{"id":104417,"date":"2026-06-04T06:55:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yanal-ashmouz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:20:44","slug":"yanal-ashmouz","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yanal-ashmouz\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanal Ashmouz"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Yanal \u00ab\u00a0Red Fox\u00a0\u00bb Ashmouz : le Circassien d&rsquo;Isra\u00ebl qui fait le buzz \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h2>\n<h3>Un parcours qui commence tard, mais vite<\/h3>\n<p>Yanal Ashmouz est n\u00e9 le 31 mars 1995 \u00e0 Kfar Kama, un village circassien au nord d&rsquo;Isra\u00ebl. Ses anc\u00eatres ont quitt\u00e9 le Caucase apr\u00e8s la guerre russo-circassienne du XIXe si\u00e8cle pour s&rsquo;installer en Palestine ottomane \u2014 une histoire que peu de combattants de l&rsquo;UFC peuvent revendiquer. Enfant, Ashmouz pratique la gymnastique et joue au football jusqu&rsquo;en 2017 aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de son ami d&rsquo;enfance Bibras Natkho, futur international isra\u00e9lien. C&rsquo;est une vid\u00e9o de MMA sur son t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, \u00e0 22 ans, qui change tout. D\u00e9cision prise, il commence \u00e0 s&rsquo;entra\u00eener s\u00e9rieusement.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e8s 2017, il encha\u00eene deux victoires professionnelles par soumission en un mois en Isra\u00ebl, et d\u00e9croche la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e la m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;or aux championnats IBJJL de jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien. La suite est moins rose : des adversaires se d\u00e9filent, les combats tombent \u00e0 l&rsquo;eau. Pour survivre, il travaille en usine tout en maintenant un entra\u00eenement au ralenti. Pas le sc\u00e9nario r\u00eav\u00e9 pour un futur combattant UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Le tournant am\u00e9ricain<\/h3>\n<p>D\u00e9cembre 2020, Ashmouz traverse l&rsquo;Atlantique pour rejoindre Murat Keshtov \u00e0 Las Vegas \u2014 le m\u00eame entra\u00eeneur qui a forg\u00e9 les d\u00e9buts de Khabib Nurmagomedov. La rupture est nette. Apr\u00e8s plus de trois ans sans comp\u00e9tition r\u00e9guli\u00e8re, il revient en juillet 2021 avec un KO sur Armando Gjetja, puis encha\u00eene un TKO en octobre sur Ryan Rizco. En mars 2022, il s&rsquo;impose face \u00e0 Dennis Hughes sur le PFL Challenger Series et frappe \u00e0 la porte de la grande ligue.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC et un KO historique<\/h3>\n<p>Le 18 mars 2023, UFC 286 \u00e0 Londres. Sam Patterson (10-2-1), largement favori \u00e0 3 contre 1, accueille Ashmouz avec une certaine condescendance. 75 secondes plus tard, c&rsquo;est Patterson qui essaie de se battre avec l&rsquo;arbitre Marc Goddard, trop sonn\u00e9 pour comprendre que le combat est fini. Le coup en l&rsquo;air d&rsquo;Ashmouz \u2014 une combinaison chop\u00e9e sur un kick de Patterson en suspension \u2014 reste l&rsquo;un des highlights de la carte. Premier KO d&rsquo;un combattant isra\u00e9lien dans l&rsquo;UFC, premier vrai coup de projecteur pour \u00ab\u00a0Red Fox\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>La suite est plus contrast\u00e9e. En juillet 2023, il perd par d\u00e9cision unanime face \u00e0 Chris Duncan, une d\u00e9faite aggrav\u00e9e par un poignet cass\u00e9 pendant le combat. Il revient le 8 septembre 2024 et domine Trevor Peek aux points sur trois rounds, remportant sa deuxi\u00e8me victoire \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC. Puis le 7 juin 2025, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 316 \u00e0 Newark, il tombe face \u00e0 l&rsquo;Australien Quillan Salkilld \u2014 d\u00e9cision unanime (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) \u2014 dans un duel de l\u00e9gers o\u00f9 Salkilld a su lui imposer son rythme.<\/p>\n<h3>Son MMA<\/h3>\n<p>Ashmouz est avant tout un finisseur debout : 4 de ses 8 victoires sont venues par KO ou TKO, 2 par soumission. Sa pr\u00e9cision en striking (51% de touches sur ses frappes significatives \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC) contraste avec un jeu de lutte encore limit\u00e9 en cage \u2014 1 takedown r\u00e9ussi sur 26 tentatives en octogone. C&rsquo;est un combattant qui gagne le plus souvent debout ou en terminant vite au sol, pas en contr\u00f4lant. \u00c0 la lutte pure, il reste perfectible ; en finition explosive, il peut \u00e9teindre n&rsquo;importe qui.<\/p>\n<h3>Statut actuel<\/h3>\n<p>Record professionnel : 8 victoires, 2 d\u00e9faites. En UFC : 2 victoires, 2 d\u00e9faites (155 lbs). Quatri\u00e8me Isra\u00e9lien \u00e0 int\u00e9grer le roster UFC, Ashmouz porte sans en faire trop la singularit\u00e9 de sa trajectoire \u2014 une communaut\u00e9 circassienne quasi invisible dans le sport mondial, un d\u00e9but tardif, un passage par les usines, et maintenant l&rsquo;octogone de la meilleure organisation MMA du monde. \u00c0 30 ans et 2-2 en UFC, il n&rsquo;est ni en danger de coupe ni en position de challenger. La prochaine sortie dira beaucoup sur la suite.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yanal_Ashmouz\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/yanal-ashmouz\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2025\/06\/07\/quillan-salkilld-beats-ashmouz-at-his-own-game-takes-decision\/\">CageSidePress<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yanal \u00ab\u00a0Red Fox\u00a0\u00bb Ashmouz, combattant isra\u00e9lien d&rsquo;origine circassienne, 8-2 en MMA et 2-2 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC dans la division des l\u00e9gers (155 lbs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103016,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69973],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104417","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-lightweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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