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Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal Overview

Fight Night
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main Card
FightIQ forecastZalal62%FAVORITE
Your pick
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Sterling
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Zalal
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FightIQ Read

FightIQ favors Zalal at 62%.

How This Fight Ends
KO/TKO44%
Submission11%
Decision45%

Historical UFC featherweight · 5-round fights · 27 fights · past 5 years · historical context, not a second forecast

Your prop picksMethod and fight length
Method
Fight length · 2.5 rounds

Personal picks lock at fight start. Exact cutoff is a push.

Matchup

Tale of the Tape
SterlingMetricZalal
36Age29
5′7″Height5′10″
71″Reach72″
OrthodoxStanceSwitch
PendingWeigh-inPending

Populates after official weigh-ins.

Striking & Defense

Indicator moves from even toward the fighter with the advantage.

4.45Sig. strikes / min3.03
2.21Absorbed / minLower is better1.78
52%Accuracy50%
59%Defense66%
Wrestling & Control
2.54Takedown avg.1.84
30%Takedown accuracy31%
44%Takedown defense59%
Style History

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Recent Form

Sterling

5 recorded bouts shown

  1. WYoussef ZalalR5 · U-DEC
  2. WBrian OrtegaR5 · Decision
  3. LMovsar EvloevR3 · Decision
  4. WCalvin KattarR3 · Decision
  5. LSean O'MalleyR2 · KO/TKO

Zalal

5 recorded bouts shown

  1. LAljamain SterlingR5 · U-DEC
  2. WJosh EmmettR1 · Submission
  3. WCalvin KattarR3 · Decision
  4. WJack ShoreR2 · Submission
  5. WJarno ErrensR1 · Submission

Strength of Schedule

Longer bar means higher opponent quality.

Sterling
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More Matchup Detail
History & Common OpponentsShared opponents and prior meetings

Sterling won the prior meeting by U-DEC.

Calvin Kattar: Sterling win, Zalal win.

Fight Shape

Fight Shape

Historical UFC featherweight · 5-round fights · 27 fights · past 5 years

In these past fights, decision was the most common ending (45%). Historical context for this matchup, not a prediction.

How Long Comparable Fights Last
Past 1.5 rounds
78%Typical
Past 2.5 rounds
59%Typical
Full distance
44%Typical

Historical context — not a second forecast.

Why this fight may differMatchup-specific context
Both are used to the scorecards

Sterling has 13 decision wins and Zalal has 4. Neither needs a finish to win a fight.

Market

Odds over time

Current moneyline is not available for this fight.

A comparable second price has not been captured yet.