{"id":1621,"date":"2026-01-25T22:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:09:35","slug":"battre-le-mythe-subir-la-legende-pimblett-confronte-a-lexperience-gaethje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/battre-le-mythe-subir-la-legende-pimblett-confronte-a-lexperience-gaethje\/","title":{"rendered":"Battre le mythe, subir la l\u00e9gende : Pimblett confront\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019exp\u00e9rience Gaethje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"489\">Pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis son arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019UFC, Paddy Pimblett a d\u00fb faire face \u00e0 la d\u00e9faite. Mais plus qu\u2019un simple revers sur les cartes des juges, sa perte contre Justin Gaethje lors de l\u2019UFC 324 s\u2019apparente \u00e0 un passage oblig\u00e9 : celui o\u00f9 l\u2019image du ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne m\u00e9diatique se confronte brutalement \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9lite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"944\">Oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00ab The Highlight \u00bb pour le titre int\u00e9rimaire des poids l\u00e9gers, l\u2019Anglais s\u2019est inclin\u00e9 par d\u00e9cision unanime au terme d\u2019un combat intense, logiquement \u00e9lu \u00ab Fight of the Night \u00bb. Mis au sol \u00e0 deux reprises, le visage marqu\u00e9, Pimblett n\u2019a pourtant jamais c\u00e9d\u00e9. Il a tenu les 25 minutes face \u00e0 l\u2019un des combattants les plus violents et les plus exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s de la cat\u00e9gorie, d\u00e9montrant que, malgr\u00e9 la d\u00e9faite, il avait sa place au plus haut niveau.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0631\u0633\u0645\u064a\u064b\u0627\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\u062c\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0646 \u063a\u064a\u062a\u062c\u064a \u064a\u062a\u0648\u0651\u062c \u0628\u0637\u0644\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u0624\u0642\u062a\u064b\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0648\u0632\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0641\u064a\u0641 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0641\u0648\u0632\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0628\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0645\u0628\u0644\u064a\u062a \u0628\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u0627\u0645\u060c \u0641\u064a \u0646\u0632\u0627\u0644 \u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0631\u0641\u064a\u0646! \ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc324?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc324<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9OAJNJgjsh\">pic.twitter.com\/9OAJNJgjsh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/2015402884553138335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1406\">L\u2019apr\u00e8s-combat a sans doute \u00e9t\u00e9 tout aussi r\u00e9v\u00e9lateur que le duel lui-m\u00eame. Interrog\u00e9 par Joe Rogan, Pimblett a livr\u00e9 un discours d\u2019une rare lucidit\u00e9. Aucun d\u00e9saccord avec la d\u00e9cision des juges, aucune tentative de justification, pas m\u00eame autour d\u2019un possible coup dans l\u2019\u0153il en d\u00e9but de combat. Pour lui, le tournant s\u2019est jou\u00e9 ailleurs : un coup puissant au plexus solaire lors du premier round, qui a profond\u00e9ment affect\u00e9 son rythme et sa gestion du combat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\">A historic moment! Justin Gaethje claims the interim lightweight title for the second time in his career \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc324?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc324<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u0644\u062d\u0638\u0629 \u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u064f\u0646\u0633\u0649! \u062c\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0646 \u063a\u064a\u062a\u062c\u064a \u064a\u062a\u0648\u0651\u062c \u0644\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u0644\u0642\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0632\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0641\u064a\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0642\u062a \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0633\u064a\u0631\u062a\u0647 \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc324?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc324<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/faie9zVV7b\">pic.twitter.com\/faie9zVV7b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/2015403543105085484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1408\" data-end=\"1776\">Reconnaissant la justesse d\u2019une carte \u00e0 48-47, Pimblett a surtout tenu \u00e0 rendre hommage \u00e0 son adversaire. Battu, oui, mais par un homme qu\u2019il consid\u00e8re comme une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence, presque une figure fondatrice de son imaginaire de fan devenu combattant. Gaethje n\u2019est pas seulement celui qui l\u2019a priv\u00e9 de la ceinture, il est, \u00e0 ses yeux, l\u2019incarnation d\u2019une l\u00e9gende de l\u2019UFC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"2174\">\u00c0 31 ans, Paddy Pimblett refuse de voir dans cette d\u00e9faite un point final. Il y voit au contraire une \u00e9tape formatrice, un rappel brutal mais n\u00e9cessaire de ce qu\u2019exige la cat\u00e9gorie des poids l\u00e9gers : pr\u00e9cision, puissance, constance et capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 encaisser sans rompre. S\u2019il quitte l\u2019octogone sans le titre, il en ressort avec une certitude renforc\u00e9e : sa carri\u00e8re ne se r\u00e9sumera pas \u00e0 cette nuit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2176\" data-end=\"2471\">Les moqueries d\u2019Ilia Topuria, champion en titre, n\u2019ont pas tard\u00e9 \u00e0 surgir. Mais au-del\u00e0 des provocations, la v\u00e9ritable question demeure : Pimblett saura-t-il transformer cette d\u00e9faite en mue, passer du statut de star populaire \u00e0 celui de pr\u00e9tendant cr\u00e9dible et durable au sommet de la division ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis son arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019UFC, Paddy Pimblett a d\u00fb faire face \u00e0 la d\u00e9faite. Mais plus qu\u2019un simple revers sur les cartes des juges, sa perte contre Justin Gaethje lors de l\u2019UFC 324 s\u2019apparente \u00e0 un passage oblig\u00e9 : celui o\u00f9 l\u2019image du ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne m\u00e9diatique se confronte brutalement \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,38,28,43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video","9":"category-ufc","10":"category-ufc-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1623,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions\/1623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}