{"id":105201,"date":"2026-06-04T06:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/sean-sharaf\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:51:15","slug":"sean-sharaf","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/sean-sharaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Sharaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sean Sharaf : l&rsquo;ex-Marine qui fait saigner l&rsquo;octogone<\/h2>\n<p>Un record de 4-2 en pro, et pourtant Sean \u00ab\u00a0The Smoke\u00a0\u00bb Sharaf a d\u00e9j\u00e0 gagn\u00e9 un bonus Fight of the Night \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC \u2014 dans une d\u00e9faite. C&rsquo;est \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s tout ce qu&rsquo;il faut savoir sur le bonhomme : il n&rsquo;est pas encore au sommet des lourds, mais quand il monte dans la cage, \u00e7a saigne et \u00e7a tombe.<\/p>\n<h3>De l&rsquo;uniforme \u00e0 la cage<\/h3>\n<p>Sean Sharaf est n\u00e9 le 11 juillet 1993 \u00e0 Anaheim, en Californie, dans une famille d&rsquo;origine palestinienne. Avant de cogner des adversaires professionnels, il a servi dans les Marines am\u00e9ricains. C&rsquo;est en 2018 seulement qu&rsquo;il commence \u00e0 s&rsquo;entra\u00eener s\u00e9rieusement au MMA, relativement tard pour une carri\u00e8re de combattant. Il int\u00e8gre Xtreme Couture \u00e0 Santa Ana (Californie), une salle qui a vu passer des pointures du circuit am\u00e9ricain.<\/p>\n<h3>Un d\u00e9but de carri\u00e8re tout en explosivit\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Ses quatre premiers combats pro r\u00e9sument son style mieux que n&rsquo;importe quelle analyse : quatre finishes, tous au premier round. Il d\u00e9marre le 23 septembre 2021 en stoppant Bruno Casillas \u00e0 1:10 (FCOC 65), puis met 9 petites secondes \u00e0 envoyer Nathan Mullett au tapis le 1er juillet 2023 (UNF 9) \u2014 un KO \u00e0 peine le temps de cligner des yeux. Il d\u00e9croche le titre poids lourd du Fight Club OC en dominant Chadricc Kindle le 4 avril 2024, puis encha\u00eene avec une ceinture LXF en r\u00e9glant LJ Torres d&rsquo;un overhand droit le 6 septembre 2024. Bilan r\u00e9gional : 4-0, 100% de finishes.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC sur le fil<\/h3>\n<p>L&rsquo;appel de l&rsquo;UFC arrive en urgence. Le 12 octobre 2024, Sharaf d\u00e9barque en short notice au UFC Fight Night Royval vs. Taira (UFC Vegas 98) pour affronter Junior Tafa, lui aussi convoqu\u00e9 d&rsquo;urgence depuis ses vacances en famille. Le combat est une catastrophe a\u00e9robique magnifique : deux poids lourds \u00e0 bout de souffle qui s&rsquo;\u00e9changent des coups sur deux rounds. Sharaf tient bien le premier, obtient m\u00eame un takedown et part en ground and pound, mais Tafa le stoppe \u00e0 2:15 du deuxi\u00e8me round \u00e0 la faveur de droites qui font mal. D\u00e9faite par TKO, mais l&rsquo;entr\u00e9e dans la cour des grands est act\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Le 13 d\u00e9cembre 2025, Sharaf retrouve l&rsquo;octogone face \u00e0 Steven Asplund, un d\u00e9butant UFC qui d\u00e9barque apr\u00e8s un passage au Contender Series. L&rsquo;affrontement est d&rsquo;une violence rare : Asplund encaisse, r\u00e9pond, ouvre une coupure entre les yeux de Sharaf qui transforme le match en bain de sang. Le finish arrive au round 2 (3:49), mais les deux hommes repartent avec le bonus Fight of the Night. Perdre en gagnant un bonus, c&rsquo;est le genre de soir\u00e9e qui construit une r\u00e9putation chez les lourds.<\/p>\n<h3>La suite<\/h3>\n<p>Un combat contre Tai Tuivasa \u00e9tait pr\u00e9vu le 2 mai 2026 \u00e0 Perth pour l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night Della Maddalena vs. Prates \u2014 un duel entre deux gars qui cherchent une relance. Sharaf a d\u00fb se retirer le 21 avril 2026 sur blessure (fracture du nez), laissant sa place \u00e0 Louie Sutherland. Toujours sans victoire \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, il reste sur son record pro de 4-2, mais son profil \u2014 lourd explosif, propension aux guerres \u2014 en fait un combattant que les matchmakers ne vont pas l\u00e2cher.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/sean-sharaf\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/sean-the-smoke-sharaf\">VerdictMMA<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2025\/12\/14\/heavyweight-slobberknocker-earns-fight-of-the-night-ufc-vegas-112\/\">CageSidePress<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean \u00ab\u00a0The Smoke\u00a0\u00bb Sharaf, ex-Marine am\u00e9ricain d&rsquo;origine palestinienne, poids lourd UFC au record 4-2. Quatre finishes au 1er round en r\u00e9gional, et un Fight of the Night dans une d\u00e9faite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103174,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69980],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105201","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sean Sharaf - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Sean Sharaf\" \/>\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\/sean-sharaf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sean Sharaf - 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