David Onama vs Youssef Zalal — Compare

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David Onama

14-3Featherweight

Factory X

Anchored to Featherweight

Youssef Zalal

18-6-1Featherweight

Factory X

Data current through Jun 20, 2026

Tale of the Tape

The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.

David OnamavsYoussef Zalal

Age

younger

5'10"

178cm

Height

Even

5'10"

178cm

74"

188cm

Reach

reach

72"

183cm

Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

Activity & layoff

The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.

Matchup-relevant delta

David has 5 months more layoff

Time since last UFC bout

David7 months

Youssef1 month

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

David Onama

Within a year

7 monthssince last bout

vs Steve Garcia · Nov 1, 2025

Youssef Zalal

Active

1 monthsince last bout

vs Aljamain Sterling · Apr 25, 2026

Shared training affiliations

Camps both fighters currently affiliate with. The strongest signal first; secondary ties follow.

Primary teammates

Factory X

Englewood, United States

Elite

Roster

David Onama and Youssef Zalal are primary teammates at Factory X.

David OnamaPrimaryYoussef ZalalPrimary

Current affiliations only. Past camps the fighters may have shared (and since left) aren’t tracked in our schema yet, so absence below doesn’t rule out historical teammate ties.

Division context

Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Featherweight roster (348 fighters).

Recent form

Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.

David Onama

Youssef Zalal

Onama — last 5

recent → old

Zalal — last 5

recent → old

Last 5 record

4-1

Even

4-1

Current streak

Even

Ranked opps

2 of 5

3 of 5

Layoff

8 mo

2 mo

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.

UFC only

David Onama

Schedule Score

Youssef Zalal

Schedule Score

UFC experienceTotal octagon time + bouts

100 min

9 bouts

Octagon time

63 min

163 min

13 bouts

Schedule strength

35%

46%

Win quality

55%

Even

55%

Ranked opponents

Title-holder bouts

Even

Opponent quality distribution

every UFC bout, bucketed by who the opponent was at the time

David Onama

9 bouts

Youssef Zalal

13 bouts

Champion

Top-5

Top-15

Cross-div ranked

Established

Building

Unproven

Per-tier records + bout-by-bout

Per-tier records

Tier	David Onama	Youssef Zalal
Champion	—	0-1
Top-5	—	2-1
Top-15	1-1	—
Cross-div ranked	—	1-0
Established	1-0	1-1-1
Building	3-2	1-0
Unproven	1-0	3-1

David Onama — bouts

Youssef Zalal — bouts

All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Striking matchup

Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.

UFC only

Overall Striking

Striking

57th

Even

61st

Evenly matched striking — no clear edge either way.

Attacking

Onama’s offensevsZalal’s defense

Where Onama attacks (green = high volume) vs where Zalal gets hit (red = vulnerable) — Onama’s green zones meeting Zalal’s red zones are the openings.

David OnamaOffense

Head80%90th406
Body12%46th59
Leg9%45th44

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Youssef ZalalDefense

Head62%85th180
Body22%79th64
Leg16%70th48

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share absorbed · partly opponent-dependent

Onama — by position

79%Standing

Standing79%403
Clinch7%38
Ground13%68

Zalal — absorbed by position

80%Standing

Standing80%235
Clinch16%47
Ground3%10

Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.

Onama’s offensevsZalal’s defense

Head

A+

90th

52.2

Even

A+

85th

20.7

Body

46th

9.5

+33

79th

7.2

Leg

45th

7.2

+24

70th

5.3

Zalal’s offensevsOnama’s defense

Head

40th

27.9

+16

24th

43.3

Body

32nd

7.8

Even

28th

14.0

Leg

53rd

8.4

+24

29th

10.9

Full breakdown — all zones, both views

Zone	Fighter	Landed / 15	Accuracy	Absorbed / 15	Career landed
Head	David Onama	top 10% of division52.2	47%	well below average43.3	406
Head	Youssef Zalal	below division average27.9	43%	top 15% of division20.7	288
Body	David Onama	around division average9.5	63%	well below average14.0	59
Body	Youssef Zalal	below division average7.8	71%	top 21% of division7.2	76
Leg	David Onama	around division average7.2	83%	well below average10.9	44
Leg	Youssef Zalal	around division average8.4	83%	top 30% of division5.3	90

Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Grappling matchup

Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.

