Youssef Zalal likely has the attention of everyone at or near the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight division.
“The Moroccan Devil” will put his six-fight winning streak on the line when he faces Calvin Kattar in the UFC Fight Night 251 co-main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Zalal, 28, has finished each of his past six opponents inside two rounds. A two-time “Performance of the Night” award winner, he now holds a 6-3-1 record across his 10 appearances in the UFC.
As Zalal approaches his pivotal encounter with Kattar at 145 pounds, a look at five of the many moments that have come to define him: