{"id":104490,"date":"2026-06-03T06:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/hamdy-abdelwahab\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:54:02","slug":"hamdy-abdelwahab","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/hamdy-abdelwahab\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamdy Abdelwahab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hamdy Abdelwahab \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0The Hammer\u00a0\u00bb, de l&rsquo;Olympe \u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone<\/h2>\n<h3>Un lutteur olympique reconverti en machine \u00e0 KO<\/h3>\n<p>Hamdy Abdelwahab a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 lutter \u00e0 cinq ans dans les rues du Caire. Trente ans plus tard, il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 champion d&rsquo;Afrique quatorze fois, m\u00e9daill\u00e9 de bronze aux Championnats du monde 2014, et il avait repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 l&rsquo;\u00c9gypte aux Jeux Olympiques de Rio 2016 en gr\u00e9co-romain (-98 kg). C&rsquo;est ce socle de lutte de haut niveau qui explique pourquoi, quand \u00ab\u00a0The Hammer\u00a0\u00bb arrive au MMA \u00e0 28 ans, il envoie ses adversaires au sol en moins de trente secondes.<\/p>\n<p>Son premier combat professionnel MMA se tient le 2 octobre 2021 \u00e0 la Gamebred Fighting Championship (la promo de Jorge Masvidal) : Matthew Strickland tient 15 secondes. Abdelwahab encha\u00eene avec Connor McKenna le 17 d\u00e9cembre 2021 \u2014 33 secondes cette fois. Dustin Clements r\u00e9siste jusqu&rsquo;au round 3 en janvier 2022. Tyler Lee tombe en 26 secondes en mars. Autant dire que le bilan pre-UFC (5 victoires cons\u00e9cutives, la plupart au premier round) attire rapidement l&rsquo;attention de Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<h3>Premier \u00c9gyptien de l&rsquo;histoire \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>En juin 2022, l&rsquo;UFC l&rsquo;annonce officiellement : Hamdy Abdelwahab devient le premier fighter \u00e9gyptien \u00e0 signer dans l&rsquo;organisation. Son entr\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone se fait \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 277, le 30 juillet 2022, contre Don&rsquo;Tale Mayes. Il gagne aux points (split decision) \u2014 mais la victoire est annul\u00e9e en no-contest quelques mois plus tard apr\u00e8s un contr\u00f4le antidopage positif \u00e0 la m\u00e9tenolone. Une tache sur un palmar\u00e8s par ailleurs construit dans la rigueur des tatamis olympiques.<\/p>\n<p>La suite est compliqu\u00e9e : une seconde suspension en 2024 pour testost\u00e9rone exog\u00e8ne. Deux ans de flou entre le potentiel \u00e9vident et des d\u00e9cisions hors de l&rsquo;Octogone qui font les mauvaises nouvelles.<\/p>\n<h3>Un retour \u00e0 points, puis la sortie<\/h3>\n<p>Abdelwahab revient \u00e0 la comp\u00e9tition d\u00e9but 2025. Le 1er f\u00e9vrier, il bat Jamal Pogues aux points (split decision) \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night. Le 21 juin 2025, il s&rsquo;incline face \u00e0 Mohammed Usman par d\u00e9cision unanime. Le 25 octobre 2025, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 321 (Aspinall vs. Gane), il passe la distance et bat Chris Barnett aux points. Trois combats en neuf mois, trois d\u00e9cisions \u2014 loin des finishes express qui l&rsquo;avaient fait remarquer. Le 27 octobre 2025, deux jours apr\u00e8s sa victoire contre Barnett, il est lib\u00e9r\u00e9 du roster UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Au total : 7 victoires (5 par KO, 2 aux points), 2 d\u00e9faites, 1 no-contest. Un parcours \u00e0 deux vitesses \u2014 des d\u00e9buts explosifs aliment\u00e9s par une lutte de classe mondiale, une carri\u00e8re \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC ralentie par le dopage et des combats qui n&rsquo;ont jamais confirm\u00e9 le potentiel entrevu. Le Caire avait mis sur orbite un athl\u00e8te complet ; l&rsquo;UFC ne l&rsquo;aura pas gard\u00e9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamdy_Abdelwahab\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/hamdy-abdelwahab\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/history\/_\/id\/5078213\/hamdy-abdelwahab\">ESPN MMA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamdy \u00ab\u00a0The Hammer\u00a0\u00bb Abdelwahab, lutteur olympique \u00e9gyptien (Rio 2016), reconverti en poids lourd MMA \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC \u2014 premier \u00c9gyptien de l&rsquo;histoire \u00e0 y combattre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101975,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69980],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104490","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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