UFC only

David Onama

Youssef Zalal

Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).

Overall Grappling

Grappling

49th

+11

60th

Zalal has the grappling edge (+11).

Takedowns

48th

1.0

+13

61st

1.8

Takedown accuracy

41st

30%

7/23

Even

42nd

32%

20/63

Takedown defense

37th

53%

20/38

Even

43rd

56%

24/43

Submission threat

61st

0.4

+21

82nd

1.3

Control time

57th

3.0 min

+16

73rd

4.4 min

Full breakdown — career grappling totals

Metric	David Onama	Youssef Zalal
Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns	1.07	1.820
Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted	30%7 / 23	32%20 / 63
Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced	53%20 / 38	56%24 / 43
Submission attempts / 15career attempts	0.43	1.314
Control time / 15 (min)career total	3.0 min19:55	4.4 min47:25
Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total	3.5 min23:36	3.8 min41:23

All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.

Finishing & durability

How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.

David Onama

Youssef Zalal

When their fights end

every pro finish on the fight clock

Onama11W–1L by finish

Zalal14W–0L by finish

0:00

5:00

10:00

15:00

Win(above)Loss(below)KO / TKOSubmissionPosition = when the fight ended

Finish & durability rates

Full professional career

Finish rate

Even

percent of wins ending by KO or submission

Even

62nd

79%

Even

61st

78%

Goes the distance

Even

percent of resolved bouts going to a decision (style read, not quality)

Even

29%

42%

KO durability

↑6%·Zalal

percent of resolved bouts ending in a KO/TKO loss

↑6%·Zalal

57th

+21

78th

Submission defense

Even

percent of resolved bouts ending by submission loss

Even

64th

Even

64th

Full method breakdown

Outcome	David Onama	Youssef Zalal
Wins
by KO / TKO	7(50%)	4(22%)
by submission	4(29%)	10(56%)
by decision	3(21%)	4(22%)
Losses
by KO / TKO	1(33%)	0(0%)
by submission	0(0%)	0(0%)
by decision	2(67%)	6(100%)

Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.

David Onama

Youssef Zalal

22%

2 KO/TKO in 9 bouts

Knockout rate

0 KO/TKO in 13 bouts

1.0 / 100 head

Knockdowns dealt

0.7 / 100 head

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Clean KO losses

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

0.6 / 100 head

Knockdowns absorbed

0.0 / 100 head

Chin bars use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

David OnamaFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
vs Steve Garcia7 months ago
UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama · Nov 1, 2025 · R1 · 3:34
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Youssef ZalalFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Pace & fade

How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

David Onama

111%

R3 vs R1 · 5 bouts reaching R3

Youssef Zalal

148%

R3 vs R1 · 9 bouts reaching R3

Both lean the same way, but Zalal leans harder: Zalal builds (+18% per round through round 3), Onama builds (+7% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Onama lifts to 111% of round-1 output by round 3, Zalal 148%.

Onama ▲ BUILDS

Zalal ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown — both fighters

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Onama

Zalallanded / min

Takedown attempts

Onama

Zalalattempts / min

Control time

Onama

Zalal% of round

Round	Fighter	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	David Onama	6.5	5.4	5.6	0.23	11%	9
R1	Youssef Zalal	4.8	2.8	1.5	0.36	22%	13
R2	David Onama	5.9	4.2	4.6	0.18	28%	7
R2	Youssef Zalal	4.7	2.1	1.7	0.36	38%	11
R3	David Onama	7.4	5.6	4.0	0.28	25%	5
R3	Youssef Zalal	6.7	3.7	2.1	0.53	35%	9
R4	David Onama	—	—	—	—	—	—
R4	Youssef Zalal	0.7	0.6	3.2	0.00	4%	1
R5	David Onama	—	—	—	—	—	—
R5	Youssef Zalal	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.00	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.

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