All fightersFarès Ziam
“The Smile Killer”
Lightweight18-6RECORD
7KO / TKO WINS
4SUBMISSION WINS
7DECISION WINS
Profile
| Full name | Not added yet |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Smile Killer |
| Date of birth | 21 Mar 1997 |
| Nationality | French |
| Birthplace | Vénissieux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Lives in | Not added yet |
| Division | Lightweight |
| Team | Sanford MMA (2021–present); Team Ezbiri (2014–2021) |
| Height | 185 cm (6′1″) |
| Reach | 190 cm (75″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Weight | 70.3 kg (155 lb) |
| Status | Not added yet |
| Pro debut | 22 Nov 2014 |
| UFC debut | 7 Sep 2019 |
| Last fight | 5 Sep 2026 |
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Fight history
24 professional fights on file (12 in the UFC). Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Axel Sola | KO/TKO (punch) | 1 | 1:40 | UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse | 5 Sep 2026 | Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Tom Nolan | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | 6 Jun 2026 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Mike Bell 28-29, Derek Cleary 28-29, Clemens Werner 28-29 | |||||||
| Win | Nazim Sadykhov | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:59 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 6 Dec 2025 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Mike Davis | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov | 1 Feb 2025 | Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Chris TognoniScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 30-27, David Lethaby 30-27, Clemens Werner 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Matt Frevola | KO/TKO (knee in clinch) | 3 | 2:59 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis | 28 Sep 2024 | Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Loic PoraScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Claudio Puelles | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 | 24 Feb 2024 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Mike Bell 30-27, Raul Salas 28-29, Chris Lee 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Jai Herbert | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura | 22 Jul 2023 | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Mike Bell 29-28, Cezary Wojciechowski 29-28, Junichiro Kamijo 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Michal Figlak | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | 3 Sep 2022 | Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Rich MitchellScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Christophe Chapuis 30-27, Clemens Werner 30-27, Howard Hughes 29-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Terrance McKinney | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:11 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green | 26 Feb 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Luigi Vendramini | Decision (majority) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 | 12 Jun 2021 | Glendale, Arizona, USA |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Mike BeltranScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Junichiro Kamijo 29-28, Chris Flores 29-28, Derek Cleary 28-28 | |||||||
| Win | Jamie Mullarkey | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie | 17 Oct 2020 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Lukasz BosackiScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Ben Cartlidge 29-28, Darryl Ransom 29-28, Clemens Werner 29-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Don Madge | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier | 7 Sep 2019 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Bout Lightweight BoutReferee Peter HickmottScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Ben Cartlidge 27-30, Mark Collett 27-30, David Lethaby 28-29 | |||||||
| Win | Yassine Belhadj | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 1:05 | European Beatdown 5 | 2 Feb 2019 | La Louvière, Belgium |
| Win | Julio Matos | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | European Beatdown 4 | 13 Oct 2018 | Mons, Belgium |
| Win | Abner Lloveras | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:24 | HIT-FC 5 | 10 Mar 2018 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Win | Alexey Valivakhin | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 3:01 | World Warriors FC 8 | 27 Sep 2017 | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Win | Artem Tanshyn | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 3:18 | Road to World Warriors FC 4 | 29 Apr 2017 | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Loss | Wu Haotian | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:41 | Kunlun Fight MMA 7 | 15 Dec 2016 | Beijing, China |
| Win | Damien Lapilus | KO (head kick) | 1 | Lyon FC 7 | 19 Nov 2016 | Lyon, France | |
| Loss | Viskhan Magomadov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:58 | ACB 46 | 24 Sep 2016 | Olsztyn, Poland |
| Win | Laïd Zerhouni | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:32 | Gladiator Fighting Arena 3 | 5 Mar 2016 | Nîmes, France |
| Win | Jean Dutriaux | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 1:50 | 100% Fight 27 | 4 Feb 2016 | Paris, France |
| Win | Dominic Yeo | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:58 | Westside Fighting Challenge 3 | 28 Nov 2015 | Dornbirn, Austria |
| Win | Guerra Mathias | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:12 | Lyon FC 4 | 22 Nov 2014 | Lyon, France |