{"id":105443,"date":"2026-06-02T06:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/josias-musasa\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:46:05","slug":"josias-musasa","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/josias-musasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Josias Musasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Josias \u00ab\u00a0The K.O. Wizard\u00a0\u00bb Musasa : le sorcier du KO venu de Lubumbashi<\/h2>\n<h3>Un parcours hors-norme depuis le Congo<\/h3>\n<p>Avant de fouler l&rsquo;octogone de l&rsquo;UFC, Josias Musasa travaillait comme aide-m\u00e9canicien \u00e0 Lubumbashi. N\u00e9 le 10 octobre 1998 dans la capitale du Katanga, il n&rsquo;avait jamais quitt\u00e9 la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo \u2014 sauf pour combattre. C&rsquo;est tout ce qu&rsquo;il savait faire de mieux, et \u00e7a se voyait : deux titres de champion amateur MMA du Congo en poids coq (2020 et 2021), le titre r\u00e9gional de boxe du Katanga, et z\u00e9ro round perdu en amateur. Toutes ses victoires : par KO.<\/p>\n<p>Le public congolais lui a coll\u00e9 le surnom de \u00ab\u00a0sorcier du K.O.\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 traduit en anglais pour son arriv\u00e9e sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale : \u00ab\u00a0The K.O. Wizard\u00a0\u00bb. Pas du marketing, juste une observation.<\/p>\n<h3>La Contender Series et la porte UFC<\/h3>\n<p>En pro, Musasa passe au niveau sup\u00e9rieur \u00e0 vitesse grand V. Sept victoires en sept combats, sept KO, six finishes au premier round dont trois boucl\u00e9s en moins d&rsquo;une minute (0:19, 0:39, 0:49 sur le chrono). Le 10 septembre 2024, Dana White&rsquo;s Contender Series Saison 8 l&rsquo;invite \u00e0 Las Vegas. Face au G\u00e9orgien Otari Tanzilovi, il doit pour la premi\u00e8re fois aller au bout des trois rounds \u2014 et gagne quand m\u00eame en d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e. Contrat UFC sign\u00e9 dans la foul\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 ce moment-l\u00e0, il devient le premier combattant \u00e0 avoir enti\u00e8rement d\u00e9but\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re en RDC \u00e0 signer avec l&rsquo;UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Style : frappes lourdes, d\u00e9fense au sol solide<\/h3>\n<p>Kickboxer de formation, Musasa frappe vite et fort \u2014 45 % de pr\u00e9cision aux frappes significatives pour un gars qui termine ses adversaires en moins de soixante secondes, c&rsquo;est un ratio qui parle. Sa d\u00e9fense aux takedowns affiche 81 %, ce qui lui permet de garder les combats debout l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il est le plus dangereux. La Contender Series a montr\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il pouvait g\u00e9rer trois rounds et adapter son jeu face \u00e0 un adversaire coriace, mais c&rsquo;est quand il trouve la distance que \u00e7a devient spectaculaire.<\/p>\n<h3>D\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC : deux le\u00e7ons difficiles<\/h3>\n<p>Le 15 mars 2025 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night 254 (Las Vegas), Musasa fait ses d\u00e9buts UFC contre Carlos Vera en grand favori. Le combat tourne mal rapidement : Vera le touche avec un head kick, prend le dos et conclut par rear-naked choke \u00e0 3:16 du premier round. Premier KO encaiss\u00e9 de sa carri\u00e8re pro, et une soumission en prime.<\/p>\n<p>Six mois plus tard, le 27 septembre 2025 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Perth, il affronte Colby Thicknesse dans un combat serr\u00e9. Thicknesse impose ses takedowns en fin de combat et s&rsquo;en tire en d\u00e9cision unanime 29-28 sur les trois cartes. Deux d\u00e9faites en UFC, le bilan est dur \u2014 mais les deux adversaires ont eu besoin de tout leur arsenal pour passer.<\/p>\n<h3>O\u00f9 il en est<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c0 27 ans, Josias Musasa est \u00e0 8-2 en pro avec un record UFC de 0-2. La marge de progression reste r\u00e9elle : sa puissance de frappe est intacte, sa d\u00e9fense au sol a prouv\u00e9 ses limites contre Vera. Le \u00ab\u00a0K.O. Wizard\u00a0\u00bb doit perfectionner son jeu au sol pour transformer l&rsquo;essai dans la cage la plus comp\u00e9titive du monde \u2014 ce n&rsquo;est pas une question de talent brut, c&rsquo;est une question d&rsquo;apprentissage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/josias-musasa\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infosportrdc.net\/mmajosias-musasa-a-fait-son-entree-a-lufc\/\">InfoSportRDC<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2025\/03\/15\/ufc-vegas-104-carlos-vera-notches-first-ufc-win-subs-josias-musasa\/\">CageSidePress<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josias \u00ab\u00a0The K.O. Wizard\u00a0\u00bb Musasa, poids coq congolais (8-2), 7 KO en 7 d\u00e9buts pros, arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC via la Contender Series 2024 depuis Lubumbashi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102815,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69974],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105443","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Josias Musasa - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Josias Musasa\" \/>\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\/josias-musasa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Josias Musasa - 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