Fares Ziam
“The Smile Killer”
LightweightActive
Career record
18–5–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
8–3–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
7KO4SUB7DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
0KO1SUB1DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1997-03-21 · age 29
- Height
- 6′ 1″ (73 in)
- Reach
- 75 in
- Leg reach
- 42 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- France
- Hometown
- Vénissieux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Gym / team
- Ghost Arena
- Octagon debut
- Sep. 7, 2019
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 2.68
- Striking accuracy
- 52%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 1.58
- Striking defence
- 63%
- Takedown average
- 1.86
- Takedown accuracy
- 42%
- Takedown defence
- 70%
- Submission average
- 0.50
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
11 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | Tom Nolan | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim |
| 2025-12-06 | Nazim Sadykhov | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:59 | Lightweight | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 |
| 2025-02-01 | Mike Davis | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov |
| 2024-09-28 | Matt Frevola | Win | TKO · R3 · 2:59 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis |
| 2024-02-24 | Claudio Puelles | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 |
| 2023-07-22 | Jai Herbert | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura |
| 2022-09-03 | Michal Figlak | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa |
| 2022-02-26 | Terrance McKinney | Loss | Submission · R1 · 2:11 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green |
| 2021-06-12 | Luigi Vendramini | Win | Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 |
| 2020-10-17 | Jamie Mullarkey | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie |
| 2019-09-07 | Don Madge | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Lightweight | UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 11 rows in the archive list Fares Ziam as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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