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.

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 32 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 14 less professional rounds, 32 to Zalal's 46.

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