Errens vs Zalal

Who won Errens vs Zalal?

Youssef Zalal beat Jarno Errens by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 10th August 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

Errens vs Zalal stats

Jarno Errens stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Youssef Zalal made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Jarno Errens' 4th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Youssef Zalal marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Jarno Errens' UFC record stood at 1-3-0, while Youssef Zalal's came in at 5-3-1.

The stats suggested Zalal had a slight advantage in power over Errens, with a 29% knock out percentage over Errens' 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zalal had an advantage over Errens, with a 50% submission rate over Errens' 36%.

Jarno Errens was the older man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Errens had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zalal.

Errens was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Zalal, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 50 to Zalal's 47.

Errens 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 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

Errens' last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Zalal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Errens vs Zalal start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 9:25 PM UTC , which was 5:25 PM EST or 2:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:25 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Errens vs Zalal?

Jarno Errens was a 4/1 (+400) underdog going into the contest, while Youssef Zalal made his way into the ring at 9/50 (-560) with oddsmakers.