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The Clinch

France “The Smile Killer” 2019-2026 · 30 rounds on file

Fares Ziam

8-4-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 389/742
Takedown accuracy 18/42
Sig. strikes / round 13.0
Control / round 1:19
Inside the distance 25% 2 of 8 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
75″190.5 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
2921 MAR 1997
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 11 fights - 4.2 takedown attempts and 26% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 6 5-1-0 vs 1529 avg
Positional Controller 5 4-1-0
Submission Grappler 1 1-0-0
Hybrid 3 1-2-0 vs 1526 avg
Well-Rounded 3 1-2-0
Striking 1 1-0-0 vs 1596 avg
Pressure Striker 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 2 1-1-0 vs 1526 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 6 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

07 SEP 2019 - lost to Don Madge · Decision (Unanimous) 17 OCT 2020 - beat Jamie Mullarkey · Decision (Unanimous) 12 JUN 2021 - beat Luigi Vendramini · Decision (Majority) 26 FEB 2022 - lost to Terrance McKinney · Submission 03 SEP 2022 - beat Michal Figlak · Decision (Unanimous) 22 JUL 2023 - beat Jai Herbert · Decision (Unanimous) 24 FEB 2024 - beat Claudio Puelles · Decision (Split) 28 SEP 2024 - beat Matt Frevola · Technical Knockout 01 FEB 2025 - beat Mike Davis · Decision (Unanimous) 06 DEC 2025 - beat Nazim Sadykhov · Technical Knockout 06 JUN 2026 - lost to Tom Nolan · Decision (Unanimous) 05 SEP 2026 - lost to Axel Sola · Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 30 rounds across 11 of 12 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 13.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 7.7
Takedowns landed 0.6
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 1:19 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 52% 389/742
Takedowns 43% 18/42
Opponents’ accuracy 36% 230/635

Where the strikes land

Head 66% 255
Body 19% 72
Leg 16% 62

And from where

At distance 70% 271
In the clinch 13% 49
On the ground 18% 69

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-0 Knockout · 0-1
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1
Decision 6 won Decision (Unanimous) · 4-2 Decision (Majority) · 1-0 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
05 SEP 2026 Axel Sola Lost Knockout R1 1:40 -- -- UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. Parnasse
06 JUN 2026 Tom Nolan Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 16 31 UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim
06 DEC 2025 Nazim Sadykhov Won Technical Knockout R2 4:59 31 4 UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2
01 FEB 2025 Mike Davis Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 35 20 UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov
28 SEP 2024 Matt Frevola Won Technical Knockout R3 2:59 58 16 UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis
24 FEB 2024 Claudio Puelles Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 31 4 UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
22 JUL 2023 Jai Herbert Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 61 49 UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura
03 SEP 2022 Michal Figlak Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 60 28 UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
26 FEB 2022 Terrance McKinney Lost Submission R1 2:11 1 3 UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green
12 JUN 2021 Luigi Vendramini Won Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 39 34 UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
17 OCT 2020 Jamie Mullarkey Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 47 20 UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie
07 SEP 2019 Don Madge Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 10 21 UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier