{"id":105472,"date":"2026-06-03T07:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/istela-nunes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:29:01","slug":"istela-nunes","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/istela-nunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Istela Nunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Istela Nunes : la pionni\u00e8re br\u00e9silienne qui a dormi sur des tapis pour devenir championne<\/h2>\n<h3>Pau dos Ferros, capoeira et Muay Tha\u00ef<\/h3>\n<p>Istela Nunes est n\u00e9e le 23 juillet 1992 \u00e0 Pau dos Ferros, dans le Rio Grande do Norte \u2014 une ville du nord-est br\u00e9silien, loin des grandes acad\u00e9mies et des budgets confortables. Son p\u00e8re, artisan, inscrit ses trois enfants \u00e0 la capoeira d\u00e8s ses cinq ans. \u00c0 dix ans, un prof de Muay Tha\u00ef crois\u00e9 via sa m\u00e8re \u2014 femme de m\u00e9nage \u2014 change tout. Elle accroche imm\u00e9diatement, et ne l\u00e2chera plus.<\/p>\n<p>Ce qui suit, c&rsquo;est une trajectoire \u00e0 la dure : des ann\u00e9es \u00e0 dormir sur les tapis de la salle, \u00e0 choisir entre manger le midi ou le soir, \u00e0 encha\u00eener les entra\u00eenements loin de sa famille. Le r\u00e9sultat ? 52 victoires en Muay Tha\u00ef professionnel pour 4 d\u00e9faites, les titres WMF et WMO, et un statut de premi\u00e8re femme br\u00e9silienne sacr\u00e9e championne du monde en Tha\u00eflande. Elle porte \u00e7a avec elle \u00e0 chaque entr\u00e9e dans la cage.<\/p>\n<h3>Le virage MMA<\/h3>\n<p>En 2015, elle quitte le nord-est et s&rsquo;installe \u00e0 Curitiba pour se former au JJB et au grappling. Sa transition est rapide : elle compile un record de 5 victoires sans d\u00e9faite (avec un no-contest) avant de signer avec ONE Championship. En mai 2017, elle affronte Angela Lee pour le titre des poids paille de la promotion \u2014 une d\u00e9faite par soumission au round 2 (2:18), mais face \u00e0 la championne en titre dans une des plus grandes organisations mondiales. D\u00e9but 2018, elle repart de l&rsquo;avant avec une victoire aux points sur Gina Iniong (7 juillet 2018), puis rejoint l&rsquo;octogone de l&rsquo;UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Le parcours \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Son d\u00e9but \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, le 16 octobre 2021, la confronte \u00e0 Ariane Carnelossi \u2014 d\u00e9faite par rear naked choke au troisi\u00e8me round (2:57). Elle encaisse deux autres d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives : face \u00e0 Sam Hughes aux points (16 avril 2022), puis arr\u00eat\u00e9e au round 2 par Yazmin Jauregui au sol (3 d\u00e9cembre 2022). Vient ensuite le moment le plus brutal : le 15 juillet 2023 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Vegas 77, face \u00e0 la d\u00e9butante Viktoriia Dudakova, son coude gauche se disloque \u00e0 0:34 du premier round lors d&rsquo;une tentative de d\u00e9fense de takedown. L&rsquo;image de son bras est insoutenable. Elle revient pourtant dans l&rsquo;octogone le 5 avril 2025, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Vegas 105 contre Loma Lookboonmee, et perd aux points (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) \u2014 cinqui\u00e8me d\u00e9faite cons\u00e9cutive dans la promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Son bilan UFC s&rsquo;arr\u00eate \u00e0 0-5 au moment de son dernier passage dans la cage. Son record professionnel MMA total est de 6 victoires et 6 d\u00e9faites. Elle s&rsquo;entra\u00eene \u00e0 l&rsquo;American Top Team Brasil.<\/p>\n<h3>Ce qu&rsquo;elle apporte<\/h3>\n<p>Istela Nunes, c&rsquo;est d&rsquo;abord une frappante. Ceinture violette de JJB, mais c&rsquo;est le Muay Tha\u00ef qui d\u00e9finit sa bo\u00eete \u00e0 outils : travail au corps, coups de pied, gestion de distance. Sur les 6 victoires de sa carri\u00e8re MMA, deux sont venues par KO\/TKO. Son passage \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC n&rsquo;a pas produit les r\u00e9sultats esp\u00e9r\u00e9s, mais son histoire \u2014 la gamine du nord-est br\u00e9silien qui dort sur des tapis pour d\u00e9crocher des titres mondiaux \u2014 reste l&rsquo;une des plus sinc\u00e8res du circuit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onefc.com\/features\/from-sleeping-and-starving-in-the-gym-to-a-world-title-shot-istela-nunes\/\">ONE Championship<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2025\/04\/05\/ufc-vegas-105-loma-lookboonmee-gives-istela-nunes-fifth-straight-loss\/\">Cage Side Press<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/istela-nunes\">UFC.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istela Nunes, combattante br\u00e9silienne poids paille \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, est double championne du monde de Muay Tha\u00ef et premi\u00e8re Br\u00e9silienne sacr\u00e9e en Tha\u00eflande. Parcours MMA : 6-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101528,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69981],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105472","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-womens-strawweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Istela Nunes - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Istela Nunes\" \/>\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\/istela-nunes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Istela Nunes - 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