Farès Ziam (18-4, 11) was born in Vénissieux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France on March 21, 1997. At the age of 17 years on November 22, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut against Guerra Mathias, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On September 7, 2019, 22-year old Farès Ziam made his UFC debut on his 13th professional MMA fight at UFC 242 against Don Madge but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Ziam's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO win against Nazim Sadykhov at UFC 323 at age 28 on December 6, 2025. He is on a 6-fight winning streak.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 8 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Farès Ziam's best fights have been against Nazim Sadykhov, Michal Figlak, Luigi Vendramini, Mike Davis, Matt Frevola, Jai Herbert and Claudio Puelles. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Farès Ziam".
Ziam has 4 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Farès Ziam Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22  | Dec 6, 2025 28 years, 8 months 18-4 (11) | 31 years, 6 months 11-1-1 (10) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Elbows and punches |
21  | Feb 1, 2025 27 years, 10 months 17-4 (10) | 32 years, 3 months 11-2 (9) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
20  | Sep 28, 2024 27 years, 6 months 16-4 (10) | 34 years, 3 months 11-4-1 (7) | UFC | LT | 3 | KO | Win Knee |
19  | Feb 24, 2024 26 years, 11 months 15-4 (9) | 27 years, 10 months 12-3 (9) | UFC | LT | 3 | SD | Win |
18  | Jul 22, 2023 26 years, 4 months 14-4 (9) | 35 years, 2 months 12-4-1 (10) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
17 | Sep 3, 2022 25 years, 5 months 13-4 (9) | Michal Figlak | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
16  | Feb 26, 2022 24 years, 11 months 12-4 (9) | 27 years, 5 months 11-3 (11) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke |
15  | Jun 12, 2021 24 years, 2 months 12-3 (9) | 25 years, 4 months 9-1 (9) | UFC | LT | 3 | MD | Win |
14  | Oct 18, 2020 23 years, 6 months 11-3 (9) | 26 years, 2 months 12-3 (11) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
13 | Sep 7, 2019 22 years, 5 months 10-3 (9) | Don Madge | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Loss |
12 | Feb 2, 2019 21 years, 10 months 10-2 (9) | Yassine Belhadj | LT | 3 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
11 | Oct 13, 2018 21 years, 6 months 9-2 (8) | Julio Matos | LT | 3 | UD | Win | |
10 | Mar 10, 2018 20 years, 11 months 8-2 (8) | Abner Lloveras | LT | 2 | KO | Win Punch | |
9 | Sep 27, 2017 20 years, 6 months 7-2 (7) | Alexey Valivakhin | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches and elbows | |
8 | Apr 29, 2017 20 years, 1 months 6-2 (6) | Artem Tanshyn | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Elbows | |
7 | Dec 15, 2016 19 years, 8 months 5-2 (5) | Wu Haotian | LT | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
6 | Nov 19, 2016 19 years, 7 months 5-1 (5) | Damien Lapilus | LT | 1 | KO | Win Head kick | |
5 | Sep 24, 2016 19 years, 6 months 4-1 (4) | Viskhan Magomadov | WL | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
4 | Mar 5, 2016 18 years, 11 months 4-0 (4) | Laïd Zerhouni | WL | 3 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
3 | Feb 4, 2016 18 years, 10 months 3-0 (3) | Jean Dutriaux | WL | 1 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke | |
2 | Nov 28, 2015 18 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | Dominic Yeo | MD | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
1 | Nov 22, 2014 17 years, 8 months 1-0 (1) | Guerra Mathias | WL | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar |
