{"id":106156,"date":"2026-06-04T06:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/anton-turkalj\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T19:28:26","slug":"anton-turkalj","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/anton-turkalj\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton Turkalj"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Anton Turkalj \u2014 \u00ab\u00a0The Pleasure Man\u00a0\u00bb depuis G\u00f6teborg<\/h2>\n<p>Anton Turkalj a d\u00e9barqu\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en septembre 2022 avec un dossier parfait de 8-0 et une r\u00e9putation de finisseur impitoyable. Ce que la suite a r\u00e9serv\u00e9 au Su\u00e9dois, c&rsquo;est une s\u00e9rie de le\u00e7ons douloureuses au plus haut niveau du MMA mondial \u2014 mais son parcours illustre mieux que quiconque ce que signifie progresser vite, tr\u00e8s vite, avant de se frotter \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9lite.<\/p>\n<h3>De G\u00f6teborg \u00e0 Las Vegas<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 10 juin 1997 \u00e0 G\u00f6teborg, Turkalj commence les arts martiaux mixtes en 2012 et passe professionnel le 10 d\u00e9cembre 2018 avec un KO en 32 secondes contre Marius Pislaru \u00e0 RXF 33. Le ton est donn\u00e9. Il encha\u00eene les promotions r\u00e9gionales \u2014 Fight Club Rush, Bulldog Fight Night, Excellence Fighting Championship, puis BRAVE Combat Federation \u2014 en finissant sept adversaires sur huit. Cinq par KO, deux par soumission. Seule une d\u00e9cision. \u00c0 6&rsquo;4\u00a0\u00bb (193 cm) avec une allonge de 198 cm, il est grand pour la cat\u00e9gorie des mi-lourds et peut \u00e9teindre les lumi\u00e8res en un \u00e9change.<\/p>\n<p>En juillet 2022, il d\u00e9croche son ticket UFC en dominant Ac\u00e1cio dos Santos aux points sur trois rounds au Dana White&rsquo;s Contender Series. D\u00e9cision unanime, contrat sign\u00e9, l&rsquo;Octogone l&rsquo;attend.<\/p>\n<h3>UFC : la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 du top level<\/h3>\n<p>Son premier combat sous la banni\u00e8re UFC, c&rsquo;est le 10 septembre 2022 \u00e0 UFC 279, face \u00e0 Jailton Almeida \u2014 un grappler br\u00e9silien dont la r\u00e9putation grandissante va exploser dans les mois suivants. Almeida le double-l\u00e8gue quinze secondes apr\u00e8s le coup de gong, prend le dos et serre un rear-naked choke jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 la soumission \u00e0 4:27 du premier round. Brutal et rapide.<\/p>\n<p>Turkalj revient en mars 2023 contre Vitor Petrino \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC Fight Night Yan vs. Dvalishvili. D\u00e9cision unanime d\u00e9favorable. En septembre 2023, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 293 \u00e0 Sydney (Adesanya vs. Strickland), Tyson Pedro l&rsquo;arr\u00eate par KO au premier round \u00e0 2:12. Dernier passage \u00e0 l&rsquo;Octogone en mars 2024 : il retrouve Ibo Aslan \u2014 un adversaire qu&rsquo;il avait lui-m\u00eame soumis en 2020 dans BRAVE CF \u2014 et s&rsquo;incline cette fois par TKO au troisi\u00e8me round \u00e0 1:32. Le 0-4 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC parle de lui-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n<h3>Ce qu&rsquo;il reste<\/h3>\n<p>Son bilan global (8-4, record arr\u00eat\u00e9 \u00e0 son dernier combat connu) et ses statistiques pr\u00e9-UFC montrent un athl\u00e8te capable de terminer les matchs, avec un taux de finition de pr\u00e8s de 90 % sur ses victoires. Mais l&rsquo;UFC a expos\u00e9 des lacunes dans le jeu au sol d\u00e9fensif \u2014 17 % de d\u00e9fense au takedown \u2014 et une exposition aux gros frappeurs et grapplers de premier plan. \u00c0 27 ans en 2024, l&rsquo;histoire n&rsquo;est pas forc\u00e9ment termin\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/anton-turkalj\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/conandaily.com\/2024\/03\/30\/anton-turkalj-biography-13-things-about-ufc-fighter-from-gothenburg-sweden\/\">Conan Daily<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2022\/9\/10\/23345905\/watch-ufc-279-full-fight-video-highlights-results-espn-ppv-mma-las-vegas-almeida-submission-turkalj\">MMAmania (UFC 279)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anton Turkalj, mi-lourd su\u00e9dois surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0The Pleasure Man\u00a0\u00bb, est entr\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC en 2022 avec un dossier parfait de 8-0. Bilan UFC : 0-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102392,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69983],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-106156","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-light-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anton Turkalj - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Anton Turkalj\" \/>\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\/anton-turkalj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anton Turkalj - 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