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Louis Smolka, \u00ab\u00a0Da Last Samurai\u00a0\u00bb : le finisseur de Kapolei<\/h2>\n

Un gars de Hawaii avec un taux de finish \u00e0 89 %<\/h3>\n

N\u00e9 le 16 juillet 1991 \u00e0 Kapolei, Hawaii, Louis Smolka n’a jamais vraiment laiss\u00e9 les combats se terminer aux points si il pouvait l’\u00e9viter. Sur ses 17 victoires en carri\u00e8re professionnelle, 15 sont des finishes \u2014 8 par KO\/TKO, 7 par soumission. Ce n’est pas un style, c’est une signature. Surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Da Last Samurai\u00a0\u00bb, il s’est form\u00e9 \u00e0 la boxe, au judo (ceinture marron) et au kenpo karate avant de s’installer en Californie pour faire sa carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

Les d\u00e9buts et la mont\u00e9e \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h3>\n

Smolka fait ses armes sur la sc\u00e8ne r\u00e9gionale am\u00e9ricaine, raflant deux ceintures poids mouche \u2014 \u00e0 la Pacific Xtreme Combat et \u00e0 la California Xtreme Fighting. Son travail paye : le 15 janvier 2014, il d\u00e9croche son contrat UFC en battant Alp Ozkilic par d\u00e9cision unanime \u00e0 l’UFC Fight Night 35, \u00e0 Duluth. Huit mois plus tard, \u00e0 Sydney, il assomme Richie Vaculik d’un side kick en pleine t\u00eate au troisi\u00e8me round et empoche son premier bonus \u00ab\u00a0Performance of the Night\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

La p\u00e9riode flyweight \u00e0 l’UFC : chaos et finishes<\/h3>\n

Le 24 octobre 2015, l’UFC lui offre un main event en Irlande, face au local Patrick \u00ab\u00a0Hooligan\u00a0\u00bb Holohan \u00e0 Dublin. Smolka s’impose par rear-naked choke au deuxi\u00e8me round devant une salle acquise \u00e0 l’adversaire. En juillet 2016, il \u00e9trangle Ben Nguyen par TKO \u00e0 Sioux Falls et gagne un deuxi\u00e8me \u00ab\u00a0Performance of the Night\u00a0\u00bb. Mais c’est le 15 avril 2017 \u00e0 Kansas City que son combat contre Tim Elliott entre dans les annales : une guerre rang\u00e9e trois rounds de bout en bout, perdue aux points, mais r\u00e9compens\u00e9e du bonus \u00ab\u00a0Fight of the Night\u00a0\u00bb et class\u00e9e 6e combat de l’ann\u00e9e 2017 par UFC.com. Smolka sait perdre avec panache.<\/p>\n

Un creux, un rebond, un second chapitre<\/h3>\n

D\u00e9but 2018, Smolka est coup\u00e9 par l’UFC et prend la parole publiquement sur ses probl\u00e8mes d’alcool, r\u00e9cup\u00e9rant sa sobri\u00e9t\u00e9 depuis janvier de cette m\u00eame ann\u00e9e. La franchise lui rouvre la porte en novembre 2018, cette fois en bantamweight. Il soumet Su Mudaerji par armbar au deuxi\u00e8me round \u00e0 P\u00e9kin, signe une victoire par TKO \u00e0 Vancouver en septembre 2019, puis KO Jose Alberto Qui\u00f1onez en d\u00e9cembre 2020. Mais deux d\u00e9faites par KO cons\u00e9cutives, contre Vince Morales (d\u00e9cembre 2021) puis Davey Grant (mai 2022 en seulement 49 secondes du round 3), mettent fin \u00e0 son contrat. L’UFC le lib\u00e8re en juin 2022. Son bilan dans la promotion se cl\u00f4t \u00e0 8 victoires et 9 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n

Style et bagage technique<\/h3>\n

Smolka est du genre \u00e0 chercher la finition de toutes les mani\u00e8res possibles. Un judo solide qui lui permet de sortir des clinch ou de renverser ses adversaires, une boxe efficace pour ouvrir des angles, et une cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 en soumission qui d\u00e9passe le catalogue standard. Le side kick en KO sur Vaculik \u00e0 Sydney r\u00e9sume bien le personnage : il n’est pas l\u00e0 pour faire joli, il est l\u00e0 pour finir.<\/p>\n

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

Louis \u00ab\u00a0Da Last Samurai\u00a0\u00bb Smolka, combattant MMA am\u00e9ricain originaire de Hawaii, 17 victoires dont 89 % de finishes, pass\u00e9 par l’UFC en fly et bantamweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102801,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69974],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105903","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLouis Smolka - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Louis Smolka\" \/>\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\/louis-smolka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Louis Smolka - 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