{"id":104337,"date":"2026-06-04T06:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/azat-maksum\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:47:10","slug":"azat-maksum","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/azat-maksum\/","title":{"rendered":"Azat Maksum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Azat Maksum, le \u00ab\u00a0Qazaq\u00a0\u00bb qui a frapp\u00e9 l&rsquo;UFC \u00e0 mains nues depuis le Kazakhstan<\/h2>\n<h3>De Kaskelen \u00e0 Las Vegas<\/h3>\n<p>Azat Maksum est n\u00e9 le 2 f\u00e9vrier 1995 \u00e0 Kaskelen, une petite ville de la r\u00e9gion d&rsquo;Almaty au Kazakhstan. Avant de devenir combattant professionnel, il a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 un bachelor en sylviculture et a travaill\u00e9 comme confiseur. Pas vraiment le profil type qu&rsquo;on imagine \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en poids mouche. C&rsquo;est \u00e0 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il commence s\u00e9rieusement la lutte libre, puis encha\u00eene avec le jiu-jitsu et le Zhekpe-Zhek \u2014 un art martial kazakh traditionnel. Son nick \u00ab\u00a0Qazaq\u00a0\u00bb (l&rsquo;orthographe kazakhe de \u00ab\u00a0Kazakh\u00a0\u00bb), il l&rsquo;a choisi lui-m\u00eame : une mani\u00e8re directe d&rsquo;afficher ses couleurs sur chaque contrat de combat.<\/p>\n<h3>Une ascension r\u00e9gionale sans d\u00e9faite<\/h3>\n<p>Maksum passe professionnel le 20 mai 2017 et encha\u00eene les victoires sur le circuit kazakh. En 2018, il rejoint l&rsquo;Octagon League (OPMMA) et s&rsquo;y empare du titre mouche en 2019. Il passe ensuite par le BRAVE Combat Federation avant d&rsquo;arriver \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC avec un bilan immacul\u00e9 de 15-0, dont 5 KO\/TKO et 7 soumissions \u2014 le Brabo choke est son mouvement signature. C\u00f4t\u00e9 gabarit, il mesure 1,70 m pour une allonge de 1,78 m, combat en southpaw, et s&rsquo;entra\u00eene sous la direction de Danesh Dungenbaev \u00e0 la Triumph Fights.<\/p>\n<h3>Style : l&rsquo;hybride bien calibr\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Ce qui rend Maksum int\u00e9ressant, c&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;est pas un pur striker ni un pur grappler \u2014 il se sert de l&rsquo;un pour installer l&rsquo;autre. Il utilise le jab en double ou triple pour cr\u00e9er des espaces, puis entre en lutte ou d\u00e9pose une droite s\u00e8che. Au sol, il est dangereux via les \u00e9tranglements en front headlock, discipline dans laquelle il vise le grade de master en jiu-jitsu. Ses adversaires r\u00e9gionaux n&rsquo;ont quasiment pas vu le troisi\u00e8me round.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC : des d\u00e9buts prometteurs, une courbe difficile<\/h3>\n<p>Le 15 juillet 2023 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Vegas 77, Maksum d\u00e9bute face \u00e0 Tyson Nam \u2014 un v\u00e9t\u00e9ran de 7 combats \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC \u2014 et s&rsquo;en sort par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e. Une entr\u00e9e sobre, mais solide contre un adversaire exp\u00e9riment\u00e9. La premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite arrive le 3 f\u00e9vrier 2024 face \u00e0 Charles Johnson (UFC Fight Night : Dolidze vs. Imavov), par d\u00e9cision unanime apr\u00e8s trois rounds tendus \u2014 un combat qui lui a valu le surnom de \u00ab\u00a0r\u00e9v\u00e9lation surprise\u00a0\u00bb de la soir\u00e9e m\u00eame en perdant. Le 21 juin 2025, c&rsquo;est Tagir Ulanbekov qui s&rsquo;impose \u00e9galement aux points, puis le 25 octobre 2025 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 321 (Aspinall vs. Gane), Mitch Raposo en fait autant. Bilan UFC : 1-3, toutes les d\u00e9faites aux points, jamais stopp\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>O\u00f9 en est-il en 2026 ?<\/h3>\n<p>Maksum reste \u00e0 15-3 au total. \u00c0 30 ans, ses trois d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC s&rsquo;expliquent par le saut de niveau brutal entre la sc\u00e8ne kazakhe et le roster mouche de Las Vegas \u2014 l&rsquo;une des divisions les plus serr\u00e9es du monde. Il n&rsquo;a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 mis KO ni soumis en carri\u00e8re, ce qui dit quelque chose sur sa r\u00e9sistance. La question maintenant : l&rsquo;UFC lui laisse-t-il une autre chance de montrer que son style peut fonctionner \u00e0 ce niveau ?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/azat-maksum\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/azat-qazaq-maksum\">Verdict MMA<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2023\/07\/15\/welcome-to-the-ufc-azat-maksum\/\">CageSidePress<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azat Maksum, poids mouche kazakh surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Qazaq\u00a0\u00bb, est pass\u00e9 de 15-0 sur le circuit central-asiatique \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en 2023. Bilan UFC : 1-3, jamais stopp\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102986,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69979],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104337","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-flyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Azat Maksum - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Azat Maksum\" \/>\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\/azat-maksum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Azat Maksum - 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