Youssef Zalal
13 UFC Fights | 62% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (50%)
Youssef Zalal UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Youssef Zalal is 8-4-1 in the UFC across 13 fights, with 4 wins by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 18-6-1, 10-2 of it outside the UFC. Zalal competes at featherweight as a switch submission artist, standing 5'10" with a 72" reach at 30 years old. The last bout was a loss to Aljamain Sterling by unanimous decision in Apr 2026.
Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 96th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (1.8/min).
Youssef Zalal's UFC win rate is 62% (8 of 13 fights), and 50% of those wins came by finish. Zalal averages 1.7 takedowns per fight at 31% accuracy and stops 56% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 18-6-1
- UFC Record
- 8-4-1
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 72"
- Age
- 30
- Stance
- Switch
- Last Fight
- L vs Aljamain Sterling · Decision - Unanimous · Apr 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Youssef Zalal's Last 5 Fights
Zalal is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Aljamain Sterling · Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 2026
- Win vs Josh Emmett · Submission · R1 1:38 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Oct 2025
- Win vs Calvin Kattar · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues · Feb 2025
- Win vs Jack Shore · Submission · R2 0:59 · UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi · Nov 2024
- Win vs Jarno Errens · Submission · R1 3:52 · UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 · Aug 2024
Striking
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Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Youssef Zalal vs Average
Youssef Zalal's UFC Fight History
13 UFC fights on record (8-4-1), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Aljamain Sterling | Decision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal | 2026-04-25 |
| W | Josh Emmett | Submission | R1 · 1:38 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 | 2025-10-04 |
| W | Calvin Kattar | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues | 2025-02-15 |
| W | Jack Shore | Submission | R2 · 0:59 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi | 2024-11-02 |
| W | Jarno Errens | Submission | R1 · 3:52 | UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 | 2024-08-10 |
| W | Billy Quarantillo | Submission | R2 · 1:50 | UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas | 2024-03-23 |
| D/NC | Da'Mon Blackshear | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz | 2022-08-13 |
| L | Sean Woodson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai | 2021-06-05 |
| L | SeungWoo Choi | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov | 2021-02-06 |
| L | Ilia Topuria | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen | 2020-10-10 |
| W | Peter Barrett | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik | 2020-08-08 |
| W | Jordan Griffin | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker | 2020-06-27 |
| W | Austin Lingo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes | 2020-02-08 |
How Zalal Ranks at Featherweight
Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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