
Farés Ziam
Farés Ziam, “Smile Killer”, is a Lightweight from France with an official record of 18-6. Cage Brothers holds 23 of those bouts: 17 wins and 6 losses, the wins coming 7 by knockout, 3 by submission and 7 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a first-round knockout loss to Axel Sola at UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse on 5 September 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | Axel Sola | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 1:40 | 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 |
Wins, losses and draws are Farés Ziam’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 23 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.
Farés Ziam’s record, in numbers
Farés Ziam’s official record is 18-6. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 23 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 17 wins, 6 losses — because 1 bout from the official record is not in the history we hold.
The 17 wins break down as 7 by knockout, 3 by submission and 7 by decision — 10 of 17 inside the distance, a finish rate of 59%. Across the 22 of 23 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 8 minutes 57 seconds.
Farés Ziam has been stopped 4 times in the 23 bouts on file — 1 by knockout and 3 by submission — which is 17% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 23 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 3 were the main event of the card. Five of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 621 Lightweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Farés Ziam has a finish rate above 37% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 47% of them and a two-year bout count above 95% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Farés Ziam is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 75in, fights orthodox and is 29, born 21 March 1997.
These figures are recomputed from Farés Ziam’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.


















