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Ivan Erslan : le puncheur croate qui frappe fort \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h2>\n

Un finisseur venu d’Obrovac<\/h3>\n

Ivan Erslan est n\u00e9 le 15 novembre 1991 \u00e0 Obrovac, en Croatie. C’est son fr\u00e8re qui l’a mis sur les tatamis \u00e0 19 ans, alors qu’il jouait encore au football. Le d\u00e9clic est brutal : il d\u00e9couvre le MMA et ne le l\u00e2che plus. Il rejoint l’American Top Team Zagreb, s’affine en kickboxing et en boxe anglaise, et b\u00e2tit un style taill\u00e9 pour une seule chose \u2014 \u00e9teindre les lumi\u00e8res le plus vite possible. Sur 15 victoires en carri\u00e8re, 10 sont venues par KO ou TKO, et 11 de ses finishes ont eu lieu au premier round. Le gars ne cherche pas \u00e0 aller au bout des cinq minutes.<\/p>\n

La mont\u00e9e en puissance en Europe : KSW et deux shots au titre<\/h3>\n

Erslan fait ses armes sur la sc\u00e8ne croate (FFC, FNC) et se forge une r\u00e9putation de machine \u00e0 finisher. En novembre 2019, il d\u00e9barque \u00e0 la KSW \u2014 la plus grosse promotion europ\u00e9enne de MMA \u2014 devant le public de l’Arena Zagreb et \u00e9crase l’Espagnol Darwin Rodriguez en 1 minute 30 au premier round. La foule explose. Un an plus tard, le 14 novembre 2020, il challenge Tomasz Narkun, le champion KSW des mi-lourds depuis des ann\u00e9es, \u00e0 Lodz (Pologne). Narkun l’\u00e9touffe : soumission par rear-naked choke au deuxi\u00e8me round. Coup dur, mais pas fatal.<\/p>\n

Il repart \u00e0 z\u00e9ro, accumule des victoires en s\u00e9rie (KSW 61, KSW 70, FNC 11), et d\u00e9croche un second shot au titre le 17 d\u00e9cembre 2022 contre Ibragim Chuzhigaev \u00e0 KSW 77 : cinq rounds, d\u00e9cision unanime. La ceinture lui \u00e9chappe encore une fois. Quelques mois plus tard, \u00e0 KSW 87 en octobre 2023, il s’incline par TKO face \u00e0 Rafal Haratyk. C’est la p\u00e9riode creuse \u2014 mais il rebondit d\u00e8s f\u00e9vrier 2024 en sortant Bogdan Gnidko en 54 secondes \u00e0 KSW Epic.<\/p>\n

L’UFC : d\u00e9buts difficiles, premi\u00e8re victoire en mai 2026<\/h3>\n

Le 28 septembre 2024, Ivan Erslan fait ses grands d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l’UFC sur le card de Paris (Accor Arena), face \u00e0 Ion Cutelaba. Un combat accroch\u00e9, mais c’est Cutelaba qui emporte la split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28). Deuxi\u00e8me tentative le 10 mai 2025 \u00e0 l’UFC 315 de Montr\u00e9al : il bute sur Navajo Stirling, d\u00e9cision unanime. Le 27 septembre 2025 \u00e0 Perth, Jimmy Crute le soumet par neck crank d\u00e8s le premier round (2:19). Trois d\u00e9faites de suite, l’UFC risquait de devenir une impasse.<\/p>\n

Mais le 16 mai 2026 au UFC Vegas 117 (Allen vs. Costa), Erslan renverse la tendance. Face \u00e0 Tuco Tokkos, il livre une guerre de coups d\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re minute et s’impose \u00e0 l’unanimit\u00e9 (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Premi\u00e8re victoire sous la banni\u00e8re UFC, premi\u00e8re bouff\u00e9e d’air. \u00c0 34 ans, le Croate sait que chaque combat compte double.<\/p>\n

Style et profil<\/h3>\n

Erslan est avant tout un boxeur : il cherche le KO, il pressurize, il envoie du lourd. Sa statistique la plus parlante \u2014 6 victoires en moins de deux minutes \u2014 dit tout de son rapport au combat. L\u00e0 o\u00f9 \u00e7a coince, c’est au sol : ses d\u00e9faites \u00e0 l’UFC (soumissions, d\u00e9cisions contre des lutteurs) trahissent les limites de son jeu en grappling. S’il perfectionne cette dimension \u00e0 l’ATT Zagreb, il a les moyens de durer dans la division.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> UFC.com<\/a>, CombatReg<\/a>, DansLaCage<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ivan Erslan, puncheur croate des mi-lourds (15-6), deux fois challenger KSW, actif \u00e0 l’UFC depuis 2024 et premi\u00e8re victoire en mai 2026 face \u00e0 Tuco Tokkos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101798,"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-104677","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIvan Erslan - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Ivan Erslan\" \/>\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\/ivan-erslan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ivan Erslan - 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