{"id":106104,"date":"2026-06-03T06:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/charlie-ontiveros\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:53:27","slug":"charlie-ontiveros","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/charlie-ontiveros\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Ontiveros"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Charlie Ontiveros, l'\u00a0\u00bbAmerican Bad Boy\u00a0\u00bb de Cleveland, Texas<\/h2>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 4 juillet 1991 \u00e0 Cleveland, Texas, Charlie Ontiveros s&rsquo;est forg\u00e9 une r\u00e9putation de frappeur spectaculaire bien avant de fouler l&rsquo;octogone de l&rsquo;UFC. Avec un bilan professionnel de 11-9-0, ce poids l\u00e9ger de 1,88 m a travers\u00e9 plus d&rsquo;une d\u00e9cennie de MMA professionnel, entre coups d&rsquo;\u00e9clat et d\u00e9faites brutales \u2014 le tout sans jamais faire les choses \u00e0 moiti\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>Des racines martiales solides<\/h3>\n<p>Ontiveros commence le Taekwondo \u00e0 six ans et grimpe jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 la ceinture noire 4e dan \u2014 idem en Kenp\u014d. \u00c0 \u00e7a s&rsquo;ajoute une ceinture violette en BJJ. Ce bagage martial h\u00e9t\u00e9roclite se ressent dans son style : explosif en kicking, capable de finir \u00e0 la soumission, mais avec des lacunes d\u00e9fensives que ses adversaires n&rsquo;ont pas h\u00e9sit\u00e9 \u00e0 exploiter. Il s&rsquo;entra\u00eene au WAR Training Center (Cleveland, TX) et d\u00e9bute chez les pros en juillet 2012 \u00e0 Legacy FC.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;ascension via Legacy FC<\/h3>\n<p>Entre 2012 et 2015, Ontiveros accumule neuf combats sous la banni\u00e8re Legacy FC, construisant un record honorable avec des finishes vari\u00e9s : armbar d\u00e8s le premier round face \u00e0 Patrick Hutton (Legacy FC 15, novembre 2012), guillotine sur Kaileb Cummins (Legacy FC 25, novembre 2013), et une victoire aux points face \u00e0 Artenas Young (juin 2014). Il croise aussi la route de Geoff Neal en novembre 2014 \u2014 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque inconnu, aujourd&rsquo;hui star de l&rsquo;UFC welterweight \u2014 et s&rsquo;incline sur arr\u00eat m\u00e9dical au 2e round.<\/p>\n<h3>Le coup d&rsquo;\u00e9clat Bellator et les d\u00e9fis UCI<\/h3>\n<p>En octobre 2015, Bellator lui offre une carte \u00e0 part : affronter le prodige britannique Michael \u00ab\u00a0Venom\u00a0\u00bb Page \u00e0 Bellator 144. Page, alors invaincu et d\u00e9j\u00e0 c\u00e9l\u00e8bre pour ses finishes cin\u00e9matographiques, stoppe Ontiveros au ground &amp; pound \u00e0 3:20 du premier round. Une d\u00e9faite, certes, mais face \u00e0 quelqu&rsquo;un qui allait devenir l&rsquo;un des combattants les plus spectaculaires de la d\u00e9cennie. Ontiveros repart, encha\u00eene quelques victoires en Fury FC et LFA, avant d&rsquo;obtenir son ticket pour l&rsquo;UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Trois passages \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>Son run \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC donne une bonne illustration de ce qu&rsquo;est Ontiveros : engageant, parfois \u00e0 la limite du chaos. Lors de son premier combat sous la banni\u00e8re, il affronte Kevin Holland le 31 octobre 2020 \u2014 un Holland en plein envol \u2014 et s&rsquo;incline sur verbal submission \u00e0 2:39 du premier round apr\u00e8s un slam qui lui tord le cou. Difficile \u00e0 dig\u00e9rer. Il revient le 9 octobre 2021 face \u00e0 Steve Garcia et se fait de nouveau stopper au ground &amp; pound au 2e round. Dernier passage UFC le 13 ao\u00fbt 2022 contre Gabriel Benitez : arr\u00eat encore, cette fois en 3:35 du premier round. Trois combats, trois d\u00e9faites par finish \u2014 et un contrat UFC qui prend fin.<\/p>\n<h3>Statut actuel<\/h3>\n<p>Depuis ao\u00fbt 2022, Charlie Ontiveros n&rsquo;a plus combattu professionnellement. \u00c0 34 ans, son avenir dans la cage reste ouvert. Son palmar\u00e8s de 11 victoires \u2014 dont 4 KO\/TKO et 2 soumissions \u2014 t\u00e9moigne d&rsquo;un finisseur authentique, m\u00eame si le niveau UFC a mis en lumi\u00e8re ses limites d\u00e9fensives. L'\u00a0\u00bbAmerican Bad Boy\u00a0\u00bb reste un nom qui circule dans les circuits r\u00e9gionaux texans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/charlie-ontiveros\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/verdictmma.com\/fighter\/charlie-the-american-bad-boy-ontiveros\">VerdictMMA<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Charlie-Ontiveros-83277\">Sherdog<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie \u00ab\u00a0The American Bad Boy\u00a0\u00bb Ontiveros, poids l\u00e9ger am\u00e9ricain (11-9-0), ex-UFC et v\u00e9t\u00e9ran de Legacy FC, frappeur spectaculaire form\u00e9 au Taekwondo depuis l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 6 ans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102942,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69977],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-106104","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-middleweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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