{"id":106412,"date":"2026-06-03T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/aaron-phillips\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:39:26","slug":"aaron-phillips","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/aaron-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron \u00ab\u00a0The Dragon\u00a0\u00bb Phillips \u2014 le karat\u00e9ka de Lafayette qui frappe \u00e0 l’UFC<\/h2>\n

Un combattant construit sur des bases solides<\/h3>\n

N\u00e9 le 5 ao\u00fbt 1989 \u00e0 Houston, Aaron Ern-Wuei Phillips tra\u00eene son surnom \u00ab\u00a0The Dragon\u00a0\u00bb depuis ses d\u00e9buts dans les salles de Louisiane. D’une m\u00e8re originaire de Penang (Malaisie), il grandit \u00e0 Lafayette o\u00f9 il int\u00e8gre rapidement le monde des sports de combat. Sa base ? La ceinture noire 4e dan de taekwondo, compl\u00e9t\u00e9e par une ceinture noire en jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien d\u00e9croch\u00e9e en parall\u00e8le de ses \u00e9tudes de kin\u00e9siologie \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 de Louisiane \u00e0 Lafayette, dipl\u00f4me en poche en 2012. Il s’entra\u00eene chez Headkicks MMA et \u00e0 la Gladiators Academy \u2014 deux clubs locaux qui fa\u00e7onnent son MMA.<\/p>\n

Un d\u00e9but pro en trombe, puis l’UFC \u00e0 7-0<\/h3>\n

Phillips d\u00e9bute en pro le 2 avril 2011, KO d’Heriberto Acuna au premier round \u00e0 Baton Rouge. La suite est lin\u00e9aire : sept victoires en circuit r\u00e9gional louisianais, entre la WFC et les USA MMA, sans conc\u00e9der la moindre d\u00e9faite. Le 24 mai 2014, l’UFC l’appelle comme rempla\u00e7ant de derni\u00e8re minute pour Sam Sicilia \u00e0 l’UFC 173 \u00e0 Las Vegas. Il perd aux points \u2014 une bapt\u00eame du feu face \u00e0 un adversaire rod\u00e9 \u2014 puis subit le m\u00eame verdict le 23 ao\u00fbt 2014 contre Matt Hobar \u00e0 Tulsa. Deux d\u00e9faites aux points, rel\u00e2ch\u00e9.<\/p>\n

La travers\u00e9e du d\u00e9sert, puis le retour<\/h3>\n

Phillips ne quitte pas les cages. En 2015, une tentative de titre WFC Bantamweight contre Chris Guti\u00e9rrez tourne court : arr\u00eat \u00e0 la fin du troisi\u00e8me round, par 30\u00b0C sous z\u00e9ro \u00e0 Baton Rouge. Il accumule des blessures, mais revient en forme en 2018 avec quatre victoires cons\u00e9cutives en WFC, dont trois finitions au premier round (Brossett, Rogers, Retic). En novembre 2019 \u00e0 Dallas, il stoppe Ariston Fran\u00e7a au round 1. L’UFC le re-signe.<\/p>\n

Le 16 juillet 2020, \u00e0 Abu Dhabi en plein \u00ab\u00a0Fight Island\u00a0\u00bb, Jack Shore le soumet par rear-naked choke au round 2 (2:29). Blessures et annulations vont ensuite hanter son calendrier. Il revient le 15 avril 2023 \u00e0 Kansas City face \u00e0 Gast\u00f3n Bola\u00f1os lors de l’UFC on ESPN : Holloway vs. Allen \u2014 et perd aux points. Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par l’UFC en juin 2023, bilan : 0-3 dans l’Octogone.<\/p>\n

Style et palmar\u00e8s<\/h3>\n

Phillips mise sur le striking debout \u2014 les head kicks, comme son gym l’indique. Sur ses 12 victoires, 6 passent par KO ou TKO, dont 5 finies au premier round. Sa pr\u00e9cision de frappe tourne \u00e0 53 % selon les stats UFC. Il compl\u00e8te le jeu debout avec une guillotine fiable en saisie. Son profil est celui d’un finisseur dans les circuits r\u00e9gionaux, moins \u00e0 l’aise face au calibre UFC.<\/p>\n

Statut actuel<\/h3>\n

En juin 2025, Phillips affronte Robert Casper lors du Ragin FC 2 pour le titre inaugural Bantamweight de la promotion, \u00e0 Lafayette. KO \u00e0 1:04 du premier round. Son record professionnel s’\u00e9tablit aujourd’hui \u00e0 12 victoires et 6 d\u00e9faites. \u00c0 36 ans, il continue de combattre dans la r\u00e9gion o\u00f9 tout a commenc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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

Aaron \u00ab\u00a0The Dragon\u00a0\u00bb Phillips, bantamweight de Lafayette, 4e dan de taekwondo, 12-6 en pro dont 3 passages \u00e0 l’UFC entre 2014 et 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":103278,"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-106412","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAaron Phillips - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Aaron Phillips\" \/>\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\/aaron-phillips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aaron Phillips - 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