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 as in favor of 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 loses 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, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.
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, boosting at 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.
Jones vs Zalal form
Youssef Zalal had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sean Woodson at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.
Previous to 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.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Jaime Hernandez at LFA 79 on 22nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at 1STBANK Center, Broomfield, United States.
Before that, he had lost to Matt Jones at LFA 65 on 3rd May 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dobson Arena, Vail.
He had been beaten by Jose Mariscal at LFA 57 on 18th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 1STBANK Center, Broomfield.
Activity check
Zalal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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