Fares Ziam
“Smile Killer”
Fares Ziam is ranked 81st of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,86781st of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.51Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.04 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,898, 6 Dec 2025
- Record
- 18–6Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | Lost to Axel SolaUFC Fight Night 287 - Hooker vs. Parnasse · KO (Punch) | −17 | +0.04 |
| 6 Jun 2026 | Lost to Tom NolanUFC Fight Night 278 - Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −12 | — |
| 6 Dec 2025 | Won vs Nazim SadykhovUFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R2 | +26 | — |
| 1 Feb 2025 | Won vs Mike DavisUFC Fight Night 250 - Adesanya vs. Imavov · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +36 | — |
| 28 Sept 2024 | Won vs Matt FrevolaUFC Fight Night 243 - Moicano vs. St. Denis · KO (Knee), R3 | +33 | — |
| 24 Feb 2024 | Won vs Claudio PuellesUFC Fight Night 237 - Moreno vs. Royval 2 · Decision (Split), R3 | +16 | — |
| 22 Jul 2023 | Won vs Jai HerbertUFC Fight Night 224 - Aspinall vs. Tybura · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +33 | — |
| 3 Sept 2022 | Won vs Michal FiglakUFC Fight Night 209 - Gane vs. Tuivasa · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +33 | — |
| 26 Feb 2022 | Lost to Terrance McKinneyUFC Fight Night 202 - Makhachev vs. Green · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | −32 | — |
| 12 Jun 2021 | Won vs Luigi VendraminiUFC 263 - Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · Decision (Majority), R3 | +26 | — |
| 17 Oct 2020 | Won vs Jamie MullarkeyUFC Fight Night 180 - Ortega vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +17 | — |
| 7 Sept 2019 | Lost to Don MadgeUFC 242 - Khabib vs. Poirier · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −30 | — |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
FLI is what the fight did to their fame against their skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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