FRA
Farés Ziam
“Smile Killer”
LIGHTWEIGHT
18
WINS
5
LOSSES
0
DRAWS
L1
STREAK
Next fight
Career
ESPN AGGREGATESHOW THEY WINSHARE OF WINS
KO/TKO39%SUB22%DECISION39%
STRIKING ACC.64%
TAKEDOWN ACC.43%
2.68
SIG. STRIKES
PER MIN
PER MIN
1.86
TAKEDOWNS
PER 15 MIN
PER 15 MIN
0.52
SUB ATT.
PER 15 MIN
PER 15 MIN
Title reigns
1 REIGNLightweight TitleLyon Fighting Championship
Nov 19, 20161 DEF
Fight history
23 FIGHTSLWWWWWWLWW
LUNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00Farés Ziam vs Tom Nolan, · UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 7, 2026
L
UNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00Farés Ziam vs Tom Nolan, · UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 7, 2026
ZiamFight StatsNolan
16/32 · 50%Sig. Strikes31/66 · 47%
48/70Total Strikes65/116
3/5 · 60%Takedowns2/6 · 33%
0Knockdowns0
1Sub. Attempts0
5:07Control6:47
WKO/TKOR2 4:59· UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 7, 2025
W
KO/TKOR2 4:59· UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 7, 2025
ZiamFight StatsSadykhov
31/49 · 63%Sig. Strikes4/16 · 25%
76/96Total Strikes7/21
2/5 · 40%Takedowns0/2 · 0%
1Knockdowns0
2Sub. Attempts0
5:58Control0:39
WUNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · Feb 1, 2025
W
UNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · Feb 1, 2025
ZiamFight StatsDavis
35/56 · 63%Sig. Strikes20/35 · 57%
58/83Total Strikes30/49
4/7 · 57%Takedowns1/8 · 13%
0Knockdowns0
0Sub. Attempts1
7:11Control3:59
WKO/TKOR3 2:59· UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 28, 2024
W
KO/TKOR3 2:59· UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 28, 2024
ZiamFight StatsFrevola
58/94 · 62%Sig. Strikes16/59 · 27%
69/107Total Strikes25/72
4/4 · 100%Takedowns1/3 · 33%
1Knockdowns0
1Sub. Attempts1
4:43Control2:47
WSPLIT DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 · Feb 25, 2024
W
SPLIT DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 · Feb 25, 2024
ZiamFight StatsPuelles
31/48 · 65%Sig. Strikes4/9 · 44%
58/82Total Strikes17/27
0/0Takedowns7/13 · 54%
0Knockdowns0
1Sub. Attempts0
4:30Control7:14
WUNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · Jul 22, 2023
W
UNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · Jul 22, 2023
ZiamFight StatsHerbert
61/113 · 54%Sig. Strikes49/134 · 37%
96/153Total Strikes58/150
1/5 · 20%Takedowns0/6 · 0%
0Knockdowns0
0Sub. Attempts0
1:30Control4:12
WUNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · Sep 3, 2022
W
UNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · Sep 3, 2022
ZiamFight StatsFiglak
60/108 · 56%Sig. Strikes28/96 · 29%
111/162Total Strikes55/126
3/7 · 43%Takedowns1/5 · 20%
0Knockdowns0
0Sub. Attempts0
6:48Control1:35
LSUBMISSIONR1 2:11· UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · Feb 26, 2022
L
SUBMISSIONR1 2:11· UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · Feb 26, 2022
ZiamFight StatsMcKinney
1/1 · 100%Sig. Strikes3/4 · 75%
1/1Total Strikes13/16
0/0Takedowns0/0
0Knockdowns0
0Sub. Attempts1
0:04Control2:03
WMAJORITY DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · Jun 12, 2021
W
MAJORITY DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · Jun 12, 2021
ZiamFight StatsVendramini
39/121 · 32%Sig. Strikes34/95 · 36%
43/125Total Strikes50/116
0/0Takedowns1/6 · 17%
0Knockdowns0
0Sub. Attempts0
0:00Control3:09
WUNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie · Oct 17, 2020
W
UNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie · Oct 17, 2020
ZiamFight StatsMullarkey
47/89 · 53%Sig. Strikes20/72 · 28%
54/98Total Strikes29/84
1/5 · 20%Takedowns5/11 · 45%
0Knockdowns0
0Sub. Attempts0
1:12Control6:56
LvsDon MadgeUNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 7, 2019
L
vsDon Madge
UNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 7, 2019
ZiamFight StatsMadge
10/31 · 32%Sig. Strikes21/49 · 43%
70/96Total Strikes72/111
0/4 · 0%Takedowns3/12 · 25%
0Knockdowns0
0Sub. Attempts0
2:27Control9:35
W
vsYassine BelhadjNon-UFC
SUBMISSIONR3 1:05· EBD 5: European Beatdown 5 · Feb 2, 2019
W
vsJulio MatosNon-UFC
UNANIMOUS DECISIONR3 5:00· EBD 4: European Beatdown 4 · Oct 13, 2018
W
vsAbner LloverasTITLENon-UFC
KO/TKOR2 0:24· Hit Fighting Championship 5 · Mar 10, 2018
W
vsAlexey ValivakhinNon-UFC
KO/TKOR1 3:01· WWFC: Cage Encounter 8 · Sep 27, 2017
W
vsArtem TanshynNon-UFC
KO/TKOR1 3:18· WWFC: Road to WWFC 4 · Apr 29, 2017
L
vsHaotian WuNon-UFC
SUBMISSIONR1 3:41· Kunlun Fight: Kunlun Fight MMA 7 · Dec 15, 2016
W
vsDamien LapilusTITLENon-UFC
KO/TKOR1 -· Lyon Fighting Championship 7 · Nov 19, 2016
L
vsRashid MagomadovNon-UFC
SUBMISSIONR1 3:58· ACB 46: Young Eagles 13 · Sep 24, 2016
W
vsLaid ZerhouniNon-UFC
SUBMISSIONR3 2:32· GFA: Gladiator Fighting Arena 3 · Mar 5, 2016
W
vsJean DutriauxNon-UFC
SUBMISSIONR1 1:50· 100% Fight 27: Last Man Standing · Feb 4, 2016
W
vsDominic YeoNon-UFC
KO/TKOR2 4:58· WSFC 3: The Third Strike · Nov 28, 2015
W
vsMathias GuerraNon-UFC
SUBMISSIONR1 4:12· Lyon Fighting Championship 4 · Nov 22, 2014