{"id":104271,"date":"2026-06-04T06:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/clayton-carpenter\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:51:41","slug":"clayton-carpenter","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/clayton-carpenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Clayton Carpenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clayton \u00ab\u00a0Concrete\u00a0\u00bb Carpenter \u2014 le couteau suisse des poids mouches<\/h2>\n

Un arsenal construit d\u00e8s l’enfance<\/h3>\n

N\u00e9 le 9 juin 1996 \u00e0 Tualatin, Oregon, Clayton Carpenter ne d\u00e9couvre pas les arts martiaux \u00e0 l’adolescence comme beaucoup : \u00e0 5 ans c’est d\u00e9j\u00e0 le karat\u00e9 et le judo, \u00e0 11 il concourt en BJJ, Muay Thai, boxe et pankration, \u00e0 l’\u00e9chelle nationale puis internationale. En 2009 et 2010, il repr\u00e9sente l’\u00e9quipe am\u00e9ricaine de pankration aux Coupes d’Europe, battant au passage un certain Aaron Pico \u2014 celui qui deviendra star de Bellator \u2014 dans un tournoi juniors. Cette base technique accumul\u00e9e d\u00e8s l’enfance explique le surnom : \u00ab\u00a0Concrete\u00a0\u00bb, le b\u00e9ton, construit couche apr\u00e8s couche.<\/p>\n

Avant de passer pro, Carpenter se forge un palmar\u00e8s amateur qui donne le vertige : quatre fois champion national de Muay Thai, Golden Gloves junior en boxe, champion du monde IBJJF en gi et en no-gi. Ce n’est pas un gars qui a ramass\u00e9 des titres r\u00e9gionaux pour gonfler le CV \u2014 ce sont des comp\u00e9titions ouvertes o\u00f9 le niveau compte vraiment.<\/p>\n

Ascension en r\u00e9gional, entr\u00e9e fracassante en LFA<\/h3>\n

Carpenter fait ses d\u00e9buts professionnels le 24 ao\u00fbt 2019 \u00e0 Iron Boy MMA 16, soumettant Efren Ramirez par rear naked choke au troisi\u00e8me round. Il encha\u00eene une victoire par head kick contre Maui Acantilado en f\u00e9vrier 2020, une d\u00e9cision contre Manuel Medina en LFA en ao\u00fbt 2020, puis un kneebar qui r\u00e8gle Nick Clem en 45 secondes \u00e0 LFA 108 en mai 2021. Mais c’est le 3 d\u00e9cembre 2021 \u00e0 LFA 119 que le Tualatin native fait parler de lui hors de l’Oregon : 13 secondes, un head kick, et Rodney Kealohi est au sol. Fini. Ce finish l’installe dans les radars de la Contender Series.<\/p>\n

Contender Series 2022 et arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h3>\n

Le 9 ao\u00fbt 2022, Carpenter passe son examen devant Dana White contre Edgar \u00ab\u00a0Pitbull\u00a0\u00bb Chairez. Pas de finish spectaculaire cette fois \u2014 une victoire aux points, nette, qui lui vaut quand m\u00eame son contrat UFC. Il s’entra\u00eene depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es au MMA Lab de Glendale (Arizona) sous John Crouch, une salle qui a vu passer Sean O’Malley, Kyler Phillips ou Mario Bautista. Niveau de l’environnement, il n’y a rien \u00e0 redire.<\/p>\n

Parcours \u00e0 l’UFC : du bon et du moins bon<\/h3>\n

Son premier combat dans l’Octogone, le 18 f\u00e9vrier 2023, confirme que le grappling est bien son outil de finition : Juancamilo Ronderos soumis par rear naked choke au premier round en 3 minutes 13. Dix-neuf mois plus tard, le 12 octobre 2024, il r\u00e9cidive contre Lucas Rocha \u2014 RNC encore, deuxi\u00e8me round en 2 minutes 12. Deux victoires, deux submissions, z\u00e9ro doute sur ce qu’il cherche une fois au sol.<\/p>\n

Mais la division flyweight de l’UFC ne pardonne pas les faiblesses. Tagir Ulanbekov, l’un des meilleurs lutteurs d\u00e9fensifs de la cat\u00e9gorie, lui inflige une d\u00e9faite aux points \u00e0 l’UFC 311 le 18 janvier 2025 \u00e0 Los Angeles. Le 11 octobre 2025, c’est Jafel Filho qui le soumet par kimura au premier round \u2014 une ironie pour un champion IBJJF de se faire finir \u00e0 la soumission. Dernier combat en date : le 9 mai 2026 \u00e0 l’UFC 328 (Chimaev vs. Strickland) \u00e0 Newark, nouvelle d\u00e9faite aux points face \u00e0 Jose Ochoa.<\/p>\n

Avec un bilan UFC de 2 victoires et 3 d\u00e9faites, Carpenter est \u00e0 la crois\u00e9e des chemins. Il a 29 ans, son grappling reste une vraie menace, et sa polyvalence technique \u2014 construite sur deux d\u00e9cennies de comp\u00e9tition \u2014 lui donne les outils pour rebondir. L’octogone n’a pas encore vu le meilleur de \u00ab\u00a0Concrete\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

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

Clayton \u00ab\u00a0Concrete\u00a0\u00bb Carpenter, poids mouche UFC (8-3), champion IBJJF gi\/no-gi et 4x champion national Muay Thai, forme au MMA Lab de Glendale sous John Crouch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102976,"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-104271","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nClayton Carpenter - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Clayton Carpenter\" \/>\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\/clayton-carpenter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clayton Carpenter - 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