{"id":105613,"date":"2026-06-04T07:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/alexandre-pantoja\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:40:34","slug":"alexandre-pantoja","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/alexandre-pantoja\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandre Pantoja"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexandre Pantoja, le grappler br\u00e9silien qui a r\u00e9gn\u00e9 sur les mouches de l’UFC<\/h2>\n

Quand Alexandre Pantoja serre le cou d’un adversaire au sol, il ne l\u00e2che plus. C’est exactement ce qui lui a valu le surnom de \u00ab\u00a0The Cannibal\u00a0\u00bb : un mec qui ne cherche pas \u00e0 gagner aux points, mais \u00e0 d\u00e9vorer le combat. N\u00e9 le 16 avril 1990 \u00e0 Rio de Janeiro, ce poids mouche (flyweight) a pass\u00e9 une bonne partie de sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 prouver qu’un petit gabarit pouvait \u00eatre l’un des chasseurs les plus redout\u00e9s de l’octogone.<\/p>\n

Du Br\u00e9sil \u00e0 l’UFC, en passant par la t\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9alit\u00e9<\/h3>\n

Avant les projecteurs, Pantoja s’est forg\u00e9 sur le circuit r\u00e9gional. Il d\u00e9croche le titre flyweight de la RFA le 9 d\u00e9cembre 2014, une \u00e9tape cl\u00e9 qui le met sur le radar des gros promoteurs. Sa porte d’entr\u00e9e \u00e0 l’UFC passe par The Ultimate Fighter : Tournament of Champions (saison 24) en 2016, o\u00f9 il combat sous les couleurs de la Team Cejudo. Install\u00e9 \u00e0 American Top Team depuis 2018, il s’entra\u00eene dans l’un des camps les plus solides du circuit, et \u00e7a se voit dans sa progression ann\u00e9e apr\u00e8s ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Un style qui colle au surnom<\/h3>\n

Pantoja combat en garde orthodox, mesure 1,65 m (5’5″) pour une allonge de 67,5 pouces, et son terrain de jeu favori, c’est le sol. Le bonhomme cumule la majorit\u00e9 de ses victoires par soumission, avec un app\u00e9tit particulier pour l’\u00e9tranglement arri\u00e8re (rear-naked choke). Mais ne le rangez pas dans la case \u00ab\u00a0grappler pur\u00a0\u00bb : il a aussi le KO dans les mains et un rythme cardio qui broie les adversaires sur la dur\u00e9e. Sa marque de fabrique, c’est la pression constante, du premier round au dernier.<\/p>\n

La couronne flyweight et un r\u00e8gne qui marque la division<\/h3>\n

Le 8 juillet 2023, \u00e0 l’UFC 290, Pantoja bat Brandon Moreno par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e et s’empare de la ceinture des poids mouches. D\u00e9tail savoureux : il avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 battu Moreno cinq ans plus t\u00f4t, le 19 mai 2018, en d\u00e9cision unanime. Une fois champion, il encha\u00eene quatre d\u00e9fenses de titre, ce qui fait de lui l’un des r\u00e8gnes les plus consistants de la cat\u00e9gorie : Brandon Royval \u00e0 l’UFC 296 (16 d\u00e9cembre 2023, d\u00e9cision unanime), Steve Erceg \u00e0 l’UFC 301 (4 mai 2024, d\u00e9cision unanime), puis deux finitions \u00e0 l’\u00e9tranglement arri\u00e8re contre Kai Asakura \u00e0 l’UFC 310 (7 d\u00e9cembre 2024) et Kai Kara-France \u00e0 l’UFC 317 (28 juin 2025).<\/p>\n

Statut actuel<\/h3>\n

Le r\u00e8gne s’est arr\u00eat\u00e9 brutalement le 6 d\u00e9cembre 2025, \u00e0 l’UFC 323. Face \u00e0 Joshua Van, Pantoja perd son titre par TKO d\u00e8s le premier round, sur une blessure au bras survenue t\u00f4t dans le combat \u2014 une fin cruelle pour un champion qui n’avait jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 domin\u00e9 dans l’octogone. Il reste l’un des plus grands flyweights de l’histoire de l’UFC, avec le record de victoires de la division, et toujours class\u00e9 tout en haut des pr\u00e9tendants \u00e0 la reconqu\u00eate.<\/p>\n

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

Alexandre \u00ab\u00a0The Cannibal\u00a0\u00bb Pantoja, ancien champion des poids mouches de l’UFC : grappler br\u00e9silien d’American Top Team, son parcours, son style et ses combats majeurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102405,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69979],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105613","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-flyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlexandre Pantoja - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Alexandre Pantoja\" \/>\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\/alexandre-pantoja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alexandre Pantoja - 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