Kattar vs Zalal

Who won Kattar vs Zalal?

Youssef Zalal beat Calvin Kattar by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 15th February 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Youssef Zalal.

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).

Kattar vs Zalal stats

Calvin Kattar stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Youssef Zalal made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Calvin Kattar's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Youssef Zalal marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Calvin Kattar's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Youssef Zalal's came in at 7-3-1.

The stats suggested Kattar had a large advantage in power over Zalal, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Zalal's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zalal had a massive advantage over Kattar, boasting a 56% submission rate over Kattar's 9%.

Calvin Kattar was the older man by 9 years, at 37 years old.

Kattar had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zalal. Despite this, Zalal had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Kattar was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 10 years and 1 month earlier than Zalal, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 82 to Zalal's 52.

Kattar vs Zalal form

Calvin Kattar had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Youssef Zalal at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues on 15th February 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Aljamain Sterling at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Josh Emmett at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

He had won against Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Youssef Zalal had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Jack Shore at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi on 2nd November 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jarno Errens at UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 on 10th August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious 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.

Before 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.

He had been beaten by Sean Woodson at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Calvin Kattar had been fighting more than Youssef Zalal.

Going to this contest, Calvin Kattar had last fought 2 months and 21 days ago, while Youssef Zalal's last outing had been 6 months and 4 days ago.

Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Zalal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Kattar vs Zalal start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:10 AM UTC , which was 9:10 PM EST or 6:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Kattar vs Zalal?

Calvin Kattar was a 19/5 (+350) underdog going into the contest, while Youssef Zalal made his way into the ring at 1/5 (-450) with oddsmakers.