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Omar Morales : le V\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lien form\u00e9 dans l’acad\u00e9mie de son p\u00e8re<\/h2>\n

Des tatamis de Caracas \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h3>\n

Omar Antonio Morales Ferrer est n\u00e9 le 17 octobre 1985 \u00e0 Caracas, au Venezuela. Son histoire commence dans le dojo familial : c’est son p\u00e8re qui lui enseigne le karat\u00e9 d\u00e8s l’enfance, dans une acad\u00e9mie qu’il a lui-m\u00eame fond\u00e9e autour d’une discipline qu’il a cr\u00e9\u00e9e, le Slam martial arts \u2014 Morales en obtiendra la ceinture noire 3e dan. \u00c0 18 ans, il bifurque vers le kickboxing professionnel et encha\u00eene les titres au Venezuela avant de passer au MMA en 2011. En parall\u00e8le, l’homme obtient un dipl\u00f4me de graphiste et exerce le m\u00e9tier. Pas le profil d’un one-trick pony.<\/p>\n

En 2015, il traverse l’Atlantique et pose ses valises en Floride pour rejoindre ce qui deviendra le Sanford MMA, l’une des salles les plus s\u00e9rieuses de la c\u00f4te Est. Son record grimpe \u00e0 7-0 avec un passage remarqu\u00e9 \u00e0 Bellator 204, puis une victoire par TKO en ao\u00fbt 2019 sur la Dana White’s Contender Series face au champion LFA Harvey Park \u2014 finition en 66 secondes au round 2 qui lui vaut directement un contrat UFC.<\/p>\n

Carri\u00e8re UFC (2019-2023)<\/h3>\n

Morales fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l’UFC le 21 d\u00e9cembre 2019 face \u00e0 Dong Hyun Ma, qu’il bat aux points. Il encha\u00eene en mai 2020 avec une victoire par d\u00e9cision unanime sur Gabriel Ben\u00edtez, un adversaire solide au palmar\u00e8s charg\u00e9. Deux victoires, deux d\u00e9cisions propres : un V\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lien discret mais efficace.<\/p>\n

Le revers arrive en octobre 2020 face \u00e0 Giga Chikadze \u2014 une d\u00e9faite aux points face \u00e0 celui qui allait ensuite pulv\u00e9riser son calendrier de victoires en rafale \u00e0 l’UFC. Le 27 mars 2021, Morales se reprend en battant Shane Young par d\u00e9cision. Puis c’est le coup d’arr\u00eat : soumission par rear-naked choke face \u00e0 Jonathan Pearce en septembre 2021, TKO au deuxi\u00e8me round contre Uro\u0161 Medi\u0107 en mai 2022, et d\u00e9faite aux points sur d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e contre Chris Duncan en mars 2023. L’UFC ne renouvelle pas son contrat en juin 2023.<\/p>\n

Bilan UFC : 3 victoires, 4 d\u00e9faites. Record global : 11 victoires (2 KO, 5 soumissions, 4 d\u00e9cisions) pour 4 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n

Profil et style<\/h3>\n

Morales combat en l\u00e9ger (155 lb), avec une allonge de 185 cm pour 1,80 m. Sa base karat\u00e9\/kickboxing ressort dans sa distance et son travail aux jambes, mais son passage au Sanford MMA lui a apport\u00e9 la polyvalence n\u00e9cessaire pour \u00e9voluer \u00e0 l’UFC. Taux de finition de 64 % sur l’ensemble de sa carri\u00e8re \u2014 les victoires de Morales sont rarement ennuyeuses.<\/p>\n

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

Omar Morales, combattant MMA v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lien form\u00e9 au karat\u00e9 par son p\u00e8re, a compil\u00e9 un record 11-4 dont 3 victoires \u00e0 l’UFC (2019-2023), en l\u00e9ger au Sanford MMA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101753,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69973],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-105911","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-lightweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOmar Morales - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Omar Morales\" \/>\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\/omar-morales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Omar Morales - 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