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Daniel \u00ab\u00a0Willycat\u00a0\u00bb Santos : le coq br\u00e9silien qui fait des guerres<\/h2>\n

De l’agriculture au Chute Boxe<\/h3>\n

N\u00e9 le 12 mars 1995 \u00e0 Uberl\u00e2ndia, dans le Minas Gerais, Daniel Gustavo Gonzaga Santos a grandi dans le Br\u00e9sil rural, \u00e0 travailler la terre avant de troquer le champ pour l’octogone. Le surnom \u00ab\u00a0Willycat\u00a0\u00bb ? C’est son coach qui le lui a coll\u00e9 en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 un personnage des ThunderCats, en voyant la fa\u00e7on dont Santos sort ses sprawls \u2014 haut, rapide, comme un f\u00e9lin. \u00c7a colle parfaitement au personnage.<\/p>\n

Il pose ses valises \u00e0 S\u00e3o Paulo et int\u00e8gre la Chute Boxe Diego Lima, l’une des usines \u00e0 combattants les plus r\u00e9put\u00e9es du Br\u00e9sil. C’est l\u00e0 qu’il affine un profil atypique : grade noir en muay-tha\u00ef, ceinture violette en jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien. Debout comme au sol, Santos est dangereux.<\/p>\n

L’UFC : une d\u00e9faite pour d\u00e9marrer, une guerre pour confirmer<\/h3>\n

Le 9 avril 2022, Santos fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l’UFC 273 face \u00e0 Julio Arce. Il conc\u00e8de une d\u00e9faite aux points, mais la machine est lanc\u00e9e. Six mois plus tard, le 1er octobre 2022, il croise John Casta\u00f1eda \u00e0 l’UFC Fight Night 211. Le premier round est brutal : Casta\u00f1eda manque de l’envoyer au tapis deux fois avec des coups de pied \u00e0 la t\u00eate. Santos encaisse, reste debout et sort la t\u00eate haute. Au deuxi\u00e8me round, il saisit sa chance et exp\u00e9die Casta\u00f1eda avec un coup de genou \u00e0 4:28 \u2014 dans un duel disput\u00e9 \u00e0 140 lbs. Fight of the Night. Premi\u00e8re grosse impression.<\/p>\n

Il encha\u00eene en juin 2023 avec une victoire aux points face \u00e0 Johnny Mu\u00f1oz Jr., puis entame une s\u00e9rie de duels contre des combattants cor\u00e9ens qui va d\u00e9finir cette phase de sa carri\u00e8re. En mai 2025, il domine Jeong Yeong Lee \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision. En octobre 2025, il est encore plus exp\u00e9ditif : Yoo Joo-sang ne r\u00e9siste que 21 secondes au deuxi\u00e8me round avant d’\u00eatre arr\u00eat\u00e9 par TKO.<\/p>\n

Style de combat : la guerre comme philosophie<\/h3>\n

Santos r\u00e9sume sa vision en une phrase : \u00ab\u00a0On s’entra\u00eene pour les guerres. On fait des guerres.\u00a0\u00bb Ce n’est pas une posture. Avec sa taille de 5’7″ (1,70 m) et son allonge de 67″, il boxe en garde orthodoxe et cherche \u00e0 imposer un rythme \u00e9lev\u00e9, m\u00ealant coups de pied muay-tha\u00ef et clinch. Il a travaill\u00e9 avec l’UFC Performance Institute pour revoir sa pr\u00e9paration physique, avec des effets visibles sur sa condition en fin de combat.<\/p>\n

Mai 2026 : battu par un l\u00e9gende, mais Fight of the Night quand m\u00eame<\/h3>\n

Le 16 mai 2026, \u00e0 l’UFC Vegas 117 (Allen vs. Costa), Santos affronte Doo Ho Choi \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0le Superboy cor\u00e9en\u00a0\u00bb, Hall of Famer. Au deuxi\u00e8me round (4:29), un body shot suivi de frappes au sol met fin au combat. TKO, d\u00e9faite. Mais le duel est si intense que les deux hommes repartent avec le Fight of the Night. Son bilan UFC reste \u00e0 4 victoires, 2 d\u00e9faites, pour un record professionnel global de 13-3.<\/p>\n

Santos vise le top 15 des poids plume et a cit\u00e9 des noms comme Patricio Pitbull et Aaron Pico parmi les adversaires qui l’int\u00e9ressent. Un combattant qui fait des guerres \u00e0 chaque passage et qui, \u00e0 31 ans, n’a pas encore dit son dernier mot.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> Wikipedia EN<\/a>, Sherdog<\/a>, UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel \u00ab\u00a0Willycat\u00a0\u00bb Santos, poids plume br\u00e9silien de l’UFC (13-3), form\u00e9 au Chute Boxe Diego Lima. 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