Fares Ziam

LightweightComplete Fighter
8 - 4

12 UFC Fights | 67% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (25%)

Height
6' 1"
Reach
75"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
29
Orthodox

Fares Ziam UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Fares Ziam is 8-4 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 2 wins by knockout and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-6, 10-2 of it outside the UFC. Ziam competes at lightweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'1" with a 75" reach at 29 years old. The last bout was a loss to Axel Sola by knockout in Sep 2026.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 96th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (1.6/min).

Fares Ziam's UFC win rate is 67% (8 of 12 fights), and 25% of those wins came by finish. Ziam averages 1.4 takedowns per fight at 41% accuracy and stops 71% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
18-6
UFC Record
8-4
Height
6'1"
Reach
75"
Age
29
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Axel Sola · KO/TKO · Sep 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Fares Ziam's Last 5 Fights

Ziam is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Axel Sola · KO/TKO · R1 1:40 · UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse · Sep 2026
  2. Loss vs Tom Nolan · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 2026
  3. Win vs Nazim Sadykhov · KO/TKO · R2 4:59 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 2025
  4. Win vs Mike Davis · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · Feb 2025
  5. Win vs Matt Frevola · KO/TKO · R3 2:59 · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.9
+1.8x ratio
Accuracy
53%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.18

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.6
0.4x avg
Strike Differential
+1.3
Opp. Accuracy Against
36%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.4
Takedown Accuracy
41%
Takedown Defense
71%
Control Time / Fight
3:08
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.4

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
0% Sub
R2
9% KO
0% Sub
R3+
9% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Fares Ziam vs Average

Fares Ziam's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (8-4), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LAxel SolaKO/TKOR1 · 1:40UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse2026-09-05
LTom NolanDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim2026-06-06
WNazim SadykhovKO/TKOR2 · 4:59UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 22025-12-06
WMike DavisDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov2025-02-01
WMatt FrevolaKO/TKOR3 · 2:59UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis2024-09-28
WClaudio PuellesDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 22024-02-24
WJai HerbertDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura2023-07-22
WMichal FiglakDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa2022-09-03
LTerrance McKinneySubmissionR1 · 2:11UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green2022-02-26
WLuigi VendraminiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 22021-06-12
WJamie MullarkeyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie2020-10-17
LDon MadgeDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier2019-09-07

How Ziam Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.9 sig. strikes/min
41st percentile
Striking accuracy53%
85th percentile
Strikes absorbed1.6/min
96th percentile
Takedowns1.4/fight
67th percentile
Takedown defense71%
66th percentile
Knockdown power0.18/fight
54th percentile

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