{"id":105950,"date":"2026-06-04T06:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/kyung-ho-kang\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:53:22","slug":"kyung-ho-kang","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/kyung-ho-kang\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyung Ho Kang"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kyung Ho Kang \u00ab\u00a0Mr. Perfect\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 Le soumissionnaire cor\u00e9en<\/h2>\n<p>Douze ans sous contrat \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, c&rsquo;est une long\u00e9vit\u00e9 que peu de combattants peuvent revendiquer \u2014 surtout quand deux d&rsquo;entre elles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pass\u00e9es en service militaire obligatoire. N\u00e9 le 9 septembre 1987 \u00e0 Busan, Kyung Ho Kang a travers\u00e9 le bantamweight de l&rsquo;UFC de 2013 \u00e0 2024 avec un outil principal : l&rsquo;\u00e9tranglement. Avec 12 victoires par soumission sur un total de 19, il figure parmi les quatre combattants les plus finisseurs de la division poids coq dans toute l&rsquo;histoire de l&rsquo;organisation.<\/p>\n<h3>Des d\u00e9buts en Cor\u00e9e \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re ceinture Road FC<\/h3>\n<p>Kang commence le BJJ en 2006, passe professionnel en 2007 et construit rapidement une r\u00e9putation sur la sc\u00e8ne asiatique. En juin 2012, il remporte le tournoi inaugural Road FC Bantamweight, \u00e9tranglant Je Hoon Moon \u00e0 la rear-naked choke au deuxi\u00e8me round pour devenir le tout premier champion de la cat\u00e9gorie. C&rsquo;est ce titre qui lui ouvre les portes de l&rsquo;UFC un mois plus tard.<\/p>\n<p>Sa ceinture violette en BJJ sous Yang Sung-hoon dit l&rsquo;essentiel de son style : Kang est un grappeler avant tout, appuy\u00e9 sur des bases de Ssireum (la lutte traditionnelle cor\u00e9enne) et de Taekwondo. Ses soumissions de pr\u00e9dilection, RNC et triangle, reviennent comme des signatures sur l&rsquo;ensemble de son palmar\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<h3>Une carri\u00e8re UFC en deux actes \u2014 interrompue par l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e<\/h3>\n<p>Son d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en mars 2013 contre Alex Caceres se transforme en no-contest apr\u00e8s que l&rsquo;Am\u00e9ricain est contr\u00f4l\u00e9 positif au cannabis. Les premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es sont hach\u00e9es : une d\u00e9faite aux points face \u00e0 Chico Camus en ao\u00fbt 2013, une victoire en janvier 2014 par arm-triangle choke contre Shunichi Shimizu. Puis le combat dont il faut parler : le 20 septembre 2014 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night 52 (Hunt vs. Nelson), Kang et Michinori Tanaka se livrent un duel acharn\u00e9 en trois rounds qui remporte le bonus Fight of the Night \u2014 50 000 dollars chacun. Kang l&#8217;emporte au split decision, mais c&rsquo;est le dernier combat avant une longue absence.<\/p>\n<p>Le service militaire obligatoire cor\u00e9en le stoppe net de fin 2014 \u00e0 d\u00e9but 2018. Trois ans et demi hors de la cage. \u00c0 son retour en janvier 2018, il \u00e9touffe Guido Cannetti avec un triangle au premier round \u2014 comme s&rsquo;il n&rsquo;avait jamais arr\u00eat\u00e9. En f\u00e9vrier 2019, c&rsquo;est Teruto Ishihara qui c\u00e8de \u00e0 la rear-naked choke. Kang encha\u00eene, enfile les victoires aux points, et s&rsquo;installe comme un visage familier et respect\u00e9 du bantamweight UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Les derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es et la fin de l&rsquo;aventure UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Sa s\u00e9quence 2023 rappelle ce qu&rsquo;il sait faire : en juin 2023 face \u00e0 Cristian Qui\u00f1\u00f3nez, il conclut \u00e0 la rear-naked choke en deux minutes et vingt-cinq secondes du premier round. Mais en juin 2024 \u00e0 Riyad, Muin Gafurov le domine sur les trois rounds et s&rsquo;impose par d\u00e9cision unanime (30-27 sur toutes les cartes). C&rsquo;est le dernier combat de Kang sous la banni\u00e8re UFC. En janvier 2025, son contrat n&rsquo;est pas renouvel\u00e9 \u2014 14 combats en 12 ans, 8 victoires et 5 d\u00e9faites, un no-contest.<\/p>\n<p>Son bilan UFC ne l&rsquo;a jamais rapproch\u00e9 d&rsquo;un titre. Mais Kang fait partie de la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de combattants cor\u00e9ens \u2014 avec Chan Sung Jung et Choi Doo-ho \u2014 qui a plant\u00e9 le MMA sud-cor\u00e9en sur la carte mondiale. Avec un record total de 19-11-0 et 12 soumissions, \u00ab\u00a0Mr. Perfect\u00a0\u00bb quitte l&rsquo;octogone en laissant une empreinte bien plus pr\u00e9cise que son surnom ne le laisse entendre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kang_Kyung-ho\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/kyung-ho-kang\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmacrossfire.com\/2025\/01\/08\/south-korean-fighter-kyung-ho-kang-moves-on-from-ufc-after-12-years\/\">MMA Crossfire<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyung Ho Kang \u00ab\u00a0Mr. Perfect\u00a0\u00bb, combattant MMA sud-cor\u00e9en, 19-11-0, 12 victoires par soumission, 12 ans \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC dans la division bantamweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103256,"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-105950","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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