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Fares Ziam
“The Smile Killer”
Activeage 29
18-5
78% win rate
L1 streak
Peak Vertex
2025-12-06 → 2025-12-0640held 6 boutscurrently at peak
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2025-12-06
Still at career peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
8 wins3 losseslast 5: L W W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(10) | R2(9) | R3(8) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 13.5 | 17.7 | 10.5 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.9 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.40 | 0.56 | 1.00 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.60 | 0.44 | 1.13 | — | — |
| Control time | 1:14 | 1:18 | 1:29 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim2026-06-06L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 22025-12-06W·KO·R2 · 4:59
- UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov2025-02-01W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis2024-09-28W·KO·R3 · 2:59
- UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 22024-02-24W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura2023-07-22W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa2022-09-03W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green2022-02-26L·Sub·R1 · 2:11
- UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 22021-06-12W·M-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier2019-09-07L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Tom Nolan bounced back from his turbulent UFC debut with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Fares Ziam at UFC Fight Night 278 in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
