Fares Ziam
12 UFC Fights | 67% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (25%)
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.
- Loss vs Axel Sola · KO/TKO · R1 1:40 · UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse · Sep 2026
- Loss vs Tom Nolan · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 2026
- Win vs Nazim Sadykhov · KO/TKO · R2 4:59 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 2025
- Win vs Mike Davis · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · Feb 2025
- Win vs Matt Frevola · KO/TKO · R3 2:59 · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Axel Sola | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:40 | UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse | 2026-09-05 |
| L | Tom Nolan | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | 2026-06-06 |
| W | Nazim Sadykhov | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:59 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 2025-12-06 |
| W | Mike Davis | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov | 2025-02-01 |
| W | Matt Frevola | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:59 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis | 2024-09-28 |
| W | Claudio Puelles | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 | 2024-02-24 |
| W | Jai Herbert | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura | 2023-07-22 |
| W | Michal Figlak | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | 2022-09-03 |
| L | Terrance McKinney | Submission | R1 · 2:11 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green | 2022-02-26 |
| W | Luigi Vendramini | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 | 2021-06-12 |
| W | Jamie Mullarkey | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie | 2020-10-17 |
| L | Don Madge | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier | 2019-09-07 |
How Ziam Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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