Jones vs Zalal

Who won Jones vs Zalal?

Matt Jones beat Youssef Zalal by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of LFA 65, on Friday 3rd May 2019 at Dobson Arena in Vail.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Matt Jones.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Jones vs Zalal stats

Matt Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Youssef Zalal made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Youssef Zalal marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Matt Jones' LFA record stood at 1-1-0, while Youssef Zalal's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Zalal had a slight advantage in power over Jones, with a 17% knock out percentage over Jones' 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zalal had a large advantage over Jones, boasting a 83% submission rate over Jones' 57%.

Matt Jones was the older man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Zalal had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jones.

Jones was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years earlier than Zalal, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 32 to Zalal's 52.

Jones vs Zalal form

Zalal had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Billy Quarantillo at UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas on 23rd March 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Da’Mon Blackshear at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sean Woodson at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ilia Topuria at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had beaten Jaime Hernandez at LFA 79 on 22nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at 1STBANK Center, Broomfield, United States.

Activity check

Zalal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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