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Bruno \u00ab\u00a0The Tiger\u00a0\u00bb Souza \u2014 le karat\u00e9ka de Bel\u00e9m qui a frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 la porte de l’UFC<\/h2>\n

Des tatamis de Bel\u00e9m \u00e0 l’octogone<\/h3>\n

Trois ans. C’est l’\u00e2ge auquel Bruno Souza a enfil\u00e9 son premier kimono, pour le judo. Un an plus tard, \u00e0 quatre ans, c’est au dojo de la famille Machida qu’il pose ses pieds \u2014 celui de Yoshizo Machida, p\u00e8re de Lyoto, le futur champion UFC qui allait devenir son mentor. Natif de Bel\u00e9m, dans le nord du Br\u00e9sil, Souza a grandi dans cet univers o\u00f9 le karat\u00e9 Shotokan n’est pas un sport de loisir mais une discipline de vie. \u00c0 14 ans, il s\u00e8che les cours pour s’entra\u00eener. \u00c0 l’adolescence, il accroche un titre de champion du monde de karat\u00e9 juniors. Le cursus classique du futur ing\u00e9nieur civil qu’il entame ensuite tiendra quatre ans \u2014 puis il jette les livres pour les gants, au grand dam de son p\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

LFA, Lyoto et le saut vers l’\u00e9lite<\/h3>\n

D\u00e8s ses d\u00e9buts pros en juillet 2016, Bruno Souza construit son palmar\u00e8s en Am\u00e9rique du Sud avant de traverser l’Atlantique en direction de la Californie en 2019, port\u00e9 par Lyoto Machida \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0sa famille\u00a0\u00bb, comme il le dit lui-m\u00eame. L’ancien champion des mi-lourds ouvre les portes de la Legacy Fighting Alliance et le soutien paie : en ao\u00fbt 2021, Souza s’empare de la ceinture LFA poids plume en battant Javier Garcia par d\u00e9cision \u00e0 l’issue de cinq rounds. Bilan au moment de son appel \u00e0 l’UFC : 10 victoires, 3 d\u00e9faites, avec 40 % de finishes \u00e0 son actif.<\/p>\n

Deux passages \u00e0 l’UFC, deux d\u00e9faites aux points<\/h3>\n

Le 6 novembre 2021, Bruno Souza fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l’UFC sur la carte pr\u00e9liminaire d’UFC 268 au Madison Square Garden de New York, face \u00e0 l’Arm\u00e9nien Melsik Baghdasaryan. Convoqu\u00e9 sur peu de pr\u00e9paration, il s’incline aux points sur d\u00e9cision unanime apr\u00e8s trois rounds. Son deuxi\u00e8me et dernier combat sous la banni\u00e8re UFC arrive le 26 mars 2022 \u00e0 Columbus, Ohio, contre Luis Salda\u00f1a \u2014 m\u00eame verdict, m\u00eame m\u00e9thode. Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par l’organisation avec un bilan UFC de 0-2, tout en d\u00e9cisions, Souza ne cache pas \u00eatre pass\u00e9 par une p\u00e9riode sombre apr\u00e8s ces deux revers cons\u00e9cutifs.<\/p>\n

Karate Combat et le rebond<\/h3>\n

Plut\u00f4t que de repartir de z\u00e9ro en MMA r\u00e9gional, Souza prend un virage inattendu : il signe avec Karate Combat, organisation de karat\u00e9 full-contact en pleine mont\u00e9e en puissance. Son premier combat sous ces nouvelles r\u00e8gles est d\u00e9j\u00e0 historique \u2014 le 29 octobre 2022, face \u00e0 l’ancien champion Edgars Skrivers lors de KC36, l’affrontement va jusqu’au sixi\u00e8me round de \u00ab\u00a0sudden victory\u00a0\u00bb, une premi\u00e8re pour un main event de l’organisation. Il finit par perdre, mais le spectacle est l\u00e0. La suite est plus souriante : le 20 avril 2024, il s’impose par d\u00e9cision unanime contre Vitalii Dubina \u00e0 KC45, portant son record Karate Combat \u00e0 3 victoires.<\/p>\n

Style<\/h3>\n

Karat\u00e9 Shotokan en fondation, judo en gestion du corps-\u00e0-corps, ceinture marron de jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien \u2014 Souza n’est pas monodimensionnel, m\u00eame si c’est le karat\u00e9 qui donne le ton de son style debout. Ses finishes MMA se r\u00e9partissent entre KO et soumissions, signe d’une polyvalence r\u00e9elle, mais c’est la d\u00e9cision qui a domin\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re dans les deux sens du terme.<\/p>\n

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

Bruno \u00ab\u00a0The Tiger\u00a0\u00bb Souza, karat\u00e9ka br\u00e9silien form\u00e9 par Lyoto Machida, ex-champion LFA et v\u00e9t\u00e9ran UFC (0-2), reconverti en Karate Combat depuis 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102701,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69975],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105767","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-featherweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBruno Souza - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Bruno Souza\" \/>\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\/bruno-souza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bruno Souza - 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