{"id":104360,"date":"2026-06-04T07:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/muslim-salikhov\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T06:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:31:18","slug":"muslim-salikhov","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/muslim-salikhov\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Salikhov"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Muslim Salikhov, le \u00ab\u00a0King of Kung Fu\u00a0\u00bb qui met KO \u00e0 coups de talon<\/h2>\n<p>Il y a des combattants qui rangent leurs frappes spectaculaires au placard une fois en MMA. Pas Muslim Salikhov. \u00c0 plus de 40 ans, ce Daghestanais continue de claquer des spinning wheel kicks qui finissent en montage YouTube, fid\u00e8le \u00e0 un h\u00e9ritage de Sanda qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;a jamais l\u00e2ch\u00e9. N\u00e9 le 9 juin 1984 \u00e0 Bou\u00efnaksk, au Daghestan, d&rsquo;origine koumyke, il combat en poids welters \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC sous le surnom de \u00ab\u00a0King of Kung Fu\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<h3>Du tatami de Sanda \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone<\/h3>\n<p>Avant le MMA, Salikhov r\u00e9gnait sur le Wushu Sanda. Il s&rsquo;y met en 1995 et finit par d\u00e9crocher cinq titres de champion du monde de Wushu (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015). Surtout, en 2006, il devient le premier non-Chinois \u00e0 remporter le tournoi King of Sanda \u2014 d&rsquo;o\u00f9 son surnom. C&rsquo;est ce bagage de frappe explosive qu&rsquo;il transpose en cage. Apr\u00e8s un passage par les organisations r\u00e9gionales et le WSOF, il signe \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC et fait ses d\u00e9buts le 25 novembre 2017 face \u00e0 Alex Garcia, un combat qu&rsquo;il perd par soumission. D\u00e9marrage compliqu\u00e9 pour le v\u00e9t\u00e9ran, mais la suite allait remettre les pendules \u00e0 l&rsquo;heure.<\/p>\n<h3>Le sp\u00e9cialiste du coup de pied retourn\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>La marque de fabrique de Salikhov, c&rsquo;est le pied. Sur ses 22 victoires (pour 6 d\u00e9faites), 15 viennent par KO \u2014 et une bonne partie de ces finitions sont sign\u00e9es de coups de pied tournants qui n&rsquo;ont aucun sens \u00e0 son \u00e2ge. En novembre 2024, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Macau, il met Song Kenan KO d&rsquo;un spinning wheel kick au premier round (3:49) : la presse sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e l&rsquo;a recens\u00e9 comme son sixi\u00e8me KO sur coup de pied tourn\u00e9 en carri\u00e8re MMA. Ce n&rsquo;est pas un gimmick, c&rsquo;est une vraie arme, pos\u00e9e sur des bases de timing et de distance forg\u00e9es des ann\u00e9es durant en Sanda.<\/p>\n<h3>Combats notables<\/h3>\n<p>En juillet 2022, il tombe sur Li Jingliang et encaisse une d\u00e9faite par TKO au deuxi\u00e8me round. Il rebondit ensuite \u00e0 sa mani\u00e8re. En juillet 2024, il bat l&rsquo;Argentin Santiago Ponzinibbio par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e. Puis le 26 juillet 2025, \u00e0 41 ans, il envoie Carlos Leal dans les cordes avec un KO express en 42 secondes \u2014 Performance de la soir\u00e9e \u00e0 la cl\u00e9, l&rsquo;une de ses quatre r\u00e9compenses de ce type \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC (d\u00e9j\u00e0 obtenues contre Nordine Taleb, Andr\u00e9 Fialho et Song Kenan).<\/p>\n<h3>O\u00f9 il en est<\/h3>\n<p>Le conte de f\u00e9es a connu un coup d&rsquo;arr\u00eat le 8 novembre 2025 : \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night de Las Vegas, Uro\u0161 Medi\u0107 le stoppe par TKO au sol d\u00e8s le premier round (1:03). \u00c0 cet \u00e2ge, chaque combat est une question, mais Salikhov a d\u00e9j\u00e0 prouv\u00e9 qu&rsquo;on l&rsquo;enterrait trop vite. Tant qu&rsquo;il a un talon et un adversaire en face, le danger reste r\u00e9el.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muslim_Salikhov\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/muslim-salikhov\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/44727-muslim-salikhov\">Tapology<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslim Salikhov, le \u00ab\u00a0King of Kung Fu\u00a0\u00bb : champion de Sanda devenu sp\u00e9cialiste du KO sur coup de pied retourn\u00e9 en poids welters UFC. Record 22-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103101,"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-104360","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Muslim Salikhov - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Muslim Salikhov\" \/>\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\/muslim-salikhov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muslim Salikhov - 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