{"id":104735,"date":"2026-06-04T06:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jafel-filho\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:38:38","slug":"jafel-filho","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/jafel-filho\/","title":{"rendered":"Jafel Filho"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jafel \u00ab\u00a0Pastor\u00a0\u00bb Filho : le missionnaire \u00e9vang\u00e9lique qui soumet ses adversaires<\/h2>\n<p>Il y a des combattants qui arrivent \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC apr\u00e8s avoir tout sacrifi\u00e9 pour les arts martiaux. Jafel Filho, lui, a d&rsquo;abord \u00e9t\u00e9 manager dans une compagnie d&rsquo;assurance transport \u00e0 Juazeiro, Bahia, pay\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudes, boss\u00e9 comme coach sportif \u2014 et gard\u00e9 l&rsquo;\u00e9glise en parall\u00e8le. \u00ab\u00a0Pastor\u00a0\u00bb n&rsquo;est pas un surnom marketing : Filho est pasteur \u00e9vang\u00e9lique dans la vraie vie. Quand il est entr\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;octogone de l&rsquo;O2 Arena de Londres en mars 2023, c&rsquo;\u00e9tait sa premi\u00e8re apparition \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC. Il avait 29 ans.<\/p>\n<h3>Du Shooto Brasil \u00e0 la Contender Series<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 5 mai 1993 \u00e0 Juazeiro, Bahia, Filho a grandi dans le nordeste br\u00e9silien avant de faire le chemin jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 Rio pour s&rsquo;entra\u00eener \u00e0 Nova Uni\u00e3o, la factory de Jos\u00e9 Aldo et Rafael Feij\u00e3o. Il tourne pro en 2012 et passe les dix ann\u00e9es suivantes \u00e0 empiler les victoires sur le circuit Shooto Brasil \u2014 majoritairement par soumission ou TKO, rarement aux points. Sa b\u00eate noire, c&rsquo;est le championnat en cage : il conc\u00e8de deux d\u00e9faites face au circuit br\u00e9silien avant de stabiliser son jeu.<\/p>\n<p>Le vrai tournant arrive le 20 septembre 2022 sur Dana White&rsquo;s Contender Series : il stoppe Roybert Echeverria par TKO au troisi\u00e8me round et repart avec un contrat UFC en poche. Champion panam\u00e9ricain de jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien, partenaire d&rsquo;entra\u00eenement de Matheus Nicolau et Rafael Estevam \u00e0 Nova Uni\u00e3o, il d\u00e9barque dans la division poids mouche avec un profil de grappler pur et un finish rate autour de 94 %.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC : une entr\u00e9e fracassante, mais une d\u00e9faite<\/h3>\n<p>Ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, le 18 mars 2023 \u00e0 UFC 286 (Londres), auraient pu s&rsquo;\u00e9crire autrement. En troisi\u00e8me round contre le britannique invaincu Muhammad Mokaev, Filho verrouille un kneebar d\u00e9vastateur que son adversaire refuse de l\u00e2cher pendant plus d&rsquo;une minute \u2014 Mokaev sort de l\u00e0 avec probablement les ligaments du genou ab\u00eem\u00e9s. \u00c9puis\u00e9 par l&rsquo;effort, Filho ne peut pas capitaliser : Mokaev reprend le contr\u00f4le et le soumet par rear-naked choke \u00e0 4:32 du troisi\u00e8me round. La d\u00e9faite est l\u00e0, mais le nom de Filho circule dans tous les vestiaires.<\/p>\n<p>Il redresse la barre d\u00e8s juillet 2023 en soumettant Daniel Barez par arm triangle au premier round, puis confirme son efficacit\u00e9 au sol en mars 2024 avec un rear-naked choke exp\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 4:27 du round 1 contre Ode Osbourne. En mai 2025, Allan Nascimento lui inflige une d\u00e9cision unanime \u2014 seule fa\u00e7on de le battre, puisque personne ne l&rsquo;a encore arr\u00eat\u00e9 par KO en carri\u00e8re. La r\u00e9ponse arrive en octobre 2025 \u00e0 Rio : devant son public, il pipe Clayton Carpenter dans une kimura en fin de premier round (4:42) pour l&rsquo;un de ses meilleurs moments en UFC. Son dernier combat \u00e0 ce jour : une d\u00e9faite aux points face \u00e0 Cody Durden le 25 avril 2026 \u00e0 UFC Vegas 116.<\/p>\n<h3>Un style sans compromis<\/h3>\n<p>Le MMA de Filho se r\u00e9sume assez vite : il cherche le sol, et une fois qu&rsquo;il y est, il est dangereux de partout. Ses 11 victoires par soumission (sur 17 au total) couvrent un catalogue vari\u00e9 \u2014 kimura, arm triangle, rear-naked choke \u2014 ce qui trahit une compr\u00e9hension du jeu de sol au-del\u00e0 du simple judoka qui plaque. La frappe existe et a produit 5 KO\/TKO en carri\u00e8re, mais c&rsquo;est rarement l\u00e0 que le combat se gagne selon lui.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 33 ans, avec un record de 17-5 et une UFC record de 3-3, Filho reste une pi\u00e8ce dangereuse dans la division poids mouche. Jos\u00e9 Aldo, son co\u00e9quipier \u00e0 Nova Uni\u00e3o, lui aurait gliss\u00e9 en 2025 qu&rsquo;il avait une vraie chance de devenir champion. Le Pastor a d&rsquo;autres sermons \u00e0 pr\u00eacher dans la cage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2023\/03\/18\/ufc-286-muhammad-mokaev-survives-jafel-filho\/\">CageSidePress \u2013 UFC 286<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/jafel-filho\">UFC.com \u2013 Profil officiel<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2025\/10\/11\/jafel-filho-submits-carpenter-in-first-round-delivers-statement-win-on-home-soil\/\">CageSidePress \u2013 UFC Rio 2025<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jafel \u00ab\u00a0Pastor\u00a0\u00bb Filho, poids mouche br\u00e9silien de Nova Uni\u00e3o (17-5), pasteur \u00e9vang\u00e9lique et grappler redoutable avec 94 % de finishes en carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102962,"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-104735","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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