{"id":104634,"date":"2026-06-04T06:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jacqueline-cavalcanti\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:52:33","slug":"jacqueline-cavalcanti","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jacqueline-cavalcanti\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Cavalcanti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jacqueline \u00ab\u00a0The Nightmare\u00a0\u00bb Cavalcanti : la Br\u00e9silienne de Lisbonne qui frappe pour de vrai<\/h2>\n<p>N\u00e9e le 29 ao\u00fbt 1997 dans le quartier de Pirituba, \u00e0 S\u00e3o Paulo, Jacqueline dos Santos Cavalcanti grandit au Br\u00e9sil avant de rejoindre le Portugal \u00e0 11 ans avec sa famille. C&rsquo;est \u00e0 Almada, en banlieue de Lisbonne, qu&rsquo;elle pose ses gants pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u2014 et que tout commence. Entre deux boulots (serveuse, employ\u00e9e chez IKEA), elle construit en silence un bagage de striker qui finira par faire parler d&rsquo;elle jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone.<\/p>\n<h3>Du Tage \u00e0 la ceinture<\/h3>\n<p>Cavalcanti ne d\u00e9barque pas en MMA sans passeport. Amateur, elle accumule dix victoires en kickboxing avant de signer son premier combat pro le 2 juin 2018, un TKO d\u00e8s le premier round contre Jackelin Casariego. Apr\u00e8s une longue pause, elle repart de z\u00e9ro en 2021 et encha\u00eene les performances. En novembre 2022, elle s&#8217;empare de la ceinture Strikers Cage Championship en plaquant Nadja Milijancevic au sol et en la finissant \u00e0 coups de coudes en deuxi\u00e8me round. Cinq mois plus tard, c&rsquo;est la ceinture LFA des poids coqs qui tombe \u00e0 son tour, apr\u00e8s cinq rounds contre Melissa Croden en avril 2023. Deux ceintures r\u00e9gionales. Le message est clair : il est temps de passer \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tage sup\u00e9rieur.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC : cinq victoires d&rsquo;affil\u00e9e<\/h3>\n<p>Ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en septembre 2023 face \u00e0 Zarah Fairn donnent imm\u00e9diatement le ton : victoire par d\u00e9cision unanime, sans trembler. Ce qui suit ressemble \u00e0 une d\u00e9monstration m\u00e9thodique. En ao\u00fbt 2024, elle bat Josiane Nunes aux points dans un combat serr\u00e9. Fin septembre 2024, rebelote contre Nora Cornolle \u2014 une adversaire qu&rsquo;elle avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 battue en 2021 hors UFC \u2014 cette fois en d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e. En f\u00e9vrier 2025, Julia Avila subit le m\u00eame sort, d\u00e9cision unanime trois rounds. Son meilleur passage ? Novembre 2025 contre Mayra Bueno Silva \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Vegas 111 : Cavalcanti la presse toute la nuit, la blesse (s\u00e9rieuse entaille sous l&rsquo;oeil gauche), et rafle les cartes 30-27\/30-27\/29-28. La \u00ab\u00a0The Nightmare\u00a0\u00bb est alors dans le top 10 des coqs f\u00e9minines \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Style et identit\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Cavalcanti est une striker pure, construite sur le Muay Thai et le kickboxing. Longue pour sa cat\u00e9gorie (173 cm, 178 cm d&rsquo;allonge), elle utilise ses jambes et son jeu de distance pour dicter les \u00e9changes. Sa d\u00e9fense aux takedowns flirte avec les 86 % \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC : elle reste debout, elle frappe, elle contr\u00f4le. Pas une finisheuse syst\u00e9matique, mais une combattante qui accumule les d\u00e9g\u00e2ts et ne l\u00e2che rien sur la dur\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<h3>Premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite UFC et suite<\/h3>\n<p>Le 16 mai 2026 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Vegas 117, Ketlen Vieira \u2014 num\u00e9ro 5 de la division et ancienne adversaire du titre \u2014 stoppe la s\u00e9rie en cours. D\u00e9cision unanime 29-28 sur les trois cartes. C&rsquo;est la premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite de Cavalcanti en cinq apparitions UFC. Elle repart avec un bilan de 10 victoires et 2 d\u00e9faites (toutes aux points) et un statut qui ne fait pas de doute : \u00e0 28 ans, elle reste une valeur solide du top 10 des coqs f\u00e9minines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacqueline_Cavalcanti\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/jacqueline-cavalcanti\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.martialbot.com\/mma\/fighters\/jacqueline-cavalcanti-829db1fa1fd70b06d8092b53f7bc6ab4\">MartialBot<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacqueline \u00ab\u00a0The Nightmare\u00a0\u00bb Cavalcanti, striker br\u00e9silienne bas\u00e9e au Portugal, 10-2 en MMA et 5 victoires cons\u00e9cutives \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC avant de croiser Ketlen Vieira en 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102370,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104634","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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