{"id":105768,"date":"2026-06-03T06:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/luis-saldana\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:53:16","slug":"luis-saldana","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/luis-saldana\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Saldana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luis Salda\u00f1a \u2014 Le finisseur de Des Moines qui a failli s’imposer \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h2>\n

Un bagage de boxeur, une carri\u00e8re de finisseur<\/h3>\n

N\u00e9 le 27 janvier 1991 \u00e0 Des Moines, Iowa, Luis Salda\u00f1a n’est pas arriv\u00e9 dans les arts martiaux mixtes sans bagage. Avant de poser les mains en cage, il s’est forg\u00e9 les poings sur le ring amateur : triple laur\u00e9at des Iowa Silver Gloves et vainqueur des Iowa Golden Gloves 2009. Ce socle en boxe anglaise explique en grande partie son style offensif et sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 terminer les combats \u2014 88 % de finishes sur l’ensemble de sa carri\u00e8re professionnelle.<\/p>\n

Du circuit r\u00e9gional \u00e0 la grande sc\u00e8ne<\/h3>\n

Salda\u00f1a d\u00e9bute dans le MMA professionnel le 4 mars 2011, en soumettant Daraughn Canada au deuxi\u00e8me round. Il construit patiemment sa r\u00e9putation sur le circuit am\u00e9ricain, d\u00e9crochant notamment les ceintures Ascendancy FC (avec deux d\u00e9fenses) et TFS dans la cat\u00e9gorie des poids plumes (145 lbs). C’est cette r\u00e9gularit\u00e9 dans les finishes qui lui ouvre les portes de la Dana White’s Contender Series le 4 novembre 2020 : il met fin aux espoirs de Vince Murdock par TKO au troisi\u00e8me round et repart avec un contrat UFC en poche.<\/p>\n

Quatre combats \u00e0 l’UFC, un record mitig\u00e9<\/h3>\n

\u00c0 l’UFC, Salda\u00f1a entame bien les choses : le 10 avril 2021, lors du UFC on ABC 2, il bat Jordan Griffin aux points (d\u00e9cision unanime). La suite est moins lin\u00e9aire. Il s’incline face \u00e0 Austin Lingo le 21 ao\u00fbt 2021 par d\u00e9cision unanime, puis renoue avec la victoire le 26 mars 2022 en dominant Bruno Souza. Son dernier passage dans l’octogone, le 20 ao\u00fbt 2022 \u00e0 l’UFC 278 (Usman vs. Edwards 2), se solde par un match nul partag\u00e9 contre Sean Woodson \u2014 r\u00e9sultat frustrant pour les deux camps. En mars 2024, l’organisation le lib\u00e8re avec un bilan UFC de 2 victoires, 1 d\u00e9faite et 1 nul.<\/p>\n

Profil et situation actuelle<\/h3>\n

Poids plume (145 lbs) mesurant 1 m 80 pour 73 pouces d’allonge (185 cm), Salda\u00f1a s’entra\u00eene au Fight Ready \u00e0 Phoenix, Arizona. Son record MMA global s’\u00e9tablit \u00e0 18 victoires (dont 10 KO\/TKO et 6 soumissions), 7 d\u00e9faites et 1 nul \u2014 un profil de finisseur atypique dans une division souvent domin\u00e9e par les d\u00e9cisions. Libre de tout contrat majeur depuis 2024, il reste actif sur la sc\u00e8ne r\u00e9gionale.<\/p>\n

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

Luis Salda\u00f1a, poids plume MMA de Des Moines (Iowa), ex-UFC (2-1-1) avec 88 % de finishes, triple Iowa Silver Gloves, lib\u00e9r\u00e9 en mars 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103025,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69975],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105768","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-featherweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLuis Saldana - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Luis Saldana\" \/>\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\/luis-saldana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Luis Saldana - 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