{"id":104814,"date":"2026-06-04T06:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/dylan-budka\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:20:27","slug":"dylan-budka","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/dylan-budka\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Budka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dylan \u00ab\u00a0The Mindless Hulk\u00a0\u00bb Budka \u2014 Le gars de Dundalk qui veut tout casser \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h2>\n<h3>De Maryland \u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone<\/h3>\n<p>Dylan Budka est n\u00e9 le 14 janvier 2000 \u00e0 Dundalk, dans la banlieue de Baltimore (Maryland). Avant de penser MMA, il r\u00eavait de football am\u00e9ricain ou de baseball \u2014 les sports de son quartier. C&rsquo;est pendant ses ann\u00e9es de lyc\u00e9e qu&rsquo;il bascule vers la lutte, au point de la poursuivre \u00e0 l&rsquo;universit\u00e9 : d&rsquo;abord \u00e0 Urbana University en Ohio, puis \u00e0 Notre Dame College, o\u00f9 il croise des combattants pros \u00e0 l&rsquo;entra\u00eenement. La r\u00e9v\u00e9lation est imm\u00e9diate. Il rejoint alors la Demolition Fight Team \u00e0 Findlay, Ohio, et ne regarde plus en arri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>Son parcours amateur est une d\u00e9monstration de volont\u00e9 brute : 18 combats en douze mois, en allant chercher des adversaires dans plusieurs \u00c9tats (Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvanie). Quatre titres amateurs plus tard, il se retrouve sur le Dana White&rsquo;s Contender Series le 5 septembre 2023, face \u00e0 Chad Hanekom. Victoire aux points, contrat UFC en poche. Ce soir-l\u00e0, il d\u00e9clare s&rsquo;\u00eatre \u00ab\u00a0enfin senti en paix\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 son p\u00e8re, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 peu avant, r\u00eavait de le voir atteindre le sport professionnel. Il avait aussi perdu sa m\u00e8re durant la m\u00eame p\u00e9riode.<\/p>\n<h3>Style et gabarit<\/h3>\n<p>Budka combat en poids moyen (84 kg), avec 1,83 m au compteur et 190 cm d&rsquo;allonge. Il se surnomme \u00ab\u00a0The Mindless Hulk\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 le colosse sans frein \u2014 et l&rsquo;\u00e9tiquette lui colle \u00e0 la peau : ses meilleurs moments en cage sont port\u00e9s par une pression physique constante, un crochet gauche d\u00e9vastateur et une lutte de base solide h\u00e9rit\u00e9e de ses ann\u00e9es universitaires. Ses finitions pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9es au sol passent par l&rsquo;\u00e9tranglement arri\u00e8re (rear-naked choke). Il a aussi \u00e0 son actif un KO en 9 secondes au niveau r\u00e9gional (B2 Fighting Series, mars 2022, face \u00e0 Jett Jones).<\/p>\n<h3>\u00c0 l&rsquo;UFC : des d\u00e9buts difficiles<\/h3>\n<p>Sa premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC tient du bapt\u00eame du feu. Il est propuls\u00e9 en short notice pour son premier combat \u00e0 Las Vegas, le 6 avril 2024 (UFC Fight Night : Allen vs. Curtis 2), face \u00e0 Cesar Almeida \u2014 un autre novice de la Contender Series, ancien kickboxeur Glory. R\u00e9sultat : TKO au 2e round (2:13), stopp\u00e9 sur des coudes. \u00c7a fait mal, mais le contexte est brutal pour un d\u00e9but.<\/p>\n<p>La suite ne s&rsquo;arrange pas : le 7 septembre 2024, Andr\u00e9 Petroski le domine sur trois rounds (d\u00e9faite aux points). Budka rate de surcro\u00eet la limite des poids moyens \u00e0 188,5 livres \u2014 un signal d&rsquo;alarme autant physique que mental. Il l&rsquo;admet ouvertement : apr\u00e8s la mort de son p\u00e8re, il a travers\u00e9 une d\u00e9pression s\u00e9v\u00e8re qui a plomb\u00e9 toute sa saison 2024. \u00c0 la veille de son troisi\u00e8me combat \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC (f\u00e9vrier 2025 contre Edmen Shahbazyan), il repart litt\u00e9ralement de z\u00e9ro, int\u00e8gre de nouveaux coaches en JJB, boxe et MMA, et se pr\u00e9pare \u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;il appelle \u00ab\u00a0mon vrai d\u00e9but \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC dans ma t\u00eate\u00a0\u00bb. Shahbazyan l&rsquo;arr\u00eate \u00e0 1:35 du premier round.<\/p>\n<h3>La reconstruction<\/h3>\n<p>L\u00e2ch\u00e9 par l&rsquo;UFC apr\u00e8s trois d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives, Budka ne dispara\u00eet pas. Il encha\u00eene deux victoires aux points sur la sc\u00e8ne r\u00e9gionale : Robert Gidron le 17 mai 2025 (AFP 102) et Jimmy Sandlin le 23 ao\u00fbt 2025 (Carnage Fight Series 3). Record professionnel actuel : 9-5. \u00c0 26 ans, il a le temps de prouver que son passage en rouge en 2024 \u00e9tait conjoncturel, pas structurel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/dylan-budka\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/dylan-the-mindless-hulk-budka\">VerdictMMA<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pressboxonline.com\/2023\/10\/16\/dundalk-native-dylan-budka-a-lot-changed-for-me-in-earning-ufc-contract\/\">PressBox<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan \u00ab\u00a0The Mindless Hulk\u00a0\u00bb Budka, poids moyen UFC de Dundalk (Maryland), record 9-5. Vainqueur DWCS 2023, pass\u00e9 par une saison 2024 tr\u00e8s difficile, en reconstruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101432,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69977],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104814","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-middleweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dylan Budka - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Dylan Budka\" \/>\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\/dylan-budka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dylan Budka - 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