FeatherweightActive
Youssef Zalal
“The Moroccan Devil”
Country
MoroccoRecord
18-6-1
Weight class
Featherweight
Height
5'10"
Reach
72"
Age
29
Stance
Switch
Career stats
13 of 17 wins inside the distance · 68th percentile
Never stopped in 24 recorded bouts · 87th percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 89th percentile
9:04
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
0
Title fights
4
Main events
Percentiles vs 555 featherweights
Counted from the 24 bouts on record, not the full 25-fight career
Strikes & grappling
454 landed from 892 attempts — 51% accuracy · 13th percentile
20 landed from 63 attempts — 32% accuracy · 75th percentile
2 in 13 statted bouts · 29th percentile
47m of 2h 43m fought · 83rd percentile
Head 63%
Body 17%
Leg 20%
Of 454 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 24 featherweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 13 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 2h 43m of fight time, of the 24 bouts on record
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | Aljamain Sterling | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal |
| Oct 4, 2025 | Josh Emmett | WIN | SUBArmbar | R1 · 1:38 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Calvin Kattar | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Jack Shore | WIN | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 0:59 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Jarno Errens | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 3:52 | UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Billy Quarantillo | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 1:50 | UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Vadim Zadnipryanyi | WIN | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R1 · 3:48 | Sparta 98: King of Sparta Featherweight Pro |
| Jan 20, 2023 | Jake Childers | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 1:53 | SCL: Sparta Fight Night 14 |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Edwin Chavez | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 3:44 | SCL: Sparta Combat League 93 |
| Aug 13, 2022 | Da'Mon Blackshear | NC | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz |
| Jun 5, 2021 | Sean Woodson | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai |
| Feb 6, 2021 | SeungWoo Choi | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov |
| Oct 10, 2020 | Ilia Topuria | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen |
| Aug 8, 2020 | Peter Barrett | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik |
| Jun 27, 2020 | Jordan Griffin | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker |
| Feb 8, 2020 | Austin Lingo | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes |
| Nov 23, 2019 | Jaime Hernandez | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | LFA 79: Royval vs. Williams |
| May 4, 2019 | Matt Jones | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 | LFA 65: Royval vs. Sanchez |
| Jan 19, 2019 | Chepe Mariscal | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | LFA 57: Zalal vs. Mariscal |
| Dec 7, 2018 | Steven Merrill | WIN | SUBSubmission (Brabo Choke) | R1 | LFA 56: Hubbard vs. Mota |
| May 4, 2018 | Daniel Soto | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | LFA 39: Heinisch vs. Checco |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Joey Banks | WIN | SUBArmbar | R3 · 1:58 | Paramount MMA - Contenders |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Clay Wimer | WIN | SUBSubmission | R2 | Mile High MMAyhem |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Maurice Salazar | WIN | KOTKO | R2 | LFA 22: Heinisch vs. Perez |
| Aug 19, 2017 | Michael Santos | WIN | SUBSubmission | R3 | SCL 61 - Bad Blood |
| — | Vadim Zadnipryanyi | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Jake Childers | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Jaime Hernandez | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Matt Jones | LOSS | — | — | — |
| — | Chepe Mariscal | LOSS | — | — | — |
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00
WIN
SUBArmbarR1 · 1:38
Calvin Kattar
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Jack Shore
SUBArm TriangleR2 · 0:59
Jarno Errens
SUBRear Naked ChokeR1 · 3:52
SUBRear Naked ChokeR2 · 1:50
Vadim Zadnipryanyi
SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle)R1 · 3:48
Jake Childers
KOKO/TKOR1 · 1:53
Edwin Chavez
KOKO/TKOR1 · 3:44
Da'Mon Blackshear
DrawR3 · 5:00
LOSS
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
SeungWoo Choi
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
LOSS
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Peter Barrett
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Jordan Griffin
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Austin Lingo
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Jaime Hernandez
KOKO/TKOR1
Matt Jones
DECDecision - SplitR3
Chepe Mariscal
DECDecision - UnanimousR3
Steven Merrill
SUBSubmission (Brabo Choke)R1
Daniel Soto
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R2
Joey Banks
SUBArmbarR3 · 1:58
Clay Wimer
SUBSubmissionR2
Maurice Salazar
KOTKOR2
Michael Santos
SUBSubmissionR3
Vadim Zadnipryanyi
Jake Childers
Jaime Hernandez
Matt Jones
Chepe Mariscal
How the wins came
Record
18
Wins
6
Losses
1
Draw
9:04
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
0
Title fights
4
Main events
Wins, losses and draws are Youssef Zalal’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 24 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.