{"id":104461,"date":"2026-06-04T06:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/muin-gafurov\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:52:52","slug":"muin-gafurov","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/muin-gafurov\/","title":{"rendered":"Muin Gafurov"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Muin \u00ab\u00a0Tajik\u00a0\u00bb Gafurov : le sambo\u00efste tadjik qui a pris le long chemin vers l&rsquo;UFC<\/h2>\n<h3>De Douchanb\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 17 mai 1996 \u00e0 Douchanb\u00e9, capitale du Tadjikistan, Muin Gafurov a grandi sans p\u00e8re \u2014 assassin\u00e9 quelques semaines apr\u00e8s sa naissance. C&rsquo;est entour\u00e9 de sa m\u00e8re et de quatre oncles, tous pratiquants d&rsquo;arts martiaux, qu&rsquo;il apprend \u00e0 se battre. Son oncle Akhtam Khakirov, pr\u00e9sident de la f\u00e9d\u00e9ration tadjike de combat sambo, prend en main son entra\u00eenement \u00e0 14 ans. \u00c0 18 ans, Gafurov est d\u00e9j\u00e0 double champion du monde de combat sambo et titre \u00e9galement un championnat du monde de grappling FILA. Pas un hasard : la famille enti\u00e8re vit les arts martiaux de l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur.<\/p>\n<p>Il fait ses d\u00e9buts professionnels en MMA en novembre 2013, \u00e0 17 ans \u00e0 peine. Deux ans plus tard, en septembre 2015, il devient le premier combattant tadjik \u00e0 signer dans une grande promotion internationale quand ONE Championship l&rsquo;int\u00e8gre \u00e0 son roster. Il se pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 ONE avec un knockout en 55 secondes sur Casey Suire, une entr\u00e9e en mati\u00e8re qui pose le ton.<\/p>\n<h3>Les ann\u00e9es ONE Championship<\/h3>\n<p>Dans la cage de ONE, Gafurov alterne explosions et corrections. Il bat Toni Tauru par TKO au troisi\u00e8me round d\u00e9but 2016, puis encaisse deux d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives cette m\u00eame ann\u00e9e \u2014 dont une face \u00e0 Kevin Belingon, futur champion bantam de la promotion. En octobre 2018, il remet les pendules \u00e0 l&rsquo;heure avec un KO au premier round contre Leandro Issa \u00e0 Bangkok. En octobre 2019, John Lineker d\u00e9barque \u00e0 ONE Championship et choisit Gafurov pour son premier adversaire : d\u00e9cision unanime pour le Br\u00e9silien, nouvelle d\u00e9convenue pour le Tadjik. \u00c0 ce stade, son bilan ONE se solde par quelques victoires retentissantes et des d\u00e9faites face \u00e0 des adversaires de tr\u00e8s haut niveau.<\/p>\n<p>En septembre 2021, il tente sa chance au DWCS (Dana White&rsquo;s Contender Series, saison 5), mais Chad Anheliger lui chip\u00e9 le contrat en d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e. La porte UFC se referme temporairement.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC en mode montagne russe<\/h3>\n<p>Gafurov arrive finalement \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en juin 2023, \u00e0 27 ans. Le d\u00e9but est difficile : il perd contre John Castaneda par d\u00e9cision unanime le 3 juin 2023, puis subit une soumission express \u2014 une guillotine de Said Nurmagomedov en 1 min 13 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 294, le 21 octobre 2023 \u00e0 Abu Dhabi. Deux d\u00e9faites d&rsquo;affil\u00e9e, bilan UFC 0-2.<\/p>\n<p>Il redresse la barre en 2024 en battant le v\u00e9t\u00e9ran cor\u00e9en Kyung Ho Kang par d\u00e9cision unanime (juin 2024), puis encha\u00eene avec une victoire similaire sur le Japonais Rinya Nakamura \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 311 en janvier 2025. Bilan remont\u00e9 \u00e0 2-2 dans la promotion. Mais en f\u00e9vrier 2026, une soumission au troisi\u00e8me round face au Polonais Jakub Wiklacz (UFC Fight Night 266, Las Vegas, 7 f\u00e9vrier) vient perturber cette dynamique positive \u2014 avec en prime un d\u00e9passement de poids \u00e0 141 lb pour un combat annonc\u00e9 en bantamweight.<\/p>\n<h3>Un style construit sur le sambo<\/h3>\n<p>Gafurov combat \u00e0 Syndicate MMA (Las Vegas). Son jeu refl\u00e8te directement ses ann\u00e9es de combat sambo : 10 victoires par KO et 7 par soumission sur 20 victoires professionnelles, dont 14 finishes au premier round. Il sait frapper (le spinning back kick sur Suire en 55 secondes en dit long) et dispose d&rsquo;un grappling solide. Quand il part en d\u00e9cision, \u00e7a pique moins \u2014 mais c&rsquo;est clairement un finisher dans l&rsquo;\u00e2me. Son record total au 20 juin 2026 : 20 victoires, 7 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/muin-gafurov\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onefc.com\/features\/how-muin-gafurov-was-raised-to-attain-greatness\/\">ONE Championship<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/conandaily.com\/2025\/01\/18\/muin-gafurov-biography-13-things-about-ufc-fighter-from-dushanbe-tajikistan\/\">Conan Daily<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muin \u00ab\u00a0Tajik\u00a0\u00bb Gafurov, double champion du monde de combat sambo tadjik, combat en bantamweight \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC (bilan pro 20-7). Premier Tadjik en grande promotion internationale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102786,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69974],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104461","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Muin Gafurov - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Muin Gafurov\" \/>\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\/muin-gafurov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muin Gafurov - 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