Featherweight Bout
Youssef Zalal
“The Moroccan Devil”
- UFC record
- 8-4-1
- Stance
- Switch
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Reach
- 72"
- Weight
- 145 lbs.
- Born
- Sep 04, 1996
Career snapshot
- Fights
- 13
- Minutes
- 163.3
- Knockdowns
- 2
- Sig. accuracy
- 50.9%
- Sig. landed / 15
- 41.7
- Absorbed / 15
- —
- TD accuracy
- 31.7%
- TD defense
- —
- Sub attempts
- 14
- Control / 15
- 4:21
Where this career sits
- SLpM
- 2.78
- KD / 15
- 0.18
- CTRL / 15
- 4:21
Sig. strikes landed per minute
Not enough peers for a percentile.
Knockdowns per 15 minutes
Not enough peers for a percentile.
Control time per 15 minutes
Not enough peers for a percentile.
Fewer than 8 Featherweight peers have 10 minutes on the rollup, so percentiles stay blank.
SLpM is significant strikes landed per minute. KD/15 is knockdowns per 15 minutes. CTRL/15 is control time per 15 minutes. Each rate uses career totals when the rollup has no per-minute column. Peers are the 1 Featherweight fighters with at least 10 minutes on the career offense rollup. The roster has no active flag and no gender column, so everyone listed at this weight is included.
Striking
Offense
- Head63.4%
- Body16.7%
- Leg19.8%
- Distance85.7%
- Clinch6.2%
- Ground8.1%
Defense
- Head61.6%
- Body21.9%
- Leg16.4%
- Distance80.5%
- Clinch16.1%
- Ground3.4%
Grappling
For
Against
Round striking
Average significant strikes for each round number in the UFC sample.
Offense
No per-round striking offense for this fighter yet.
Defense
No per-round striking defense for this fighter yet.
Round grappling
Average takedowns and control time for each round number.
Offense
Landed and attempted, averaged for that round.
- Landed
- Attempted
Defense
No per-round takedown or control defense for this fighter yet.
By round
The same averages as the charts, in a table.
| Round | TD | TD acc |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | 0.5/1.7 | 32.0% |
| R2 | 0.5/1.6 | 29.0% |
| R3 | 0.9/2.7 | 33.3% |
| R4 | 0/0 | — |
| R5 | 0/0 | — |
Leg kicks
Leg kicks for each round number. Defense is the opponent’s leg strikes in the same round. Per 15 divides the leg-kick total by career minutes.
- Landed / att
- 90/108
- Accuracy
- 83.3%
- Share of sig.
- 19.8%
- Per round
- —
- Per 15
- 8.3
- Leg defense
- —
Takedowns by round
Average takedown attempts for each appearance in that round. Career totals appear when each round is stored as its own row. Rounds with no shots are muted.
| Round | Sample | Avg TD | Acc | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | — | 0.5/1.7 | 32.0% | Shots |
| R2 | — | 0.5/1.6 | 29.0% | Shots |
| R3 | — | 0.9/2.7 | 33.3% | Shots |
| R4 | — | 0/0 | — | No shots |
| R5 | — | 0/0 | — | No shots |
No takedown attempts in R4, R5.
Fight log
Result and method stay on the list. Significant strikes, takedowns, and control are filled in for and against when the round rows or the recent-fight view have them. Open a bout for its rounds.
Loss vs Aljamain Sterling
Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. ZalalApr 25, 2026
KD 0
Sig 35/65
TD 0/0
Ctrl 3:59
Win vs Josh Emmett
Submission · Round 1 · 1:38
UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2Oct 4, 2025
KD 0
Sig 0/1
TD 1/1
Ctrl 0:48
Win vs Calvin Kattar
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. RodriguesFeb 15, 2025
KD 0
Sig 74/133
TD 0/8
Ctrl 0:00
Win vs Jack Shore
Submission · Round 2 · 0:59
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. AlbaziNov 2, 2024
KD 1
Sig 13/27
TD 1/2
Ctrl 2:07
Win vs Jarno Errens
Submission · Round 1 · 3:52
UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2Aug 10, 2024
KD 0
Sig 10/12
TD 1/2
Ctrl 1:08
Win vs Billy Quarantillo
Submission · Round 2 · 1:50
UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. NamajunasMar 23, 2024
KD 0
Sig 33/56
TD 2/2
Ctrl 2:55
D/D vs Da'Mon Blackshear
Decision - Majority · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. CruzAug 13, 2022
KD 0
Sig 63/150
TD 1/1
Ctrl 4:52
Loss vs Sean Woodson
Decision - Split · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. SakaiJun 5, 2021
KD 0
Sig 42/89
TD 2/17
Ctrl 6:21
Loss vs SeungWoo Choi
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. VolkovFeb 6, 2021
KD 0
Sig 23/47
TD 3/9
Ctrl 4:29
Loss vs Ilia Topuria
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. SandhagenOct 10, 2020
KD 0
Sig 17/53
TD 0/2
Ctrl 2:51
Win vs Peter Barrett
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. OleinikAug 8, 2020
Win vs Jordan Griffin
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. HookerJun 27, 2020
Win vs Austin Lingo
Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 · 5:00
UFC 247: Jones vs. ReyesFeb 8, 2020