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The Smile Killer

Fares Ziam

Lyon, France•Lightweight

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Pro Record Summary

18–5

61%Finish Rate

Wins18

6KO/TKO33%

7DEC39%

5SUB28%

0DQ0%

Losses5

0KO/TKO0%

2DEC40%

3SUB60%

0DQ0%

214-72 Opponents' Combined Record •75% Win

2026•0-1

L

18-5

Tom Nolan10-1

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Unanimous)Jun 6, 2026

R3 · 5:00

2025•2-0

W

18-4

Nazim Sadykhov11-1-1

UFC 323

TKO (Elbows & Punches)Dec 6, 2025

R2 · 4:59

W

17-4

Mike Davis11-2

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Unanimous)Feb 1, 2025

R3 · 5:00

2024•2-0

W

16-4

Matt Frevola11-4-1

UFC Fight Night

TKO (Knee to the Head)Sep 28, 2024

R3 · 2:59POTN

W

15-4

Claudio Puelles12-3

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Split)Feb 24, 2024

R3 · 5:00

2023•1-0

W

14-4

Jai Herbert12-4-1

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Unanimous)Jul 22, 2023

R3 · 5:00

2022•1-1

W

13-4

Michal Figlak8-0

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Unanimous)Sep 3, 2022

R3 · 5:00

L

12-4

Terrance McKinney11-3

UFC Fight Night

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Feb 26, 2022

R1 · 2:11

2021•1-0

W

12-3

Luigi Vendramini9-1

UFC 263

DEC (Majority)Jun 12, 2021

R3 · 5:00

2020•1-0

W

11-3

Jamie Mullarkey12-3

UFC Fight Night

DEC (Unanimous)Oct 17, 2020

R3 · 5:00

2019•1-1

L

10-3

Don Madge8-3-1

UFC 242

DEC (Unanimous)Sep 7, 2019

R3 · 5:00UFC DEBUT

W

10-2

Yassine Belhadj5-1

European Beatdown 5

SUB (Guillotine Choke)Feb 2, 2019

R3 · 1:05

2018•2-0

W

9-2

Julio Matos4-0

European Beatdown 4

DEC (Unanimous)Oct 13, 2018

R3 · 5:00

W

8-2

Abner Lloveras21-8-1

HIT Fighting Championship 5

TKO (Punch)Mar 10, 2018

R2 · 0:24

2017•2-0

W

7-2

Alexey Valivakhin15-10

WWFC 8

TKO (Punches & Elbows)Sep 27, 2017

R1 · 3:01

W

6-2

Artem Tanshyn9-8

Road To WWFC 4

SUB (Elbows)Apr 29, 2017

R1 · 3:18

2016•3-2

L

5-2

Haotian Wu23-10-1

Kunlun Fight MMA 7

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Dec 15, 2016

R1 · 3:41

W

5-1

Damien Lapilus13-6-1

Lyon Fighting Championship 7

TKO (KO/TKO)Nov 19, 2016

R1

L

4-1

Viskhan Magomadov3-2

Absolute Championship Berkut 46

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Sep 24, 2016

R1 · 3:58

W

4-0

Laid Zerhouni1-1

Gladiator Fighting Arena 3

SUB (Rear Naked Choke)Mar 5, 2016

R3 · 2:32

W

3-0

Jean Dutriaux3-1

100% Fight 27

SUB (Triangle Choke)Feb 4, 2016

R1 · 1:50

2015•1-0

W

2-0

Dominic Yeo0-0

WSFC 3

TKO (KO/TKO)Nov 28, 2015

R2 · 4:58

2014•1-0

W

1-0

Matthias Guerra2-0

Lyon Fighting Championship

SUBNov 22, 2014