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Fares Ziam
Fares Ziam
13-4 · FRA
VS
Jai Herbert
Jai Herbert
12-4-1 · GBR
July 22, 2023 · London, England, United Kingdom
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Fares Ziam def. Jai Herbert by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ziam20/320/100:34
Herbert14/420/001:08
R2
Ziam20/381/100:16
Herbert15/440/302:04
R3
Ziam21/430/300:40
Herbert20/480/301:00
Total
Ziam61/1131/501:30
Herbert49/1340/604:12

Scorecards

Ziam vs Herbert

RdCezary WojciechowskiJunichiro KamijoMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-1010-99-109.6-9.5
R310-910-910-99.8-9.3
Total29-2830-2729-2829.3-27.9

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 11 Ziam · 0 Herbert

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ziam-Herbert.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
ZiamWin probabilityHerbert
61.3%38.7%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
17%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Ziam, blue toward Herbert. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ziam61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%20%20%
Submission12%20%10%
Decision36%60%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1859)act 61
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 1
Herbert39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%36%14%
Submission5%13%4%
Decision20%51%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 49
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R214%
R38%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Ziam
58.6%-146
Herbert
+14640.1%
Most takedownstie 39.5%
Ziam
34.1%-129
Herbert
+12926.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ziam
Expected: 43.2
43
Over 43
39.5%
+151
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.4%
-151
055109
Herbert
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
39.6%
+153
Under 32.5
60.4%
-153
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Ziam
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.2%
+200
Exactly 1
15.4%
push
Under 1
56.4%
-200
035
Herbert
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.9%
+171
Under 0.5
63.1%
-171
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.1 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Ziam61.3%60.6%+0.7-172
Herbert38.7%39.4%−0.7+143
By method
Ziam by KO/TKO16.3%19.8%−3.5+322
Ziam by submission10.4%10.4%±0.0+700
Ziam by decision34.6%28.7%+5.9+190
Herbert by KO/TKO10.3%14.2%−3.9+488
Herbert by submission6.5%4.5%+2.0+1765
Herbert by decision21.8%22.4%−0.6+272
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.5%69.9%+8.6-301
Over 2.5 rds64.4%56.4%+8.0-151
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision56.4%52.8%+3.6-130

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
71.3Striking57.9
Ziam +13.4
35.8Grappling27.2
Ziam +8.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ZiamHerbert
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1526
1538
Divisional
1523
1498
Striking offense
1505
1518
Striking defense
1495
1486
Grappling offense
1486
1492
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
26 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.52
Strikes landed / min
2.55
45%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.70
Strikes absorbed / min
2.92
66%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
25%
Takedown accuracy
25%
71%
Takedown defense
52%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
40%
+1
Win/loss streak
0
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
322
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Fares Ziam
  • WMichal FiglakU-DEC R3
    Close +17111mo before
  • LTerrance McKinneySUB R1
    Close -1171y 5mo before
  • WLuigi VendraminiM-DEC R3
    Close -1212y 1mo before
  • WJamie MullarkeyU-DEC R3
    Close +1102y 9mo before
  • LDon MadgeU-DEC R3
    Close +1653y 10mo before
Jai Herbert
  • DLudovit KleinM-DEC R3
    Close +1714mo before
  • WKyle NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2811y before
  • LIlia TopuriaKO/TKO R2
    Close +4361y 4mo before
  • WKhama WorthyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1771y 9mo before
  • LRenato MoicanoSUB R2
    Close +2522y 1mo before
Ziam — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
31% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
Herbert — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 3 losses
W
75% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ziam
Herbert
5
UFC fights
6
62.2 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
60.0 min · 10.0 avg
11y 8m
Career length
11y 4m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Ziam
Herbert
49W–10L · 83.1%
Overall
79W–23L · 77.5%
30W–4L · 88.2%
Wins
29W–12L · 70.7%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Losses
50W–11L · 82.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ziam
Herbert
95W–46L · 67.4%
Overall
64W–17L · 79.0%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
60W–17L · 77.9%
26W–12L · 68.4%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Ziam
Herbert
4.72
Landed / min
4.45
42.9%
Accuracy
35.4%
70.8%
Defense
54.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.75
42.9%
Time at distance
40.1%
Grappling & control
Ziam
Herbert
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
70.6%
Takedown defense
52.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
31.1%
Control share
38.6%
Strike target map
Ziam
  • Head62%(98)div 63%
  • Body17%(26)div 21%
  • Legs21%(33)div 16%
Herbert
  • Head59%(91)div 63%
  • Body26%(40)div 21%
  • Legs14%(22)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Fares Ziam
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Jai Herbert
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.