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Li Kaiwen \u00ab\u00a0The Underdog\u00a0\u00bb : le puncheur chinois qui a failli rater l’UFC deux fois<\/h2>\n

De Hunan \u00e0 la cage<\/h3>\n

Li Kaiwen est n\u00e9 le 16 octobre 1995 \u00e0 Hunan, en Chine. Il mesure 174 cm pour combattre en poids plume (145 lbs) et roule avec le surnom de \u00ab\u00a0The Underdog\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 sous-estim\u00e9, toujours. Un nom qu’il a transform\u00e9 en marque de fabrique, au fil d’un parcours qui aurait pu s’arr\u00eater net plusieurs fois avant m\u00eame d’atteindre l’Octogone.<\/p>\n

L’\u00e8re ONE Championship et les ann\u00e9es perdues<\/h3>\n

C’est via ONE Championship qu’il se forge d’abord. En 12 combats sous cette banni\u00e8re, il cumule 9 victoires pour 3 d\u00e9faites, s’imposant comme un prospect solide dans la r\u00e9gion Asie-Pacifique. Mais sa derni\u00e8re sortie sous l’\u00e9cusson ONE se termine sur une note am\u00e8re : un TKO au premier round face \u00e0 Fabricio Andrade. Voulant rejoindre l’UFC, il se retrouve bloqu\u00e9 par son contrat. R\u00e9sultat : plus d’un an sans combattre, \u00e0 regarder passer les opportunit\u00e9s. Une travers\u00e9e du d\u00e9sert que beaucoup n’auraient pas surv\u00e9cu mentalement.<\/p>\n

Road to UFC Saison 2 : trois combats, une carri\u00e8re relanc\u00e9e<\/h3>\n

En 2023, l’UFC lui ouvre une porte via le Road to UFC, le tournoi asiatique qui distribue des contrats. Kaiwen ne tergiverse pas : d\u00e8s le quart de finale, il exp\u00e9die Lu Kai en moins d’une minute sur une vol\u00e9e de coups. Le 27 ao\u00fbt 2023 \u00e0 Singapour, en demi-finale, il va au bout contre le Japonais Kouya Kanda et prend une d\u00e9cision unanime. La finale, le 3 f\u00e9vrier 2024, oppose deux Chinois : Kaiwen face \u00e0 Yi Zha, ex-champion Wu Lin Feng au palmar\u00e8s de 20 victoires. L’affaire est r\u00e9gl\u00e9e \u00e0 3:03 du premier round par un armbar \u2014 soumission, contrat sign\u00e9. Record UFC : 1 victoire d\u00e8s le premier soir.<\/p>\n

Style et profil<\/h3>\n

Les chiffres UFC parlent : 4,72 coups significatifs atterris par minute, 93 % de d\u00e9fense au sol. C’est un frappeur debout avant tout, avec 76 % de ses coups sign\u00e9s en position haute. La soumission sur Yi Zha prouve qu’il ne se limite pas aux poings, mais c’est bien la percussion qui reste son outil de pr\u00e9dilection \u2014 sept KO\/TKO parmi ses quinze victoires en carri\u00e8re l’attestent. Record g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e0 la date de r\u00e9daction : 15 victoires, 7 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n

Road to UFC Saison 4 (2025)<\/h3>\n

Kaiwen remet le couvert en 2025 dans la Saison 4 du Road to UFC. Le 22 mai, il stoppe le Sud-Cor\u00e9en Seo Dong-hyun par TKO au deuxi\u00e8me round. En demi-finale, le 22 ao\u00fbt, c’est le Japonais Keiichiro Nakamura qui barre la route : d\u00e9cision unanime (29-28, 29-28, 29-27). L’Underdog s’arr\u00eate l\u00e0 cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, mais avec un bilan et un profil qui continuent d’alimenter les discussions sur son potentiel en poids plume UFC.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> UFC.com<\/a>, GIDStats<\/a>, Wikipedia \u2013 Road to UFC Saison 4<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Li Kaiwen \u00ab\u00a0The Underdog\u00a0\u00bb : puncheur chinois de Hunan, 15-7 en carri\u00e8re, vainqueur Road to UFC 2024 par armbar, \u00e9limin\u00e9 en demi-finale Saison 4 en 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69975],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-106875","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","hentry","fighter_category-featherweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKaiwen - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Kaiwen\" \/>\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\/kaiwen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaiwen - 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