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Francisco Prado : le gamin de San Lorenzo qui a \u00e9pat\u00e9 l’UFC avant de morfler<\/h2>\n

De Santa Fe \u00e0 l’octogone<\/h3>\n

Francisco Prado est n\u00e9 le 16 juin 2002 \u00e0 San Lorenzo, une ville de la province de Santa Fe en Argentine. Il commence \u00e0 s’entra\u00eener \u00e0 6 ans, passe au MMA \u00e0 14 ans, et signe son premier combat pro \u00e0 17 ans \u2014 le 7 juillet 2019 \u00e0 Corrientes, victoire par TKO d\u00e8s le premier round. Pas de pr\u00e9ambule inutile : le gamin est l\u00e0 pour finir les combats.<\/p>\n

Sa progression sur la sc\u00e8ne r\u00e9gionale sud-am\u00e9ricaine est sans accroc. Il encha\u00eene les finishes entre l’Argentine et le Br\u00e9sil, en lightweight et super l\u00e9ger, passant par les promotions locales avant de rejoindre le circuit Samurai Fight House, la principale organisation de MMA d’Am\u00e9rique du Sud. En f\u00e9vrier 2022, il s’empare de la ceinture super l\u00e9ger SFH contre Diego Basualdo via un TKO genou-frappes. En juin, il ajoute la ceinture l\u00e9g\u00e8re avec une soumission (shoulder choke) contre Mauricio Ariel Pare. Il d\u00e9fend les deux titres avec succ\u00e8s \u2014 quatre combats de championnat sans jamais aller aux points \u2014 et arrive \u00e0 l’UFC avec un bilan parfait de 11-0, 100 % de finishes.<\/p>\n

L’UFC : une entr\u00e9e difficile, un KO spectaculaire<\/h3>\n

Le 10 f\u00e9vrier 2023, \u00e0 20 ans, Prado devient l’un des plus jeunes Argentins \u00e0 d\u00e9buter \u00e0 l’UFC. D\u00e8s le premier soir, \u00e0 Perth pour l’UFC 284 face \u00e0 Jamie Mullarkey, la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du niveau mondial se rappelle \u00e0 lui : d\u00e9faite aux points sur d\u00e9cision unanime apr\u00e8s trois rounds. Pas de quoi enterrer la promesse.<\/p>\n

Six mois plus tard, le 15 juillet 2023 \u00e0 Vegas (UFC Fight Night 224), il r\u00e8gle ses comptes avec son bilan. Face \u00e0 Ottman Azaitar, Prado sort le coup qui fait le buzz : un coude tournant en plein vol qui ouvre l’Allemano d’origine marocaine, l’envoie au sol, puis une avalanche de coups de marteau depuis le dessus forcent l’arbitre Jon Tognoni \u00e0 intervenir \u00e0 4:05 du premier round. Finish \u00e0 100 %, bonus Performance of the Night, et une vid\u00e9o qui tourne en boucle sur les r\u00e9seaux.<\/p>\n

La s\u00e9rie noire aux points<\/h3>\n

Depuis, Prado n’a plus gagn\u00e9. Quatre d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives, toutes aux points, face \u00e0 des combattants exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s : Daniel Zellhuber en f\u00e9vrier 2024 \u00e0 Mexico City (UFC Fight Night 237 \u2014 ce combat lui vaut un Fight of the Night), Jake Matthews \u00e0 Sydney en f\u00e9vrier 2025 (UFC 312), Nikolay Veretennikov \u00e0 La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans en juillet 2025 (UFC 318, split decision), et Charles Radtke \u00e0 Miami en avril 2026 (UFC 327 \u2014 un combat brutal marqu\u00e9 par un eye poke de Prado qui lui co\u00fbte un point, d\u00e9cision unanime 30-26).<\/p>\n

Le sch\u00e9ma est clair : il est dangereux en finish, mais quand \u00e7a dure trois rounds, ses adversaires trouvent les cl\u00e9s. \u00c0 23 ans, son record UFC est de 1-5. La question de son maintien dans la promotion se pose s\u00e9rieusement.<\/p>\n

Style de combat<\/h3>\n

Prado est un finisher pur. Sur 12 victoires, 6 par KO\/TKO et 6 par soumission, dont 9 finishes d\u00e8s le premier round. Il attaque avec les coudes, cherche le takedown, utilise le wrestling pour amener le combat au sol. Sa signature restera ce coude tournant contre Azaitar \u2014 le genre de coup qu’on ne voit pas dans chaque carte. Ce qui lui manque encore : la r\u00e9gularit\u00e9 sur la distance et la capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 contr\u00f4ler trois rounds sans mettre KO.<\/p>\n

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

Francisco Prado, welter argentin n\u00e9 en 2002, pro \u00e0 17 ans et double champion Samurai Fight House. \u00c0 l’UFC, un KO spectaculaire (coude tournant vs Azaitar) mais un bilan de 1-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102117,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69976],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104235","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrancisco Prado - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Francisco Prado\" \/>\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\/francisco-prado\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Francisco Prado - 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