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Malcolm Wellmaker : le soudeur d’Augusta qui fracasse les cr\u00e2nes \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h2>\n

Du chantier \u00e0 l’octogone<\/h3>\n

Malcolm Wellmaker a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 cogner \u00e0 22 ans parce qu’il \u00ab\u00a0grossissait\u00a0\u00bb. Avant \u00e7a, il \u00e9tait apprenti pipefitter pour le syndicat Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 150 d’Augusta, G\u00e9orgie \u2014 deux jours de cours par semaine, le reste sur les chantiers, \u00e0 ma\u00eetriser la soudure entre deux quarts de nuit. Ce n’est qu’un an apr\u00e8s ses d\u00e9buts en tant qu’ouvrier qu’il a pouss\u00e9 la porte de la salle Faglier’s MMA. Neuf victoires amateurs, un titre Conflict MMA, et le type \u00e9tait encore sur les chantiers quand il a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 son invitation pour la Contender Series en 2024.<\/p>\n

Contender Series et l’explosion<\/h3>\n

Le 27 ao\u00fbt 2024, semaine 3 de la saison 8, Wellmaker affronte Adam Bramhald \u00e0 Vegas. Deux minutes vingt-neuf secondes plus tard, c’est termin\u00e9 : crochet droit, Bramhald \u00e0 genoux, arbitre qui s’interpose. Dana White l\u00e2che apr\u00e8s le combat : \u00ab\u00a0He couldn’t possibly have looked any better.\u00a0\u00bb Contrat UFC sign\u00e9. Wellmaker a ensuite quitt\u00e9 son boulot de pipefitter.<\/p>\n

Entr\u00e9e en fanfare \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h3>\n

Le 26 avril 2025, Kansas City, UFC Fight Night : face \u00e0 Cameron Saaiman, Wellmaker exp\u00e9die son adversaire en 1 minute 59 au premier round, crochet droit en contre, bonus Performance of the Night \u00e0 50 000 dollars. Retour deux mois plus tard \u00e0 Atlanta \u2014 sa ville, \u00e0 deux heures de route d’Augusta \u2014 le 14 juin 2025 contre Kris Moutinho. M\u00eame sentence, m\u00eame outil : crochet droit \u00e0 2 minutes 37, Moutinho s’effondre face contre terre. Deuxi\u00e8me bonus \u00e0 50 000 dollars. Deux combats \u00e0 l’UFC, deux KO au premier round, deux primes. La trajectoire \u00e9tait verticale.<\/p>\n

Les premi\u00e8res turbulences<\/h3>\n

Le 15 novembre 2025 \u00e0 l’UFC 322, Wellmaker subit son premier revers professionnel face \u00e0 Ethyn Ewing, aux points sur d\u00e9cision unanime. Cinq mois plus tard, le 16 mai 2026 au Meta APEX de Las Vegas, Juan Diaz le soumet par rear-naked choke \u00e0 4:08 du deuxi\u00e8me round. Deux d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives pour la premi\u00e8re fois de sa carri\u00e8re. Le \u00ab\u00a0The Machine\u00a0\u00bb d’Augusta, 31 ans, record d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 10-2, va devoir recalibrer la machine.<\/p>\n

Le style<\/h3>\n

Frappeur pur, ceinture bleue de jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien. Sur ses 10 victoires, 6 sont des KO\/TKO \u2014 dont 6 finishes au premier round. La main droite est son outil principal, celle qui a envoy\u00e9 Bramhald, Saaiman et Moutinho au sol en l’espace de huit mois. \u00c0 5’10\u00a0\u00bb pour une allonge de 71,5 pouces (181 cm), il boxe avec de la puissance s\u00e8che et un sens du timing qui tranche avec son parcours tardif. Son talon d’Achille : le grappling prolong\u00e9, comme Diaz l’a d\u00e9montr\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> UFC.com<\/a>, VerdictMMA<\/a>, Yahoo Sports<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malcolm Wellmaker, bantamweight UFC surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0The Machine\u00a0\u00bb, ex-pipefitter d’Augusta (G\u00e9orgie), 10-2 pro avec 6 KO dont deux bonuses UFC cons\u00e9cutifs en 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102798,"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-105260","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMalcolm Wellmaker - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Malcolm Wellmaker\" \/>\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\/malcolm-wellmaker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malcolm Wellmaker - 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