00e8vent par KO\/TKO, et il cumule 14 finishes au premier round sur l&rsquo;ensemble de sa carri\u00e8re. Gaucher, il cherche constamment les angles, avec une pr\u00e9cision de frappe annonc\u00e9e \u00e0 50 % sur les coups significatifs \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC. Ses bases en sambo lui donnent \u00e9galement la capacit\u00e9 de finir au sol, m\u00eame si \u00e0 ce niveau c&rsquo;est sa boxe qui fait le plus mal \u2014 ou qui l&rsquo;expose, selon les soirs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/ihor-potieria\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bjjmetrics.com\/ufc\/fighter\/260bd4cef10b033f\">BJJ Metrics \/ UFC Fight History<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/ihor-duelist-potieria\">Verdict MMA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ihor \u00ab\u00a0Duelist\u00a0\u00bb Potieria, combattant MMA ukrainien n\u00e9 en 1996, 21-8 en carri\u00e8re dont un KO sur Shogun Rua \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 283, bilan UFC 2-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101815,"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-104170","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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