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Dennis \u00ab\u00a0The Great\u00a0\u00bb Buzukja \u2014 l’Albanais de Long Island qui veut conqu\u00e9rir les poids plumes UFC<\/h2>\n

Racines et formation<\/h3>\n

N\u00e9 le 1er octobre 1997 \u00e0 Staten Island (New York), Dennis Buzukja grandit dans la communaut\u00e9 albanaise de Long Island. Son surnom \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0The Great\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 n’est pas une fanfaronnade : il vient de son deuxi\u00e8me pr\u00e9nom, Aleksander, et tout le monde dans sa famille l’a toujours appel\u00e9 ainsi, en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 Alexandre le Grand. Autant dire que la barre est haute, et il le sait. Il enfile ses premi\u00e8res paires de gants d\u00e8s l’\u00e2ge de 5-6 ans, et ne les enl\u00e8vera plus.<\/p>\n

C’est \u00e0 la Serra-Longo Fight Team de Long Island qu’il construit son MMA, sous la direction de Ray Longo. L’environnement est taill\u00e9 pour cr\u00e9er des champions : ses partenaires d’entra\u00eenement s’appellent Aljamain Sterling et Merab Dvalishvili, et c’est Al Iaquinta qui lui affine son jeu de pied. Sterling et Dvalishvili, dit-il, ont \u00ab\u00a0jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le \u00e9norme\u00a0\u00bb dans le d\u00e9veloppement de son grappling.<\/p>\n

Le long chemin vers l’Octogone<\/h3>\n

Buzukja t\u00e2te d’abord le circuit r\u00e9gional avant de se pr\u00e9senter au Contender Series de Dana White en septembre 2020 \u2014 il y perd une d\u00e9cision face \u00e0 Melsik Baghdasaryan et repart sans contrat. Pas de quoi l’abattre : il encha\u00eene trois victoires cons\u00e9cutives, revient au DWCS le 26 juillet 2022 et bat cette fois Kaleio Romero par d\u00e9cision. Le contrat tombe enfin.<\/p>\n

Son arriv\u00e9e dans l’Octogone UFC principal a lieu le 5 ao\u00fbt 2023 \u00e0 Nashville (UFC on ESPN 50) : il affronte Sean Woodson, un gaucher longiligne de 6’2″, et s’incline aux points, d\u00e9cision unanime 30-27 sur les trois cartons. Trois mois plus tard, \u00e0 l’UFC 295 au Madison Square Garden le 11 novembre 2023, il retrouve l’Octogone face \u00e0 Jamall Emmers \u2014 et se fait stopper en 49 secondes, round 1.<\/p>\n

Rebond et suite de carri\u00e8re<\/h3>\n

La r\u00e9ponse arrive le 30 mars 2024 \u00e0 Atlantic City : Buzukja r\u00e8gle le compte de Connor Matthews par KO au troisi\u00e8me round (\u00e0 0:22), son premier finish en UFC. Un mois avant le combat, l’UFC lui retire son drapeau albanais \u00e0 l’entr\u00e9e pour des raisons protocolaires \u2014 anecdote qui circule dans la presse MMA et illustre \u00e0 quel point cette identit\u00e9 nationale compte pour lui. Le 25 ao\u00fbt 2024, il s’incline face \u00e0 Francis Marshall sur d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e, un combat serr\u00e9 que certains observateurs lui auraient accord\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Le 19 avril 2026 \u00e0 Winnipeg, il croise Marcio Barbosa et chute sur un crochet gauche en 1:20 du premier round. Son bilan UFC se stabilise \u00e0 1-5. Il n’a pas le temps de ruminer : un combat est d\u00e9j\u00e0 programm\u00e9 pour le 1er ao\u00fbt 2026 face \u00e0 Bogdan Grad.<\/p>\n

Profil et style de combat<\/h3>\n

Avec 5’9″ et 70,5 pouces d’allonge, Buzukja n’est pas un gabarit dominant en poids plumes. Son jeu repose sur la pression constante, une d\u00e9fense au sol solide (75 % de takedown defense) et une base de grappling construite avec deux des meilleurs wrestlers de l’UFC. Il compte cinq victoires par KO sur 12 victoires totales \u2014 ce n’est pas un finisseur fantaisie, mais il frappe avec intention. Il se d\u00e9crit lui-m\u00eame comme \u00ab\u00a0t\u00eatu\u00a0\u00bb, qualit\u00e9 qu’il attribue sans d\u00e9tour \u00e0 ses origines albanaises.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> UFC.com<\/a>, UFC News \u2013 DWCS profile<\/a>, UFC News \u2013 UFC 295 feature<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dennis \u00ab\u00a0The Great\u00a0\u00bb Buzukja, poids plume albano-am\u00e9ricain de Long Island (12-6), entra\u00een\u00e9 \u00e0 la Serra-Longo aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Sterling et Dvalishvili.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102684,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69975],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105153","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-featherweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDennis Buzukja - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Dennis Buzukja\" \/>\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\/dennis-buzukja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dennis Buzukja - 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