Youssef Zalal (18-6-1, 14) was born in Casablanca, Morocco on September 4, 1996. At the age of 20 years on August 19, 2017, he made his professional MMA debut against Michael Santos, winning the fight via 3rd-round submission.
On February 8, 2020, 23-year old Youssef Zalal made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC 247 against a 25-year old Austin Lingo, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Zalal's last fight was a 5-round unanimous decision loss to Aljamain Sterling at UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal at age 29 on April 25, 2026. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought 13 times in the UFC, and has a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw in the promotion.
Some of Youssef Zalal's best fights have been against Josh Emmett, Peter Barrett, Billy Quarantillo, Jarno Errens, Jack Shore, Calvin Kattar and Jordan Griffin. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Youssef Zalal".
Zalal has 6 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Youssef Zalal Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25  | Apr 25, 2026 29 years, 7 months 18-6-1 (14) | 36 years, 8 months 25-5 (11) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | Loss |
24  | Oct 4, 2025 29 years, 1 months 18-5-1 (14) | 40 years, 7 months 19-5 (9) | UFC | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar |
23  | Feb 15, 2025 28 years, 5 months 17-5-1 (13) | 36 years, 10 months 23-8 (13) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | Win |
22  | Nov 2, 2024 28 years, 1 months 16-5-1 (13) | 29 years, 8 months 17-2 (13) | UFC | FT | 2 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke |
21 | Aug 10, 2024 27 years, 11 months 15-5-1 (12) | Jarno Errens | UFC | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
20  | Mar 23, 2024 27 years, 6 months 14-5-1 (11) | 35 years, 3 months 18-5 (13) | UFC | FT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
19 | Aug 19, 2023 26 years, 11 months 13-5-1 (10) | Vadim Zadnipryanyi | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke | |
18 | Jan 20, 2023 26 years, 4 months 12-5-1 (9) | Jake Childers | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
17 | Nov 18, 2022 26 years, 2 months 11-5-1 (8) | Edwin Chavez | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
16 | Aug 13, 2022 25 years, 11 months 10-5-1 (7) | Da'Mon Blackshear | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | Draw Majority |
15  | Jun 5, 2021 24 years, 9 months 10-5 (7) | 28 years, 11 months 7-1 (3) | UFC | FT | 3 | SD | Loss |
14 | Feb 6, 2021 24 years, 5 months 10-4 (7) | Choi Seung-woo | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | Loss |
13  | Oct 11, 2020 24 years, 1 months 10-3 (7) | 23 years, 8 months 8-0 (7) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | Loss |
12 | Aug 8, 2020 23 years, 11 months 10-2 (7) | Peter Barrett | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | Win |
11  | Jun 27, 2020 23 years, 9 months 9-2 (7) | 30 years, 4 months 18-7 (13) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | Win |
10  | Feb 8, 2020 23 years, 5 months 8-2 (7) | 25 years, 6 months 7-0 (4) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | Win |
9 | Nov 22, 2019 23 years, 2 months 7-2 (7) | Jaime Hernandez | FT | 1 | KO | Win Flying knee | |
8 | May 3, 2019 22 years, 7 months 6-2 (6) | Matt Jones | FT | 3 | SD | Loss | |
7 | Jan 18, 2019 22 years, 4 months 6-1 (6) | Jose Mariscal | FT | 3 | UD | Loss | |
6 | Dec 7, 2018 22 years, 3 months 6-0 (6) | Steven Merrill | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Brabo choke | |
5 | May 4, 2018 21 years, 8 months 5-0 (5) | Daniel Soto | FT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
4 | Mar 16, 2018 21 years, 6 months 4-0 (4) | Joey Banks | FT | 3 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
3 | Oct 27, 2017 21 years, 1 months 3-0 (3) | Clay Wimer | FT | 2 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
2 | Sep 8, 2017 21 years 2-0 (2) | Maurice Salazar | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
1 | Aug 19, 2017 20 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Michael Santos | FT | 3 | SUB | Win Brabo choke |
