{"id":104864,"date":"2026-06-02T06:55:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/torrez-finney\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:38:42","slug":"torrez-finney","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/torrez-finney\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrez Finney"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Torrez \u00ab\u00a0The Punisher\u00a0\u00bb Finney \u2014 le lutteur de Macon qui a d\u00fb frapper trois fois \u00e0 la porte de l&rsquo;UFC<\/h2>\n<h3>Un parcours \u00e0 l&rsquo;image du surnom<\/h3>\n<p>Deux fois champion d&rsquo;\u00c9tat de lutte en G\u00e9orgie, 40 victoires et 0 d\u00e9faite en senior, une ann\u00e9e \u00e0 la fac \u00e0 l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 du Tennessee-Chattanooga : Torrez Finney avait les bases d&rsquo;un athl\u00e8te s\u00e9rieux avant m\u00eame de chausser des gants. Il d\u00e9marre le MMA en juillet 2020, encha\u00eene un 5-0 en amateur avec les ceintures Middleweight et Light Heavyweight, puis passe pro en 2022. La machine est lanc\u00e9e. Son record pro monte \u00e0 11-1 \u00e0 ce jour, avec 7 KO\/TKO et 1 soumission au compteur \u2014 soit 73 % de finishes.<\/p>\n<h3>Trois passages sur le Contender Series<\/h3>\n<p>Dana White n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas convaincu facilement. Premi\u00e8re tentative en octobre 2023 : Finney \u00e9touffe Yuri Panferov \u00e0 la cl\u00e9 bras arri\u00e8re (rear naked choke) au 2e round, performance nette \u2014 mais pas de contrat. White lui dit d&rsquo;aller chercher plus d&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience. Deuxi\u00e8me passage en ao\u00fbt 2024 face \u00e0 Cam Rowston : victoire aux points, mais l&rsquo;Am\u00e9ricain s&rsquo;essouffle sur trois rounds et White tranche cash : \u00ab\u00a0Va te battre trois ou quatre fois cette ann\u00e9e, puis reviens.\u00a0\u00bb Le gamin de Macon ne se d\u00e9fait pas. Six semaines plus tard, surprise : une troisi\u00e8me chance lui est offerte. Le 2 octobre 2024, il neutralise Abdellah Er-Ramy d\u00e8s le premier round et repart avec son contrat. \u00ab\u00a0Parfois Dieu te demande \u00e0 quel point tu veux vraiment passer cette porte\u00a0\u00bb, dira-t-il apr\u00e8s le combat.<\/p>\n<h3>Ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone<\/h3>\n<p>Octogone enfin, le 5 avril 2025, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night Emmett vs. Murphy. Face \u00e0 Robert Valentin, finaliste de TUF 32, Finney s&rsquo;impose en d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e \u2014 mais l&rsquo;UFC retient surtout autre chose : 17 frappes port\u00e9es en trois rounds, dont seulement quatre comptabilis\u00e9es comme significatives. Record de la production la plus basse pour une victoire dans l&rsquo;histoire de l&rsquo;Octogone. L&rsquo;int\u00e9ress\u00e9 ne s&rsquo;en cache pas : \u00ab\u00a0C&rsquo;\u00e9tait un dud, c&rsquo;est tout.\u00a0\u00bb Pas de langue de bois.<\/p>\n<h3>UFC 325 \u2014 et la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du niveau<\/h3>\n<p>Le 1er f\u00e9vrier 2026, \u00e0 Sydney, Finney monte en t\u00eate d&rsquo;affiche des prelims d&rsquo;UFC 325 (Qudos Bank Arena) face \u00e0 l&rsquo;Australien Jacob Malkoun. La nuit tourne vite \u00e0 l&rsquo;aigre. Malkoun domine aux poings, place un knockdown en premi\u00e8re p\u00e9riode avec un crochet gauche court, puis un nouveau knockdown en deuxi\u00e8me round. Verdict unanime : 30-27, 30-26, 30-26. Premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite pro pour Finney, et un signal clair sur la distance qui le s\u00e9pare encore du haut de la division middleweight.<\/p>\n<h3>Profil et style<\/h3>\n<p>Finney est avant tout un lutteur \u2014 ceinture violette en BJJ, 44 % de pr\u00e9cision sur les takedowns selon l&rsquo;UFC. Mais ses meilleurs r\u00e9sultats sont venus au sol via la domination physique et le ground-and-pound, pas via une boxe sophistiqu\u00e9e : ses stats de frappes \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC (36 % de pr\u00e9cision, 1,03 frappes significatives par minute) racontent clairement o\u00f9 il doit progresser. \u00c0 27 ans, la marge existe \u2014 la volont\u00e9 aussi, comme il l&rsquo;a prouv\u00e9 en tapant trois fois \u00e0 la porte de la promotion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/torrez-finney\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/ufc\/fighter\/2263540\/torrez-finney\/\">CBS Sports<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2024\/10\/01\/redemption-third-chances-on-dana-whites-contender-series-torrez-finney\/\">Cage Side Press<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torrez \u00ab\u00a0The Punisher\u00a0\u00bb Finney, middleweight UFC de Macon (G\u00e9orgie), double champion d&rsquo;\u00c9tat de lutte, a d\u00fb passer trois fois sur le Contender Series avant de d\u00e9crocher son contrat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101740,"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-104864","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 - 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