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Modestas Bukauskas \u2014 Le Gladiateur Baltique qui frappe \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re seconde<\/h2>\n

Un h\u00e9ritage de combat dans le sang<\/h3>\n

Klaipeda, Lituanie, 1994. Modestas Bukauskas na\u00eet dans une famille o\u00f9 le combat n’est pas un loisir mais une tradition. Son p\u00e8re Gintas, ex-champion no-holds-barred de l’Union sovi\u00e9tique, lui met les gants aux mains \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de cinq ans. Trois ans plus t\u00f4t, la famille avait pos\u00e9 ses valises \u00e0 Londres \u2014 Bukauskas grandit donc britannique de culture, lituanien d’\u00e2me, et kickboxeur par h\u00e9ritage. \u00c0 14 ans, il d\u00e9croche son premier titre de champion de Grande-Bretagne de kickboxing. Il en encha\u00eenera quatre en junior.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 12 ans, une parenth\u00e8se : il l\u00e2che les gants pour le ballon, finit son lyc\u00e9e en Louisiane \u00e0 jouer au basket. \u00c0 18 ans, sans bourse universitaire en vue, son p\u00e8re lui dit clairement de rentrer et de se consacrer aux arts martiaux. Conseil suivi \u00e0 la lettre.<\/p>\n

La route cahoteuse vers l’UFC<\/h3>\n

Il d\u00e9bute en MMA professionnel \u00e0 21 ans et compile un bilan de 4-0 avant de traverser l’Atlantique pour s’entra\u00eener \u00e0 l’acad\u00e9mie Jackson-Wink \u00e0 Albuquerque. Il y partage la cage \u00e0 l’entra\u00eenement avec Jon Jones et Andrei Arlovski \u2014 pas le parcours habituel d’un prospect europ\u00e9en. Mais 2016 lui rappelle que rien n’est acquis : en mai, il perd en 18 secondes face \u00e0 Pavel Doroftei. Deux mois plus tard, il s’incline lors de ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 Cage Warriors contre John Redmond. Blessure au genou, rupture sentimentale, perte des sponsors \u2014 il dispara\u00eet des cages pendant pr\u00e8s de deux ans.<\/p>\n

Le retour a lieu en mars 2018. Bukauskas remonte en mi-lourd, encha\u00eene six victoires cons\u00e9cutives dont la conqu\u00eate de la ceinture Cage Warriors en dominant Marthin Hamlet par KO au quatri\u00e8me round (Cage Warriors 106), puis d\u00e9fend son titre \u00e0 Cage Warriors 111 en \u00e9liminant Riccardo Nosiglia \u00e0 coups de coudes au sol. Double champion. Il signe \u00e0 l’UFC en janvier 2020.<\/p>\n

L’UFC, une premi\u00e8re fois<\/h3>\n

Le 16 juillet 2020, sur l’\u00eele d’Abu Dhabi transform\u00e9e en Fight Island, Bukauskas fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l’UFC face \u00e0 Andreas Michailidis. Le Grec ne se rel\u00e8ve pas au terme du premier round apr\u00e8s une s\u00e9rie de coudes percutants \u2014 TKO, bonus Performance of the Night, et un fait historique : Bukauskas devient le premier Lituanien \u00e0 remporter un combat \u00e0 l’UFC. La suite est moins lisse. Deux d\u00e9faites et une blessure au genou plus tard, il est coup\u00e9 de l’organisation en octobre 2021.<\/p>\n

Le come-back du Gladiateur Baltique<\/h3>\n

Retour \u00e0 l’UFC en f\u00e9vrier 2023. Deuxi\u00e8me stint, deuxi\u00e8me vie. Bukauskas construit un bilan de 7-2 sur cette p\u00e9riode, dont deux finish qui resteront dans les m\u00e9moires. Le 6 septembre 2025 \u00e0 Paris, il \u00e9limine Paul Craig \u00e0 la sonnerie avec un coude d\u00e9vastateur \u00e0 la 4e minute 59 du premier round. Craig enl\u00e8ve ses gants dans la cage, annonce sa retraite sur le champ. Un mois de janvier 2026 plus difficile : Nikita Krylov lui rend la pareille en lui ass\u00e9nant un buzzer-beater \u00e0 trois secondes de la fin du troisi\u00e8me round \u00e0 l’UFC 324. En mai 2026, il remporte une d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e sur Christian Edwards pour remettre les compteurs \u00e0 z\u00e9ro.<\/p>\n

Un style taill\u00e9 pour les finishs<\/h3>\n

Bukauskas frappe fort et frappe vite \u2014 11 de ses 20 victoires professionnelles sont venues par KO. Le kickboxing de haut niveau (quatre titres britanniques jeunes) est sa base, compl\u00e9t\u00e9 d’une ceinture violette en JJB. Son style ne brille pas par la subtilit\u00e9 tactique mais par la capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 trouver le bon coup au bon moment. Les derni\u00e8res secondes de round, en particulier, semblent taill\u00e9es pour lui.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/a>, UFC.com<\/a>, UFC.com \u2014 The Long Journey of Modestas Bukauskas<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Modestas Bukauskas, \u00ab\u00a0The Baltic Gladiator\u00a0\u00bb : kickboxeur lituano-britannique, 2x champion Cage Warriors, 20-7 en MMA et premier Lituanien \u00e0 gagner \u00e0 l’UFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103208,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104243","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nModestas Bukauskas - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Modestas Bukauskas\" \/>\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\/modestas-bukauskas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Modestas Bukauskas - 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