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Kevin \u00ab\u00a0Air\u00a0\u00bb Jousset \u2014 le judoka bordelais qui fait voler les welters<\/h2>\n

Du tatami \u00e0 l’octogone<\/h3>\n

Kevin Jousset est n\u00e9 le 2 mai 1993 \u00e0 Bordeaux et a grandi \u00e0 Gap, dans les Hautes-Alpes. Il pose les pieds sur un tatami \u00e0 4 ans et ne le quittera pas avant vingt ans : P\u00f4le Espoir \u00e0 Rennes, P\u00f4le France \u00e0 Bordeaux, passages \u00e0 l’INEF et \u00e0 l’INSEP \u00e0 Paris. Il d\u00e9croche sa ceinture noire deuxi\u00e8me dan et ram\u00e8ne deux m\u00e9dailles aux championnats de France. Mais une grave blessure \u00e0 l’\u00e9paule le force \u00e0 tout arr\u00eater.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 21 ans, il pose ses valises en \u00c9cosse pendant dix-huit mois \u2014 le temps d’apprendre l’anglais et de d\u00e9crocher un dipl\u00f4me de pr\u00e9paration physique. En 2016, il atterrit \u00e0 Melbourne. Il d\u00e9couvre le MMA, passe du statut de d\u00e9butant \u00e0 amateur, puis professionnel en quelques ann\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

City Kickboxing et le virage n\u00e9o-z\u00e9landais<\/h3>\n

En janvier 2020, Jousset rejoint City Kickboxing \u00e0 Auckland. Il s’entra\u00eene quotidiennement sous la houlette d’Eugene Bareman, le m\u00eame coach qui a amen\u00e9 Israel Adesanya et Alex Volkanovski au sommet du monde. Ce n’est pas un d\u00e9tail : Jousset adapte son judo \u00e0 un MMA complet, en absorbant pendant des ann\u00e9es les codes d’une des meilleures salles de la plan\u00e8te.<\/p>\n

Double champion en Oc\u00e9anie<\/h3>\n

Avant d’entrer \u00e0 l’UFC, Jousset construit sa r\u00e9putation sur la sc\u00e8ne australienne. En f\u00e9vrier 2023 \u00e0 la Hex Fight Series 25, il prend le titre des mi-moyens par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e sur Priscus Fogagnolo. Trois mois plus tard, en mai 2023 \u00e0 la HFS 26, il ajoute le titre welter en stoppant Kitt Campbell au troisi\u00e8me round. Il devient ainsi le premier et seul double champion simultan\u00e9 de l’organisation, aux deux cat\u00e9gories de poids diff\u00e9rentes. Personne n’avait fait \u00e7a avant lui dans ce circuit.<\/p>\n

Quatre combats \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h3>\n

Son contrat UFC arrive en ao\u00fbt 2023. Le 10 septembre, \u00e0 l’UFC 293, il fait taire Kiefer Crosbie d’une soumission au premier round \u2014 une \u00e9tranglement au dos rendu propre comme une d\u00e9monstration de grappling. En d\u00e9cembre 2023, il encha\u00eene avec une d\u00e9cision unanime sur Song Kenan \u00e0 Las Vegas. Deux victoires, z\u00e9ro round perdu sur points : le d\u00e9but est solide.<\/p>\n

En septembre 2024, il revient en France pour l’UFC Fight Night de Paris. Il stopppe Bryan Battle par TKO au deuxi\u00e8me round (3:47) devant son public. Mais en f\u00e9vrier 2025 \u00e0 l’UFC 312, Jonathan Micallef lui colle une d\u00e9cision unanime, et l’UFC le lib\u00e8re de son contrat en avril 2025 sur un bilan de 2 victoires \u2014 2 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n

Style et identit\u00e9<\/h3>\n

Le surnom \u00ab\u00a0Air\u00a0\u00bb est un programme en lui-m\u00eame : ses projections judo font litt\u00e9ralement voler les adversaires. \u00c0 1,88 m avec 191 cm d’allonge, Jousset impose une pr\u00e9sence physique rare en welter (77 kg). Sa ceinture violette en BJJ compl\u00e8te le panel grappling, mais c’est la base judo \u2014 acquise pendant deux d\u00e9cennies \u00e0 haut niveau \u2014 qui reste son outil de pr\u00e9dilection pour imposer ses conditions.<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s l’UFC : le d\u00e9fi PFL<\/h3>\n

Depuis son d\u00e9part de l’UFC, Jousset a rejoint la Professional Fighters League. En d\u00e9cembre 2025, il s’incline par KO d\u00e8s le premier round contre Patrick Habirora \u00e0 Lyon. Son bilan professionnel total est de 10 victoires pour 5 d\u00e9faites. \u00c0 32 ans, le Bordelais form\u00e9 en Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande cherche un nouveau d\u00e9part dans une organisation qui monte en puissance sur la sc\u00e8ne europ\u00e9enne.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/a>, UFC.com<\/a>, airjousset.com (biographie officielle)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kevin \u00ab\u00a0Air\u00a0\u00bb Jousset, welter fran\u00e7ais n\u00e9 \u00e0 Bordeaux, ceinture noire judo 2e dan, ancien double champion HEX, 2-2 \u00e0 l’UFC de 2023 \u00e0 2025, d\u00e9sormais en PFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101502,"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-104609","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKevin Jousset - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Kevin Jousset\" \/>\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\/kevin-jousset\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kevin Jousset - 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