{"id":104246,"date":"2026-06-04T06:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/alonzo-menifield\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:46:04","slug":"alonzo-menifield","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/alonzo-menifield\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonzo Menifield"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alonzo Menifield : la puissance brute de Los Angeles<\/h2>\n<p>Onze KO en carri\u00e8re professionnelle, un surnom \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0Atomic\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 qui n&rsquo;est pas vol\u00e9, et un parcours de vie qui force le respect avant m\u00eame de parler de MMA. Alonzo Menifield est n\u00e9 le 18 octobre 1987 \u00e0 Los Angeles, a perdu son p\u00e8re tr\u00e8s jeune, et a travers\u00e9 douze familles d&rsquo;accueil diff\u00e9rentes avant ses 18 ans. Il aurait pu dispara\u00eetre dans les statistiques. \u00c0 la place, il est devenu l&rsquo;un des frappeurs les plus dangereux de la division des poids lourds-l\u00e9gers \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Du terrain de football \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone<\/h3>\n<p>Avant de cogner des adversaires en cage, Menifield cognait des quarts-arri\u00e8re comme linebacker. \u00c0 Canyon High School, son explosivit\u00e9 sur le terrain lui ouvre les portes de Glendale Community College, o\u00f9 il d\u00e9croche le titre All-American, puis une bourse \u00e0 Texas A&amp;M University\u2013Commerce. Il en ressort avec un dipl\u00f4me en Justice P\u00e9nale et une carri\u00e8re courte dans le football professionnel \u2014 en CFL et en Arena Football League. C&rsquo;est seulement \u00e0 28 ans qu&rsquo;il passe au MMA, en novembre 2015 \u00e0 Bellator 146.<\/p>\n<p>La transition n&rsquo;est pas h\u00e9sitante : il encha\u00eene les finishes en Bellator et en Legacy Fighting Alliance, puis tape \u00e0 la porte de la Contender Series. Premi\u00e8re tentative en 2017 contre Daniel Jolly \u2014 victoire par TKO, mais pas de contrat. Deuxi\u00e8me tentative en juin 2018 face \u00e0 Dashawn Boatwright \u2014 victoire en 8 secondes, chrono litt\u00e9ral. Dana White signe le ch\u00e8que.<\/p>\n<h3>Style : finir vite ou mourir en essayant<\/h3>\n<p>Menifield est construit pour le finish. Sa frappe porte la m\u00eame violence que dans ses ann\u00e9es linebacker : explosif, engag\u00e9, il cherche le KO d\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re occasion. 11 victoires par KO\/TKO sur 18 au total, et 11 finishes au premier round sur l&rsquo;ensemble de sa carri\u00e8re \u2014 les chiffres parlent seuls. Sa d\u00e9fense de takedown \u00e0 78 % lui laisse les pieds sur le sol, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il est le plus \u00e0 l&rsquo;aise. Il a aussi montr\u00e9 un arsenal de soumissions cr\u00e9dible, notamment via un Von Flue choke sur Fabio Cherant en mars 2021 \u2014 une prise technique rare qui ne s&rsquo;attrape pas par hasard.<\/p>\n<h3>Carri\u00e8re UFC : les grands soirs et les coupures<\/h3>\n<p>Ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en janvier 2019 donnent le ton : TKO au premier round contre Vinicius Moreira. Cinq mois plus tard, le 29 juin 2019, il \u00e9teint Paul Craig avec une violence qui lui vaut le bonus \u00ab\u00a0Performance of la Nuit\u00a0\u00bb. Mais l&rsquo;UFC r\u00e9compense les frappeurs et les punit aussi : il encaisse lui-m\u00eame des finishes, perdant par KO contre Ovince Saint Preux en septembre 2020, ou en 12 secondes chrono face \u00e0 Carlos Ulberg en mai 2024 \u2014 un coup de tonnerre qui illustre les deux c\u00f4t\u00e9s du couteau.<\/p>\n<p>La constance finit par s&rsquo;installer. En 2023, il r\u00e8gle le compte de Jimmy Crute au retour (soumission par \u00e9tranglement guillotine en juillet, apr\u00e8s un nul controvers\u00e9 en f\u00e9vrier), puis bat Dustin Jacoby par d\u00e9cision en d\u00e9cembre. En 2025, il encha\u00eene deux victoires \u2014 Julius Walker en split decision (bonus \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb au passage) puis Oumar Sy par d\u00e9cision unanime \u2014 avant de se faire stopper par Volkan Oezdemir en novembre. Le 30 mai 2026 \u00e0 Macao, il repart sur une victoire TKO contre Zhang Mingyang, d\u00e9crochant un deuxi\u00e8me bonus \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb et 100 000 dollars.<\/p>\n<h3>O\u00f9 il en est en 2026<\/h3>\n<p>Record actuel : 18 victoires, 6 d\u00e9faites, 1 nul. 15e rang de la division poids lourds-l\u00e9gers UFC en avril 2026. \u00c0 38 ans, Menifield s&rsquo;entra\u00eene toujours au Fortis MMA de Dallas avec sa femme et ses deux fils dans le coin. Un combattant qui a mis plus de temps que la moyenne \u00e0 arriver, mais qui \u00e0 chaque soir de gala rappelle ce que \u00ab\u00a0Atomic\u00a0\u00bb veut dire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alonzo_Menifield\">Wikipedia (EN)<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/alonzo-menifield\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alonzo-Menifield-210501\">Sherdog<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alonzo \u00ab\u00a0Atomic\u00a0\u00bb Menifield, poids lourd-l\u00e9ger UFC (18-6-1), ancien linebacker devenu l&rsquo;un des finishers les plus redoutables de la division avec 11 KO en carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103271,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69983],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104246","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-light-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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