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Takashi \u00ab\u00a0Ten\u00a0\u00bb Sato : le gaucher de Shinjuku qui frappe comme une porte<\/h2>\n

Un judoka reconverti en machine \u00e0 KO<\/h3>\n

N\u00e9 le 9 juin 1990 dans le quartier de Shinjuku, \u00e0 Tokyo, Takashi Sato a grandi avec le judo dans le sang \u2014 au sens propre, puisqu’il d\u00e9crit lui-m\u00eame l’inspiration d’un manga sur un champion de judo comme point de d\u00e9part. Ceinture noire 2e dan, il aurait pu faire carri\u00e8re sur les tatamis. Il a choisi les cages. Et quand il y entre en southpaw, son crochet du gauche ne rigole pas : 11 de ses 16 victoires sont venues par KO, soit l’un des meilleurs taux de finition de la division welterweight japonaise.<\/p>\n

Sato passe professionnel en octobre 2013 et construit rapidement un nom dans le circuit japonais Pancrase. En 2014, il remporte le Neo Blood Tournament \u00e0 170 lbs, un tournoi de s\u00e9lection qui confirme son statut de prospect s\u00e9rieux. Trois ans plus tard, en 2017, il d\u00e9croche la ceinture welterweight Pancrase \u2014 le titre le plus prestigieux de la promotion qui a vu passer des l\u00e9gendes comme Bas Rutten et Masakatsu Funaki. \u00c0 ce moment-l\u00e0, son bilan est de 14-2 et l’UFC commence \u00e0 regarder dans sa direction.<\/p>\n

L’UFC : un d\u00e9but flamboyant, une suite compliqu\u00e9e<\/h3>\n

Le 27 avril 2019 \u00e0 Fort Lauderdale, Sato fait ses grands d\u00e9buts dans l’Octogone face \u00e0 Ben Saunders. Moins de deux rounds suffisent : un direct du gauche fait chuter Saunders d\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re minute du deuxi\u00e8me round, une rafale de suites force l’arbitre \u00e0 stopper \u00e0 1:18. Entr\u00e9e en mati\u00e8re remarqu\u00e9e pour le Japonais.<\/p>\n

Mais l’UFC acc\u00e9l\u00e8re vite la cadence. D\u00e8s septembre 2019, \u00e0 l’UFC 242 \u00e0 Abu Dhabi, Sato affronte Belal Muhammad \u2014 celui qui deviendra champion du monde quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard. Le combat tourne mal : soumission par rear-naked choke au troisi\u00e8me round (1:55). S’ensuit une victoire contre Jason Witt en juin 2020 pour rebondir, puis deux d\u00e9faites cons\u00e9cutives qui cl\u00f4turent son passage dans la promotion : une d\u00e9cision unanime en faveur de Gunnar Nelson le 19 mars 2022, puis un KO brutal encaiss\u00e9 en 44 secondes face \u00e0 Bryan Battle le 6 ao\u00fbt 2022. Son contrat ne sera pas renouvel\u00e9 apr\u00e8s une derni\u00e8re d\u00e9faite aux points contre Themba Gorimbo en mai 2023.<\/p>\n

Statut actuel<\/h3>\n

Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par l’UFC \u00e0 l’\u00e9t\u00e9 2023 avec un bilan de 2-4 dans la promotion, Sato a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 combattre. En avril 2025, il s’incline par TKO face \u00e0 Christopher Alvidrez. Son record global s’\u00e9tablit \u00e0 16-9, avec 11 victoires par KO. Demi-japonais, demi-ta\u00efwanais, il a toujours revendiqu\u00e9 les deux identit\u00e9s avec fiert\u00e9. Un frappeur southpaw capable du meilleur comme du pire, dont la carri\u00e8re restera marqu\u00e9e par ce premier round d’anthologie contre Saunders.<\/p>\n

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

Takashi \u00ab\u00a0Ten\u00a0\u00bb Sato, judoka japonais et frappeur southpaw, ex-champion Pancrase 2017, 16-9 en MMA dont 11 KO et un passage UFC 2019-2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69976],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105763","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTakashi Sato - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Takashi Sato\" \/>\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\/takashi-sato\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Takashi Sato - 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