{"id":105444,"date":"2026-06-04T06:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/carlos-vera\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:45:54","slug":"carlos-vera","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/carlos-vera\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Vera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Carlos \u00ab\u00a0Pequeno\u00a0\u00bb Vera : l&rsquo;auditeur devenu chasseur de soumissions \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h2>\n<h3>De Manta \u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone en passant par les salles de r\u00e9union<\/h3>\n<p>Carlos Vera est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Manta, sur la c\u00f4te \u00e9quatorienne, avant d&rsquo;atterrir aux \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 3 ans avec sa famille. Il grandit \u00e0 La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans, o\u00f9 son grand-p\u00e8re tenait une boutique de tailleur, puis fait ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 Loyola University. Son parcours professionnel ? Auditeur, puis banquier d&rsquo;investissement. Le mec se levait, mettait sa cravate, allait au bureau \u2014 et s&rsquo;entra\u00eenait le matin, \u00e0 midi, le soir. Ce n&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;\u00e0 23 ans qu&rsquo;il plonge s\u00e9rieusement dans le MMA, apr\u00e8s une base de taekwondo d\u00e9marr\u00e9e \u00e0 4 ans (il finit par d\u00e9crocher une ceinture noire 4e dan) et une parenth\u00e8se capoeira \u00e0 19 ans pour travailler ses mouvements atypiques.<\/p>\n<p>Six ans avant ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, il s&rsquo;installe \u00e0 Washington D.C. pour s&rsquo;entra\u00eener au Fifty\/50 Martial Arts Academy, o\u00f9 il devient brown belt en BJJ sous la direction de Ryan Hall. C&rsquo;est l\u00e0 que le puzzle prend forme : arts martiaux de base solides, grappling pointu, et une philosophie de vie qui tient en une phrase \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<h3>TUF 31 et l&rsquo;entr\u00e9e dans la cour des grands<\/h3>\n<p>En 2023, Carlos Vera int\u00e8gre la 31e saison de The Ultimate Fighter dans l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de Conor McGregor. Il s&rsquo;incline face \u00e0 Brad Katona aux points sur deux rounds, mais la performance suffit pour qu&rsquo;on lui tende un contrat UFC. Son vrai bapt\u00eame de l&rsquo;Octogone arrive le 17 f\u00e9vrier 2024 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 298 : il affronte le Japonais Rinya Nakamura et s&rsquo;y fait dominer sur trois rounds, s&rsquo;inclinant aux points sans pouvoir exprimer son jeu.<\/p>\n<h3>15 mars 2025 : le coup de genou qui change tout<\/h3>\n<p>Plus d&rsquo;un an apr\u00e8s cette claque inaugurale, Vera revient \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Apex pour l&rsquo;UFC Vegas 104 face \u00e0 Josias Musasa, un Congolais invaincu au dossier (8-0) affich\u00e9 comme grand favori \u00e0 -650. \u00ab\u00a0Pequeno\u00a0\u00bb, lui, cot\u00e9 outsider \u00e0 +470. Personne ne l&rsquo;attend. Il place un high kick d\u00e9vastateur suivi d&rsquo;un \u00e9tranglement arri\u00e8re \u00e0 3:16 du premier round. Musasa, jusqu&rsquo;ici impassable, s&rsquo;en va au tapis. Premi\u00e8re victoire UFC pour Vera, premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite pour Musasa \u2014 et un sacr\u00e9 signal envoy\u00e9 \u00e0 la division bantam.<\/p>\n<h3>Style et identit\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Le registre de Vera, c&rsquo;est l&rsquo;inattendu. La capoeira dans le bagage, le TKD pour le timing des kicks, le BJJ de Ryan Hall pour verrouiller au sol \u2014 le tout au service d&rsquo;un MMA hybride difficile \u00e0 lire. Il parle espagnol, anglais, portugais, et apprenait le fran\u00e7ais au moment o\u00f9 il d\u00e9crochait son contrat. Repr\u00e9sentant de l&rsquo;\u00c9quateur \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, il assume ce r\u00f4le avec le sourire d&rsquo;un mec qui a mis du temps \u00e0 arriver l\u00e0, mais qui sait exactement pourquoi il se bat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/carlos-vera\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.primicias.ec\/noticias\/jugada\/carlos-vera-auditor-luchador-ufc-historia\/\">Primicias.ec<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2025\/03\/15\/ufc-vegas-104-carlos-vera-notches-first-ufc-win-subs-josias-musasa\/\">Cage Side Press<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos \u00ab\u00a0Pequeno\u00a0\u00bb Vera, combattant bantamweight \u00e9quatorien \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC (12-4), ex-auditeur devenu chasseur de soumissions form\u00e9 au TKD, capoeira et BJJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102502,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69974],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105444","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 - 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