{"id":106054,"date":"2026-06-04T06:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/victoria-leonardo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:38:03","slug":"victoria-leonardo","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/victoria-leonardo\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Leonardo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victoria \u00ab\u00a0Fury\u00a0\u00bb Leonardo \u2014 la prof de sport qui cogne en flyweight<\/h2>\n

Victoria Leonardo n’a pas le parcours classique de la gamine berc\u00e9e dans une salle de gym depuis l’enfance. N\u00e9e le 16 f\u00e9vrier 1990 \u00e0 Pomona (New Jersey), elle enseigne l’espagnol au lyc\u00e9e \u00e0 Shreveport, Louisiane, dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de la LSU Shreveport \u2014 et le week-end, elle box dans l’Octogone de l’UFC en flyweight. C’est ce genre de profil atypique qui rend son histoire difficile \u00e0 ignorer.<\/p>\n

Du kung fu \u00e0 l’Octogone<\/h3>\n

Petite, elle pratique le My Jhong Law Horn Kung Fu de 11 \u00e0 14 ans, jusqu’\u00e0 d\u00e9crocher la ceinture noire. Le MMA arrive bien plus tard, \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge adulte, apr\u00e8s un passage par la boxe et la lutte. Elle ajoute le jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien \u00e0 son arsenal \u2014 ceinture violette \u2014 et commence sa carri\u00e8re pro en 2018. Son surnom \u00ab\u00a0Fury\u00a0\u00bb lui vient de son coach de lutte Robin White, qui voyait en elle cette intensit\u00e9 de ceinture blanche qui ne l\u00e2che rien, m\u00eame avec l’exp\u00e9rience qui s’accumule.<\/p>\n

La mont\u00e9e : Invicta FC et la Contender Series<\/h3>\n

Ses d\u00e9buts professionnels sont port\u00e9s par le grappling. Le 1er septembre 2018, elle affronte Miranda Maverick \u00e0 l’Invicta FC 31 et s’incline par soumission \u2014 face \u00e0 une adversaire qui deviendra elle-m\u00eame lutteuse UFC. Dans la foul\u00e9e, elle encha\u00eene plusieurs victoires par soumission, notamment contre Jamie Milanowski \u00e0 l’Invicta FC 34. C’est finalement le 17 novembre 2020 que tout bascule : elle domine Chelsea Hackett par TKO lors de la Dana White’s Contender Series 36 et d\u00e9croche son contrat UFC.<\/p>\n

L’exp\u00e9rience UFC : cinq combats, des le\u00e7ons dures<\/h3>\n

Son bapt\u00eame de l’Octogone le 20 janvier 2021 l’oppose \u00e0 Manon Fiorot, qui sera plus tard championne int\u00e9rimaire de la division. C’est une d\u00e9faite par TKO au deuxi\u00e8me round, face \u00e0 une combattante alors en pleine ascension. La suite est compliqu\u00e9e : un deuxi\u00e8me revers par TKO contre Melissa Gatto \u00e0 l’UFC 265 (7 ao\u00fbt 2021), avant d’enfin d\u00e9crocher sa premi\u00e8re victoire UFC par d\u00e9cision unanime contre l’Allemande Mandy B\u00f6hm le 23 juillet 2022. Mais le niveau reprend le dessus : Nat\u00e1lia Silva la stoppera en moins de trois minutes au premier round le 20 mai 2023 (UFC Fight Night 224), puis Cong Wang la knockoutera en 62 secondes le 24 ao\u00fbt 2024 \u00e0 l’UFC Vegas 96. Bilan UFC : 1 victoire, 4 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n

L’UFC la lib\u00e8re en octobre 2024.<\/p>\n

Retour aux sources<\/h3>\n

Loin de raccrocher, Leonardo retourne \u00e0 l’Invicta FC et gagne par soumission (armbar) contre Amanda Torres le 6 novembre 2024. Elle perd ensuite par d\u00e9cision unanime face \u00e0 Rayla Nascimento le 7 f\u00e9vrier 2025 \u00e0 l’Invicta FC 60. \u00c0 35 ans, elle continue \u00e0 se battre et \u00e0 enseigner l’espagnol \u2014 un \u00e9quilibre que beaucoup de combattants ne tiendraient pas.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/a>, UFC.com<\/a>, Yahoo Sports \/ UFC Fight Night 224<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Victoria \u00ab\u00a0Fury\u00a0\u00bb Leonardo, combattante UFC flyweight am\u00e9ricaine (1-4 \u00e0 l’Octogone), prof d’espagnol et ceinture noire de kung fu reconvertie en MMA depuis 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101991,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69978],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-106054","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-womens-flyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVictoria Leonardo - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Victoria Leonardo\" \/>\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\/victoria-leonardo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victoria Leonardo - 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