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SeungWoo Choi \u00ab\u00a0Sting\u00a0\u00bb : le kickboxeur de Sokcho qui a failli faire sa loi \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h2>\n

De la fronti\u00e8re nord-cor\u00e9enne \u00e0 l’Octogone<\/h3>\n

SeungWoo Choi est n\u00e9 le 3 novembre 1992 \u00e0 Gangneung, dans la province de Gangwon-do, au nord-est de la Cor\u00e9e du Sud. Il grandit \u00e0 Sokcho, une ville de 80 000 habitants pos\u00e9e \u00e0 quelques kilom\u00e8tres de la zone d\u00e9militaris\u00e9e \u2014 un bout du monde pour faire ses armes, litt\u00e9ralement. Il commence les arts martiaux \u00e0 8 ans, s’entra\u00eene dans les montagnes avec son p\u00e8re sans salle ni coach, et r\u00eave d’abord de K-1. C’est pendant son service militaire obligatoire, en regardant l’UFC avec sa famille pendant les permissions, qu’il bascule vers le MMA.<\/p>\n

Avant \u00e7a, il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 construit quelque chose de solide en Muay Thai : m\u00e9daill\u00e9 de bronze aux Championnats du monde IFMA 2010 dans la cat\u00e9gorie \u221263 kg sous les couleurs de la s\u00e9lection nationale cor\u00e9enne. Il sort dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l’Universit\u00e9 de Yongin \u2014 la grande \u00e9cole des sports de combat en Cor\u00e9e \u2014 et rejoint le Mob Training Center \u00e0 S\u00e9oul pour se lancer en MMA.<\/p>\n

Le circuit cor\u00e9en, puis l’UFC<\/h3>\n

Ses d\u00e9buts pros datent d’ao\u00fbt 2015 (KO en R1 contre Tae Seung Yoon, Top FC 8). Il construit rapidement son palmar\u00e8s sur le circuit asiatique, d\u00e9croche le titre Top Fighting Championship poids plume \u00e0 deux reprises (2016, 2017), et accumule un record de 7 victoires pour 1 d\u00e9faite avant de signer \u00e0 l’UFC. Le surnom \u00ab\u00a0Sting\u00a0\u00bb colle parfaitement \u00e0 son style : percussion venimeuse, main gauche pr\u00e9cise, capable de mettre les lumi\u00e8res tr\u00e8s vite.<\/p>\n

Son entr\u00e9e dans l’Octogone, le 20 avril 2019 \u00e0 l’UFC on ESPN+ 7, est difficile : d\u00e9faite aux points contre Movsar Evloev \u2014 un lutteur russe qui s’av\u00e9rera par la suite \u00eatre l’un des meilleurs de la division. Trois mois plus tard \u00e0 l’UFC 240, Gavin Tucker le soumet au troisi\u00e8me round. Deux d\u00e9faites d’entr\u00e9e, et la question se pose d\u00e9j\u00e0 de savoir si Choi a le niveau.<\/p>\n

La s\u00e9rie qui a tout relanc\u00e9<\/h3>\n

La r\u00e9ponse arrive en d\u00e9cembre 2019 avec une victoire aux points contre Suman Mokhtarian (UFC on ESPN+ 23), puis deux performances qui font parler en 2021. Le 6 f\u00e9vrier, il bat Youssef Zalal \u00e0 l’unanimit\u00e9 au Fight Night Overeem vs. Volkov \u2014 une victoire qui vieillit tr\u00e8s bien au vu du parcours de Zalal ensuite. Et le 19 juin 2021, il fait sauter Julian Erosa en 1 minute 37 secondes \u00e0 l’UFC Vegas 29 : crochet gauche, encha\u00eenement au sol, l’arbitre plonge. Performance of the Night, tout m\u00e9rit\u00e9. Trois victoires de suite, le r\u00e9veil cor\u00e9en semblait act\u00e9.<\/p>\n

La descente et la sortie<\/h3>\n

Mais le coup de frein est brutal. Alex Caceres le soumet au deuxi\u00e8me round en octobre 2021 (UFC Fight Night). Joshua Culibao le domine aux points \u00e0 l’UFC 275 en juin 2022. Mike Trizano le KO au premier round \u00e0 l’UFC 281 en novembre 2022. Jarno Errens lui permet de souffler \u2014 victoire aux points le 26 ao\u00fbt 2023 \u2014 mais c’est le dernier r\u00e9sultat positif. Steve Garcia l’arr\u00eate en 1:36 au premier round en juillet 2024, Kevin Vallejos fait de m\u00eame en 3:09 en mars 2025.<\/p>\n

Le 9 avril 2025, l’UFC annonce sa mise \u00e0 l’\u00e9cart du roster. Son bilan final dans l’organisation : 4 victoires, 7 d\u00e9faites. Record pro total : 11-8. Il avait perdu sa m\u00e8re quelques semaines avant son dernier combat.<\/p>\n

Ce qu’il reste<\/h3>\n

SeungWoo Choi n’aura pas tenu sur la longueur \u00e0 l’UFC, mais sa trajectoire dit quelque chose d’honn\u00eate sur ce sport : le gamin de Sokcho qui regardait l’UFC \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9 pendant son service militaire est all\u00e9 jusqu’au bout, a mis son nom sur un bonus \u00ab\u00a0Performance of the Night\u00a0\u00bb et a battu des mecs s\u00e9rieux. Le KO sur Erosa en juin 2021 reste l’image la plus nette de ce qu’il pouvait produire quand tout s’alignait.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/a>, UFC.com<\/a>, South China Morning Post<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SeungWoo Choi \u00ab\u00a0Sting\u00a0\u00bb, poids plume cor\u00e9en (11-8), ex-UFC et m\u00e9daill\u00e9 de bronze IFMA 2010 en Muay Thai, sorti du roster en avril 2025 apr\u00e8s 4 victoires et 7 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101835,"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-105447","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-featherweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSeungWoo Choi - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de SeungWoo Choi\" \/>\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\/seungwoo-choi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SeungWoo Choi - 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