LightweightActive
Farés Ziam
“Smile Killer”
Country
FranceRecord
18-5
Weight class
Lightweight
Height
6'1"
Reach
75"
Age
29
Stance
Orthodox
Career stats
10 of 17 wins inside the distance · 36th percentile
Stopped in 14% of bouts — 3 of 22 · 57th percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 88th percentile
9:18
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
2
Title fights
3
Main events
Percentiles vs 617 lightweights
Counted from the 22 bouts on record, not the full 23-fight career
Strikes & grappling
389 landed from 742 attempts — 52% accuracy · 0th percentile
18 landed from 42 attempts — 43% accuracy · 63rd percentile
2 in 11 statted bouts · 17th percentile
40m of 2h 25m fought · 71st percentile
Head 66%
Body 18%
Leg 16%
Of 389 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 24 lightweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 11 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 2h 25m of fight time, of the 22 bouts on record
Next fightZiam vs Axel SolaUFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse · Sep 5, 2026
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | Axel Sola | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse |
| Jun 6, 2026 | Tom Nolan | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Nazim Sadykhov | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 4:59 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Mike Davis | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov |
| Sep 28, 2024 | Matt Frevola | WIN | KOKnee | R3 · 2:59 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis |
| Feb 25, 2024 | Claudio Puelles | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Jai Herbert | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Michal Figlak | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa |
| Feb 26, 2022 | Terrance McKinney | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:11 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Luigi Vendramini | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 |
| Oct 17, 2020 | Jamie Mullarkey | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Don Madge | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier |
| Feb 2, 2019 | Yassine Belhadj | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R3 · 1:05 | EBD 5: European Beatdown 5 |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Julio Matos | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | EBD 4: European Beatdown 4 |
| Mar 10, 2018 | Abner LloverasTitle | WIN | KOKO | R2 · 0:24 | Hit Fighting Championship 5 |
| Sep 27, 2017 | Alexey Valivakhin | WIN | KOTKO | R1 | WWFC: Cage Encounter 8 |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Artem Tanshyn | WIN | KOTKO | R1 | WWFC: Road to WWFC 4 |
| Dec 15, 2016 | Haotian Wu | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:41 | Kunlun Fight: Kunlun Fight MMA 7 |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Damien LapilusTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · - | Lyon Fighting Championship 7 |
| Sep 24, 2016 | Rashid Magomadov | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | ACB 46: Young Eagles 13 |
| Mar 5, 2016 | Laid Zerhouni | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R3 | GFA: Gladiator Fighting Arena 3 |
| Feb 4, 2016 | Jean Dutriaux | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 | 100% Fight 27: Last Man Standing |
| Nov 28, 2015 | Dominic Yeo | WIN | KOTKO | R2 | WSFC 3: The Third Strike |
Upcoming
LOSS
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Nazim Sadykhov
KOPunchesR2 · 4:59
Mike Davis
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Matt Frevola
KOKneeR3 · 2:59
Claudio Puelles
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Jai Herbert
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Michal Figlak
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Terrance McKinney
SUBRear Naked ChokeR1 · 2:11
Luigi Vendramini
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Jamie Mullarkey
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Don Madge
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Yassine Belhadj
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R3 · 1:05
Julio Matos
DECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00
Abner Lloveras
KOKOR2 · 0:24Title
Alexey Valivakhin
KOTKOR1
Artem Tanshyn
KOTKOR1
Haotian Wu
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1 · 3:41
Damien Lapilus
KOKO/TKOR1 · -Title
Rashid Magomadov
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1
Laid Zerhouni
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R3
Jean Dutriaux
SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke)R1
Dominic Yeo
KOTKOR2
How the wins came
Record
18
Wins
5
Losses
0
Draws
9:18
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
2
Title fights
3
Main events
Wins, losses and draws are Farés Ziam’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 22 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.