{"id":106223,"date":"2026-06-03T06:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/joshua-weems\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:49:57","slug":"joshua-weems","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/joshua-weems\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Weems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Joshua \u00ab\u00a0Wide Open\u00a0\u00bb Weems : le grappler du Mississippi qui ne recule jamais<\/h2>\n<p>Joshua Weems a d\u00e9marr\u00e9 les arts martiaux \u00e0 18 ans, pas pour la gloire, mais pour se construire \u2014 \u00eatre un meilleur p\u00e8re, un homme plus solide. Ancien peintre en b\u00e2timent \u00e0 Jackson, Mississippi, il a troqu\u00e9 ses pinceaux pour le tatami et a encha\u00een\u00e9 les soumissions en circuit r\u00e9gional avec une r\u00e9gularit\u00e9 de m\u00e9tronome. Son surnom \u00ab\u00a0Wide Open\u00a0\u00bb dit tout : il ne g\u00e8re pas les combats, il les attaque.<\/p>\n<h3>Des circuits r\u00e9gionaux au Contender Series<\/h3>\n<p>Professionnel depuis octobre 2017, Weems s&rsquo;est b\u00e2ti un solide palmar\u00e8s dans les circuits du sud-est am\u00e9ricain \u2014 Summit FC, Attitude MMA Fights, Empire FC. Ceinture violette en jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien, il a \u00e9trangl\u00e9, brass\u00e9 ou soumis la quasi-totalit\u00e9 de ses adversaires : 9 victoires par soumission sur ses 10 premi\u00e8res, avec seulement une d\u00e9cision aux points face \u00e0 Kyle Powell en octobre 2018. En octobre 2021, il obtient son ticket pour la Dana White&rsquo;s Contender Series Saison 5, face \u00e0 Fernie Garcia. Probl\u00e8me : il monte sur la balance \u00e0 139 lb au lieu des 136 du bantamweight, rate le poids, et se fait stopper par Garcia \u00e0 2h10 du premier round sur un TKO aux poings. Pas de contrat UFC, mais une le\u00e7on sur les lacunes \u00e0 combler.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC et ses deux occasions rat\u00e9es<\/h3>\n<p>Weems refait surface d\u00e8s juin 2022 avec une victoire par soumission au troisi\u00e8me round contre Mo Miller sous la banni\u00e8re Fury FC 65. \u00c7a lui vaut un appel de l&rsquo;UFC pour le Fight Night du 29 octobre 2022 (Vegas 63), face \u00e0 Christian Rodriguez \u2014 sur quelques jours de pr\u00e9avis seulement. Nouveau rat\u00e9 \u00e0 la pes\u00e9e : il arrive 3,5 lb au-dessus de la limite. Le combat tourne court : Rodriguez l&rsquo;\u00e9touffe avec un anaconda choke \u00e0 4h07 du premier round, et Weems repart sans victoire dans l&rsquo;octogone. Deux passages dans l&rsquo;environnement UFC, deux fois hors poids, deux d\u00e9faites \u2014 un sch\u00e9ma que la carri\u00e8re n&rsquo;a pas encore su effacer.<\/p>\n<h3>Le virage Gamebred et le MMA pieds nus<\/h3>\n<p>Plut\u00f4t que de s&rsquo;enterrer, Weems s&rsquo;est tourn\u00e9 vers la Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA, le circuit de Jorge Masvidal qui m\u00e9lange MMA classique et r\u00e8gles pieds nus. En mars 2024, il s&rsquo;incline contre TJ Brown par arm-triangle choke au deuxi\u00e8me round. Mais le 15 novembre 2024, il bat Jason Knight \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision unanime (30-26, 29-28, 29-28) \u2014 une victoire qui pousse le v\u00e9t\u00e9ran de l&rsquo;UFC \u00e0 annoncer sa retraite dans la foul\u00e9e. Dernier r\u00e9sultat connu : le 28 avril 2025 \u00e0 Las Vegas, Tuff-N-Uff 143, o\u00f9 Kai Kamaka III le stoppe par TKO au deuxi\u00e8me round (0:58). Son record s&rsquo;\u00e9tablit alors \u00e0 13-7.<\/p>\n<h3>Ce qu&rsquo;il faut retenir<\/h3>\n<p>Weems est un finisseur pur \u2014 plus de 90 % de victoires avant la limite, presque toutes par soumission. Le probl\u00e8me n&rsquo;a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 son niveau de combat mais sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 se pr\u00e9senter dans les conditions optimales. \u00c0 l&rsquo;UFC, il a laiss\u00e9 passer ses deux chances en arrivant hors poids. Sur les circuits ind\u00e9pendants, il reste un adversaire dangereux que personne ne veut affronter en cage. \u00c0 29 ans, avec un style aussi offensif, l&rsquo;histoire n&rsquo;est pas n\u00e9cessairement termin\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/josh-weems\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theallstar.io\/ufc-fighter-record\/joshua-wide-open-weems\/\">The AllStar<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2022\/10\/29\/ufc-vegas-63-christian-rodriguez-vs-josh-weems\/\">CageSide Press<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua \u00ab\u00a0Wide Open\u00a0\u00bb Weems, bantamweight am\u00e9ricain de Jackson (Mississippi), 13-7 en MMA. Finisseur redoutable (90 % de stops), pass\u00e9 par l&rsquo;UFC et Gamebred FC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102816,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69974],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-106223","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joshua Weems - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Joshua Weems\" \/>\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\/joshua-weems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joshua Weems - 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