{"id":106094,"date":"2026-06-03T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/augusto-sakai\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:42:24","slug":"augusto-sakai","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/augusto-sakai\/","title":{"rendered":"Augusto Sakai"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Augusto Sakai \u2014 Le colosse de Curitiba<\/h2>\n<h3>Un Br\u00e9silien b\u00e2ti pour faire mal<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 19 mai 1991 \u00e0 Curitiba, dans l&rsquo;\u00c9tat du Paran\u00e1, Augusto dos Santos Sakai a grandi avec du sang japonais dans les veines \u2014 ses grands-parents sont des immigrants nippo-br\u00e9siliens \u2014 et une passion pour les arts martiaux qu&rsquo;il a d\u00e9couverte \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9cole d\u00e8s ses 14 ans. C&rsquo;est le Muay Thai qui l&rsquo;accroche en premier, avant que la grappling ne compl\u00e8te le tableau \u00e0 21 ans avec le BJJ, ceinture marron \u00e0 la cl\u00e9. Le tout dans les salles du Gile Ribeiro Team \u00e0 Curitiba. Un gabarit de 1,93 m, une allonge de 196 cm, 120 kg : Sakai coche toutes les cases du heavyweight qui fait peur rien qu&rsquo;\u00e0 l&rsquo;entr\u00e9e dans l&rsquo;octogone.<\/p>\n<h3>Des d\u00e9buts en trombe, Bellator et l&rsquo;ascension<\/h3>\n<p>Il d\u00e9bute en professionnel en octobre 2011 et encha\u00eene six victoires d&rsquo;affil\u00e9e, presque toutes par KO. Bellator MMA le recrute et il y fait ses d\u00e9buts en mars 2013 \u00e0 Bellator 94, victoire par KO \u00e0 la cl\u00e9. Il y restera plusieurs ann\u00e9es, accumulant des wins contre Daniel Gallemore et Alex Huddleston, avec un match nul \u00e0 la majorit\u00e9 face \u00e0 Dan Charles et une d\u00e9faite en d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e contre Cheick Kongo en 2015 qui lui rappelle que la route est longue. Il ne l\u00e2che pas pour autant.<\/p>\n<h3>La vitrine UFC (2018-2023)<\/h3>\n<p>L&rsquo;UFC signe Sakai et il d\u00e9bute le 22 septembre 2018 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night 137 face \u00e0 Chase Sherman \u2014 victoire par TKO au troisi\u00e8me round. La suite confirme son potentiel : il domine Andrei Arlovski en d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e en avril 2019, puis encha\u00eene avec Marcin Tybura (TKO, 2019) et Blagoy Ivanov (d\u00e9cision, 2020). Au sommet de sa forme \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC, il semble en route pour un fight de classement.<\/p>\n<p>Mais septembre 2020 le remet \u00e0 sa place : Alistair Overeem, au bord de l&rsquo;\u00e9limination en milieu de cinqui\u00e8me round, renverse la vapeur et l&rsquo;arr\u00eate par ground and pound (UFC Fight Night, 5 septembre 2020). Un combat brutal, l&rsquo;un des plus spectaculaires du calendrier heavyweight cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0. Puis c&rsquo;est Jairzinho Rozenstruik qui l&rsquo;assomme en deux petites minutes (mars 2021), avant la gifle de Tai Tuivasa \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 269 en d\u00e9cembre 2021 \u2014 un KO \u00e0 0:26 du deuxi\u00e8me round, le temps de se faire shoey dessus. Sakai rebondit en ao\u00fbt 2022 avec un TKO sur Serghei Spivac, et signe sa derni\u00e8re sortie UFC avec une victoire aux points contre Don&rsquo;Tale Mayes en f\u00e9vrier 2023. L&rsquo;UFC le lib\u00e8re ensuite en mars 2023, bilan octogone : 5 victoires pour 4 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n<h3>Style : les poings d&rsquo;abord<\/h3>\n<p>Sakai est un frappeur. 11 de ses 17 victoires en carri\u00e8re sont venues par KO ou TKO, un taux de finition qui parle de lui-m\u00eame. Ses bases Muay Thai lui donnent une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 au debout \u2014 low-kicks, genoux, uppercuts \u2014 et sa d\u00e9fense passe beaucoup par le mouvement de t\u00eate, en slippant et en roulant avec les coups. La grappling existe dans sa bo\u00eete \u00e0 outils mais c&rsquo;est au sol qu&rsquo;il est le plus vuln\u00e9rable : sa ceinture marron BJJ ne l&rsquo;a jamais prot\u00e9g\u00e9 contre les finishing sequences adverses lorsqu&rsquo;il se retrouve domin\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>Apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;UFC : KSW et la suite<\/h3>\n<p>Depuis son d\u00e9part de l&rsquo;UFC, Sakai a rejoint la promotion polonaise KSW. En juin 2024 \u00e0 KSW 95, il challenge Phil De Fries pour le titre Heavyweight \u2014 d\u00e9faite aux points en cinq rounds. Il continue de combattre r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement sous cette banni\u00e8re : victoire par d\u00e9cision sur Szymon Bajor en avril 2025, d\u00e9faite aux points contre Marcin Wojcik en d\u00e9cembre 2025. Un combat contre Artur Szpilka \u00e9tait programm\u00e9 le 18 juillet 2026 \u00e0 KSW 120. Record complet \u00e0 ce jour : 17 victoires, 7 d\u00e9faites, 1 match nul.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augusto_Sakai\">Wikipedia EN<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/augusto-sakai\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/augusto-sakai\">VerdictMMA<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augusto Sakai, lourd br\u00e9silien de Curitiba (17-7-1), ex-UFC pass\u00e9 par Bellator et KSW, finisseur redoutable avec 11 KO \u00e0 son actif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101679,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69980],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-106094","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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