Zalal vs Blackshear

Who won Zalal vs Blackshear?

Youssef Zalal drew with Da’Mon Blackshear by majority draw in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

The scorecards were announced, meaning it was a majority draw.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Zalal vs Blackshear stats

Youssef Zalal stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Da’Mon Blackshear made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Youssef Zalal's UFC record stood at 4-3-1, while Da’Mon Blackshear's came in at 2-2-1.

The stats suggested Zalal had an advantage in power over Blackshear, with a 20% knock out percentage over Blackshear's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blackshear had an advantage over Zalal, with a 67% submission rate over Zalal's 50%.

Youssef Zalal was the younger man by 2 years, at 27 years old.

Zalal had 3-inch reach advantage.

Zalal was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 4 months later than Blackshear, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 46 to Blackshear's 59.

Zalal vs Blackshear 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 won against 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 been defeated by Matt Jones at LFA 65 on 3rd May 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dobson Arena, Vail.

He had lost to 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, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 20 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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