Farès Ziam

“The Smile Killer”

Farès Ziam (18-6) is a lightweight fighting out of Lyon, France. Farès Ziam's last fight was a loss to Axel Sola by KO at UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse in September 2026.

*Exhibition (EX.) fights included in history

Result	Opponent	Division	Method	Rnd / Time	Event	Date	Fight
L	Axel Sola	Lightweight	KO (Punch)	R1 · 1:40	UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse	Sep 5, 2026	View
L	Tom Nolan	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim	Jun 6, 2026	View
W	Nazim Sadykhov	Lightweight	TKO (Elbows and punches)	R2 · 4:59	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	Dec 6, 2025	View
W	Mike Davis	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Feb 1, 2025
W	Matt Frevola	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Knee to the Head)	R3 · 2:59	UFC Fight Night	Sep 28, 2024
W	Claudio Puelles	Lightweight	Decision (Split)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Feb 24, 2024
W	Jai Herbert	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Jul 22, 2023
W	Michal Figlak	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Sep 3, 2022
L	Terrance McKinney	Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R1 · 2:11	UFC Fight Night	Feb 26, 2022
W	Luigi Vendramini	Lightweight	Decision (Majority)	R3	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2	Jun 12, 2021
W	Jamie Mullarkey	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Oct 17, 2020
L	Don Madge	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019
W	Yassine Belhadj	Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R3 · 1:05	European Beatdown 5	Feb 2, 2019
W	Julio Matos	Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	European Beatdown 4	Oct 13, 2018
W	Abner Lloveras	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Punch)	R2 · 0:24	HIT Fighting Championship 5	Mar 10, 2018
W	Alexey Valivakhin	Lightweight	KO/TKO (Punches & Elbows)	R1 · 3:01	WWFC 8	Sep 27, 2017
W	Artem Tanshyn	Lightweight	Submission (Elbows)	R1 · 3:18	Road To WWFC 4	Apr 29, 2017
L	Haotian Wu	Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R1 · 3:41	Kunlun Fight MMA 7	Dec 15, 2016
W	Damien Lapilus	Lightweight	KO/TKO	R1	Lyon Fighting Championship 7	Nov 19, 2016
L	Viskhan Magomadov	Catchweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R1 · 3:58	Absolute Championship Berkut 46	Sep 24, 2016
W	Laïd Zerhouni	Welterweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R3 · 2:32	Gladiator Fighting Arena 3	Mar 5, 2016
W	Jean Dutriaux	Welterweight	Submission (Triangle Choke)	R1 · 1:50	100% Fight 27	Feb 4, 2016
W	Dominic Yeo	Middleweight	KO/TKO	R2 · 4:58	WSFC 3: The Third Strike	Nov 28, 2015
W	Matthias Guerra	—	Submission	—	Unknown Event	Nov 22, 2014

• LAxel Sola

  Sep 5, 2026
  UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse·Lightweight
  KO (Punch)·R1 · 1:40View
• LTom Nolan

  Jun 6, 2026
  UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim·Lightweight
  Decision (Unanimous)·R3 · 5:00View
• WNazim Sadykhov

  Dec 6, 2025
  UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2·Lightweight
  TKO (Elbows and punches)·R2 · 4:59View
• WMike Davis

  Feb 1, 2025
  UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
  Decision (Unanimous)·R3
• WMatt Frevola

  Sep 28, 2024
  UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
  KO/TKO (Knee to the Head)·R3 · 2:59
• WClaudio Puelles

  Feb 24, 2024
  UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
  Decision (Split)·R3
• WJai Herbert

  Jul 22, 2023
  UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
  Decision (Unanimous)·R3
• WMichal Figlak

  Sep 3, 2022
  UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
  Decision (Unanimous)·R3
• LTerrance McKinney

  Feb 26, 2022
  UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
  Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R1 · 2:11
• WLuigi Vendramini

  Jun 12, 2021
  UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2·Lightweight
  Decision (Majority)·R3
• WJamie Mullarkey

  Oct 17, 2020
  UFC Fight Night·Lightweight
  Decision (Unanimous)·R3
• LDon Madge

  Sep 7, 2019
  UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier·Lightweight
  Decision (Unanimous)·R3
• WYassine Belhadj

  Feb 2, 2019
  European Beatdown 5·Lightweight
  Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R3 · 1:05
• WJulio Matos

  Oct 13, 2018
  European Beatdown 4·Lightweight
  Decision (Unanimous)·R3
• WAbner Lloveras

  Mar 10, 2018
  HIT Fighting Championship 5·Lightweight
  KO/TKO (Punch)·R2 · 0:24
• WAlexey Valivakhin

  Sep 27, 2017
  WWFC 8·Lightweight
  KO/TKO (Punches & Elbows)·R1 · 3:01
• WArtem Tanshyn

  Apr 29, 2017
  Road To WWFC 4·Lightweight
  Submission (Elbows)·R1 · 3:18
• LHaotian Wu

  Dec 15, 2016
  Kunlun Fight MMA 7·Lightweight
  Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R1 · 3:41
• WDamien Lapilus

  Nov 19, 2016
  Lyon Fighting Championship 7·Lightweight
  KO/TKO·R1
• LViskhan Magomadov

  Sep 24, 2016
  Absolute Championship Berkut 46·Catchweight
  Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R1 · 3:58
• WLaïd Zerhouni

  Mar 5, 2016
  Gladiator Fighting Arena 3·Welterweight
  Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R3 · 2:32
• WJean Dutriaux

  Feb 4, 2016
  100% Fight 27·Welterweight
  Submission (Triangle Choke)·R1 · 1:50
• WDominic Yeo

  Nov 28, 2015
  WSFC 3: The Third Strike·Middleweight
  KO/TKO·R2 · 4:58
• WMatthias Guerra

  Nov 22, 2014
  Unknown Event
  Submission