{"id":105458,"date":"2026-06-04T06:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/caolan-loughran\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:47:27","slug":"caolan-loughran","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/caolan-loughran\/","title":{"rendered":"Caol\u00c3\u00a1n Loughran"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Caolan Loughran, \u00ab\u00a0The Don\u00a0\u00bb du bantamweight irlandais<\/h2>\n<p>\u00c0 16 ans, apr\u00e8s trop de blessures \u00e0 r\u00e9p\u00e9tition sur les terrains de football ga\u00e9lique, Caolan Loughran a raccroch\u00e9 les crampons et pos\u00e9 ses poings dans une salle de MMA. Natif de Tyrone en Irlande du Nord, il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 box\u00e9 enfant durant les hivers, quand le foot s&rsquo;arr\u00eatait. Le MMA, c&rsquo;\u00e9tait la suite logique \u2014 et la d\u00e9cision qui a tout chang\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>De Tyrone \u00e0 Liverpool, en dormant dans le gym<\/h3>\n<p>Loughran a d\u00e9marr\u00e9 pro en 2017, empilant les victoires et les finishs. Trois titres amateurs au compteur \u2014 Clan Wars, Cage Legacy, Almighty Fighting Championship \u2014 avant de passer chez les pros avec une agressivit\u00e9 tranquille. Son vrai tournant : rejoindre Team Kaobon Liverpool, la salle de Tom Aspinall et Darren Till, o\u00f9 il s&rsquo;est install\u00e9 dix mois entiers sur un lit de camp dans une arri\u00e8re-salle sans fen\u00eatre, cent cinquante livres sterling en poche. Pas romantique, mais formateur. Il en est sorti avec un toucher de frappe am\u00e9lior\u00e9, une base de lutte solide et un dossier immacul\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Le 6 mai 2023 \u00e0 Rome, Cage Warriors 154 : il d\u00e9croche le titre bantamweight face \u00e0 Dylan Hazan, exp\u00e9di\u00e9 en TKO au round 2 (1:44) par une combinaison droite-uppercut gauche. Troisi\u00e8me Irlandais champion Cage Warriors. Son dossier affiche alors 8-0.<\/p>\n<h3>UFC : l&rsquo;apprentissage dur<\/h3>\n<p>Ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, le 2 septembre 2023 \u00e0 Paris, sentent la poudre avant m\u00eame le premier coup. Loughran avait d\u00e9clar\u00e9 publiquement que le MMA fran\u00e7ais \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9tait nul\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 et le public de l&rsquo;Accor Arena ne l&rsquo;a pas oubli\u00e9. Taylor Lapilus, lui, n&rsquo;a rien dit. Il l&rsquo;a juste battu aux points en d\u00e9cision unanime (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), infligeant sa premi\u00e8re d\u00e9faite professionnelle \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0The Don\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Loughran a su rebondir. En mars 2024 \u00e0 Atlantic City, il corrige Angel Pacheco en d\u00e9cision unanime. Puis vient UFC 304, le 27 juillet 2024 \u00e0 Manchester : il affronte Jake Hadley, autre ex-champion Cage Warriors, et reperd aux points. Trois juges, trois fois contre lui. Retour \u00e0 la case d\u00e9part. En mars 2025, UFC Fight Night London, il boucle son contrat de quatre combats avec une victoire en d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e sur Nathan Fletcher \u2014 un adversaire qu&rsquo;il conna\u00eet bien (il l&rsquo;avait perdu en amateur en 2018). L&rsquo;UFC ne renouvelle pas.<\/p>\n<h3>Style : boxeur avec des mains et de la pression<\/h3>\n<p>Le style de Loughran, c&rsquo;est de la boxe anglaise avec du volume : bon footwork, combinaisons rapides, une gauche droite redoutable, et des jambes qui l&#8217;emm\u00e8nent bien au contact. Ses 5 arr\u00eats par KO\/TKO en disent long sur la puissance cach\u00e9e dans un gabarit de 5&rsquo;6&Prime;. Mais il est \u00e0 l&rsquo;aise partout \u2014 deux victoires par soumission (dont une face crank) montrent qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;est pas qu&rsquo;un frappeur. Sa d\u00e9fense au sol, initialement son point faible, s&rsquo;est nettement am\u00e9lior\u00e9e depuis ses d\u00e9buts.<\/p>\n<h3>PFL et la suite<\/h3>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s la fin de son contrat UFC, Loughran n&rsquo;a pas attendu. Il rejoint la PFL via Dan Hardy, responsable des op\u00e9rations Europe, en d\u00e9crivant la d\u00e9cision comme \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9vidente\u00a0\u00bb. Son premier combat dans la promotion, le 3 octobre 2025 \u00e0 Duba\u00ef, tourne mal : il accepte un adversaire de derni\u00e8re minute, Jack Cartwright (autre ex-Cage Warriors), et s&rsquo;incline en d\u00e9cision. Mauvais timing, pas une catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>Le 16 avril 2026, retour \u00e0 Belfast, son terrain : il soumet Alan Philpott par face crank en 1 minute 11 secondes au premier round. Propre. Un combat contre Julio Arce est pr\u00e9vu pour juillet 2026. \u00c0 30 ans, avec un record de 11-3, Loughran n&rsquo;est pas en train de g\u00e9rer une fin de carri\u00e8re \u2014 il construit encore.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/caolan-loughran\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2023\/09\/01\/welcome-to-the-ufc-caolan-loughran\/\">CageSidePress<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/caolan-the-don-loughran\">VerdictMMA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caolan \u00ab\u00a0The Don\u00a0\u00bb Loughran, bantamweight irlandais de Tyrone, ex-champion Cage Warriors, 11-3 entre UFC et PFL. Boxeur puissant, 5 KO\/TKO au compteur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102881,"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-105458","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>Caol\u00c3\u00a1n Loughran - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Caol\u00c3\u00a1n Loughran\" \/>\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\/caolan-loughran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Caol\u00c3\u00a1n Loughran - 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