UFC UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 Final

Lightweight

Claudio Puelles vs Fares Ziam

Claudio Puelles
Peru

Claudio Puelles

“Prince of Peru”

13-5

VS
Fares Ziam
France

Fares Ziam

“The Smile Killer”

18-6

Winner

Winner

Fares Ziam

Decision - Split · Round 3 — 5:00

25 February 2024 · Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico

Key takeaways

  • Fares Ziam beat Claudio Puelles by split decision after three rounds.
  • Fares Ziam landed 58 of 82 total strikes, with 4:30 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 27-30, 29-28, 28-29.
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Tale of the tape

Claudio PuellesFares Ziam
13-5Record18-6
27Age on fight night26
5′10″ (178 cm)Height6′1″ (185 cm)
72″ (183 cm)Reach75″ (191 cm)
155 lb (70.3 kg)Weight155 lb (70.3 kg)
SouthpawStanceOrthodox
Kill Cliff FCTeamKill Cliff FC
Lima, PeruFromVenissieux, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France

Fight statistics

17of 27 · 63%Total strikes landed58of 82 · 71%
9of 17Head strikes37of 57
7of 9Body strikes19of 21
1of 1Leg strikes2of 4
7of 13Takedowns0
0Submission attempts1
7:14Control time4:30

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Claudio PuellesRoundFares Ziam
6/9strikes3/5TD0KD3:21controlR118/26strikes0/0TD0KD0:38control
4/11strikes1/3TD0KD1:39controlR223/32strikes0/0TD0KD2:06control
7/7strikes3/5TD0KD2:14controlR317/24strikes0/0TD0KD1:46control

Judges’ scorecards

Mike Bell

9R1109R2109R310

27total30

Raul Salas

10R199R21010R39

29total28

Chris Lee

9R11010R299R310

28total29

Form going into the fight

Claudio Puelles

  1. LDan HookerKO/TKO R2 4:062022
  2. WClay Guidasubmission R1 3:012022
  3. WChris Gruetzemachersubmission R3 3:252021
  4. WJordan Leavittunanimous decision2021
  5. WMarcos Marianounanimous decision2019

Fares Ziam

  1. WJai Herbertunanimous decision2023
  2. WMichal Figlakunanimous decision2022
  3. LTerrance McKinneysubmission R1 2:112022
  4. WLuigi Vendraminimajority decision2021
  5. WJamie Mullarkeyunanimous decision2020

Also on this card

Brandon Moreno vs Brandon RoyvalFlyweightsplit decisionBrian Ortega vs Yair RodriguezFeatherweightsubmission R3 0:58Daniel Zellhuber vs Francisco PradoLightweightunanimous decisionSam Hughes vs Yazmin JaureguiWomen's Strawweightunanimous decisionChris Duncan vs Manuel TorresLightweightsubmission R1 1:46

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