Fares Ziam Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Tom Nolan Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim	Jun 6, 2026
W	Nazim Sadykhov Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	4:59	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	Dec 6, 2025
W	Mike Davis Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov	Feb 1, 2025
W	#14Matt Frevola Lightweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head In Clinch	R3	2:59	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis	Sep 28, 2024
W	Claudio Puelles Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2	Feb 24, 2024
W	Jai Herbert Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura	Jul 22, 2023
W	Michal Figlak Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	Sep 3, 2022
L	Terrance McKinney Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:11	UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green	Feb 26, 2022
W	Luigi Vendramini Lightweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2	Jun 12, 2021
W	Jamie Mullarkey Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie	Oct 17, 2020
L	Don Madge Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019

Outside the UFC

10-2across 12 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 4 sub · 1 decWWFC · LFC · EBD 5 · EBD 4 · Hit-FC +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Yassine Belhadj8-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	1:05	EBD 5	Feb 2, 2019
W	Julio Matos6-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EBD 4	Oct 13, 2018
W	Abner Lloveras22-17-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:24	Hit-FC	Mar 10, 2018
W	Alexey Valivakhin14-16	KO/TKO	Punches and Elbows	R1	3:01	WWFC	Sep 27, 2017
W	Artem Tanshyn9-9	KO/TKO	Elbows	R1	3:18	WWFC	Apr 29, 2017
L	Haotian Wu27-13-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:41	Kunlun Fight	Dec 15, 2016
W	Damien Lapilus23-15-3	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	—	LFC	Nov 19, 2016
L	Viskhan Magomadov13-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:58	ACB 46	Sep 24, 2016
W	Laid Zerhouni15-10	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:32	GFA	Mar 5, 2016
W	Jean Dutriaux8-15	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:50	100% Fight 27	Feb 4, 2016
W	Dominic Yeo0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:58	WSFC 3	Nov 28, 2015
W	Mathias Guerra2-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:12	LFC	Nov 22, 2014

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 0 losses

W7

L0

Submission

4 wins, 3 losses

W4

L3

Decision

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.18

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.45

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

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PowerChin

Knockout rate

18%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.78 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

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

Never finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

8 scorecards on file

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Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 4 of 6 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–2

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 75%

4W2L

Split1 decision · 13%

1W

Majority1 decision · 13%

1W

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB65th

52%389 / 742

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.34 differential

Landed2.87

Absorbed1.53

68%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+17%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head66%49th255
Body19%45th72
Leg16%50th62

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

Sig. strikes by position

70%Standing

Standing70%271
Clinch13%49
Ground18%69

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

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Landed per 15

Head

C

45th

26.4

45th

Body

D

40th

7.4

40th

Leg

C

47th

6.4

47th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

96th

9.7

96th

Body

B

61st

8.1

61st

Leg

B

65th

6.0

65th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	26.4	255	590	43%
Body	7.4	72	84	86%
Leg	6.4	62	68	91%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	9.7	94	439	21%
Body	8.1	78	118	66%
Leg	6.0	58	78	74%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

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43%

Takedown accuracy

71%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.0 min net

On top4.1

On bottom5.1

Offense

Takedowns

B

65th

1.9

65th

TD accuracy

B

63rd

43%

63rd

Sub attempts

B

60th

0.5

60th

Control

B

69th

4.1 min

69th

Defense

TD defense

B

65th

71%

65th

Controlled

5.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	18 / 42
Submission attempts	5
Control time	39:30

Defense

TDs defended	51 / 72
Control absorbed	48:56

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (145min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Fares Ziam

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 145 min

94%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Ziam holds steady (-3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Ziam keeps 94% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Ziam ▼ FADESOutput / 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

What drives the pace · per round

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

Sig. strikes landed

Ziamlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ziamattempts / min

Control time

Ziam% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	2.7	1.7	0.27	27%	11
R2	5.0	3.3	1.5	0.24	25%	10
R3	4.3	2.0	1.6	0.37	30%	9

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.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Fares Ziam

11 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

40/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

43rd

29%

43rd

Win quality

A+

88th

57%

88th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

2

3

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Tom Nolan	Top-15	48	Jun 6, 2026
W	Nazim Sadykhov	Building	18	Dec 6, 2025
W	Mike Davis	Established	26	Feb 1, 2025
W	Matt Frevola#14	Top-15	62	Sep 28, 2024
W	Claudio Puelles	Established	30	Feb 24, 2024
W	Jai Herbert	Building	18	Jul 22, 2023
W	Michal Figlak	Unproven	8	Sep 3, 2022
L	Terrance McKinney	Contender-level	32	Feb 26, 2022
W	Luigi Vendramini	Unproven	8	Jun 12, 2021
W	Jamie Mullarkey	Building	15	Oct 17, 2020
L	Don Madge	Unproven	8	Sep 7, 2019

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

11 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

7-2

9 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-0

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-2

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

5 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

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Active

5 weekssince last bout

vs Tom Nolan · Jun 6, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-2As underdog 3-1

66.9

DK avg

67.4

Median

113.9

Ceiling

42.0

Floor

36%

Boom

9%

Bust

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