Lightweight · “The Smile Killer”
Fares Ziam
18-5-0 UFC 8-3-0
6'1"Height
75"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1997-03-21Born
2KO wins
0Sub wins
25.0%Finish rate
13:11Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min2.68
Sig. strikes absorbed / min1.58
Striking accuracy52.4%
Striking defense63.8%
Takedowns / 15 min1.86
Takedown accuracy42.9%
Takedown defense70.8%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.52
Control time27.2%
Record vs .500+ opponents4-3
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
11 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Tom Nolan 4-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · 2026-06-06
16/32Sig. strikes
31/66Absorbed
3/5Takedowns
5:07Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Nazim Sadykhov 4-0-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:59 — UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · 2025-12-06
31/49Sig. strikes
4/16Absorbed
2/5Takedowns
5:58Control
1Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
W Mike Davis 4-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · 2025-02-01
35/56Sig. strikes
20/35Absorbed
4/7Takedowns
7:11Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Matt Frevola 5-4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 2:59 — UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · 2024-09-28
58/94Sig. strikes
16/59Absorbed
4/4Takedowns
4:43Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Claudio Puelles 5-2 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 · 2024-02-24
31/48Sig. strikes
4/9Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
4:30Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Jai Herbert 2-3-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura · 2023-07-22
61/113Sig. strikes
49/134Absorbed
1/5Takedowns
1:30Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Michal Figlak 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · 2022-09-03
60/108Sig. strikes
28/96Absorbed
3/7Takedowns
6:48Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Terrance McKinney 1-0 walk-in Submission · R1 2:11 — UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · 2022-02-26
1/1Sig. strikes
3/4Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Luigi Vendramini 1-1 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · 2021-06-12
39/121Sig. strikes
34/95Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jamie Mullarkey 0-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie · 2020-10-17
47/89Sig. strikes
20/72Absorbed
1/5Takedowns
1:12Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Don Madge 1-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · 2019-09-07
10/31Sig. strikes
21/49Absorbed
0/4Takedowns
2:27Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Farès Ziam) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
7
Submission
4
Decision
7
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
0
Submission
3
Decision
2
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
11
European Beatdown
2
Lyon FC
2
HIT-FC
1
World Warriors FC
1
Road to World Warriors FC
1
Kunlun Fight MMA
1
ACB
1
+ 3 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 23 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Tom Nolan | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim
2026-06-06 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Nazim Sadykhov | TKO (elbows and punches) | UFC 323
2025-12-06 |
UFC | 2 | 4:59 |
| W | Mike Davis | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov
2025-02-01 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Matt Frevola | KO (knee) | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis
2024-09-28 |
UFC | 3 | 2:59 |
| W | Claudio Puelles | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
2024-02-24 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jai Herbert | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura
2023-07-22 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Michal Figlak | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
2022-09-03 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Terrance McKinney | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green
2022-02-26 |
UFC | 1 | 2:11 |
| W | Luigi Vendramini | Decision (majority) | UFC 263
2021-06-12 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jamie Mullarkey | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie
2020-10-18 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Don Madge | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 242
2019-09-07 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Yassine Belhadj | Submission (guillotine choke) | European Beatdown 5
2019-02-02 |
European Beatdown | 3 | 1:05 |
| W | Julio Matos | Decision (unanimous) | European Beatdown 4
2018-10-13 |
European Beatdown | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Abner Lloveras | KO (punch) | HIT-FC 5
2018-03-10 |
HIT-FC | 2 | 0:24 |
| W | Alexey Valivakhin | TKO (punches and elbows) | World Warriors FC 8
2017-09-27 |
World Warriors FC | 1 | 3:01 |
| W | Artem Tanshyn | TKO (elbows) | Road to World Warriors FC 4
2017-04-29 |
Road to World Warriors FC | 1 | 3:18 |
| L | Wu Haotian | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Kunlun Fight MMA 7
2016-12-15 |
Kunlun Fight MMA | 1 | 3:41 |
| W | Damien Lapilus | KO (head kick) | Lyon FC 7
2016-11-19 |
Lyon FC | 1 | — |
| L | Viskhan Magomadov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ACB 46
2016-09-24 |
ACB | 1 | 3:58 |
| W | Laïd Zerhouni | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Gladiator Fighting Arena 3
2016-03-05 |
Gladiator Fighting Arena | 3 | 2:32 |
| W | Jean Dutriaux | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 100% Fight 27
2016-02-04 |
100% Fight | 1 | 1:50 |
| W | Dominic Yeo | TKO (punches) | Westside Fighting Challenge 3
2015-11-28 |
Westside Fighting Challenge | 2 | 4:58 |
| W | Guerra Mathias | Submission (armbar) | Lyon FC 4
2014-11-22 |
Lyon FC | 1 | 4:12 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Farès Ziam) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Lightweight average, over 191 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.