Ylies Djiroun vs Basel Shalaan

DateOct 2, 2026

DivisionLightweight Semifinal

StatusScheduled

VenueGlobal Theatre

BroadcastESPN 2

Start times & how to watch

Start time & how to watch

Main card starts Friday, October 2, 2026 — watch on ESPN 2.

US East (ET): Fri 10:00 AM
US West (PT): Fri 7:00 AM
United Kingdom: Fri 3:00 PM
Central Europe: Fri 4:00 PM
Australia (Sydney): Sat 12:00 AM
Your time

Ylies DjirounBroly |25-9-0Ylies Djiroun vs Basel ShalaanBasel Shalaan7-1-0

Ylies DjirounBroly25-9-0

Fight Overview

Round3

Time5:00

25-9-0Record7-1-0

34Age24

5'10"Height6'1"

71"Reach72"

146 lbsWeight155 lbs

Lightweight SemifinalWeight ClassLightweight Semifinal

Basel Shalaan7-1-0

Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

Ylies Djiroun owns a 78-point Elo edge (good). Tracked UFC stat edges are limited for this matchup. There are no clean shared-opponent matches in tracked pro MMA history.

Compare Ylies Djiroun and Basel Shalaan across their careers →

Elo Recent career Elo trajectory

Recent three-year Elo paths for both fighters. Ratings shown here are current career context; the event-specific prediction or verified result remains on this Fight page.

Ylies DjirounBasel Shalaan

Recent form

Ylies DjirounW W L W W · +41 Elo last 5

WWLWW

Basel ShalaanW W L W W · +46 Elo last 5

WWLWW

Elo edge

Ylies Djiroun1703+21 last move

Basel Shalaan1625+20 last move

Fight intelligence

Model forecast and your pick

Inspect the model’s probability and Elo baseline, then make your own call before the card starts.

Combat Edge Model

Fight forecast

Frozen pre-fight · v0.7-2026-08-28

56%Ylies Djiroun44%Basel Shalaan

Model favoriteYlies Djiroun

Elo baseline61% for Ylies Djiroun

Matchup adjustment-5 pts vs Elo

Win probability computed before the fight from point-in-time Elo, records, and matchup data. The baseline shows what Elo alone expected; the adjustment is not a certainty. Analytics, not betting advice.

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Forecast context

What separates the fighters

Model + Elo agree

Ylies Djiroun leads the full model at 56%. Elo agrees, and the complete matchup model softens that lean by 5 points.

Current Elo ratings1703 · 1625Ylies Djiroun leads by 78 rating points.

Recent opponent quality1598 · 1512Ylies Djiroun faced the stronger recent schedule (10 vs 8 sampled fights).

Elo record depth25 · 8 fightsYlies Djiroun has the deeper counted Elo history.

Largest tracked stat edgesNot enough comparable dataNo advantage is inferred when the underlying records are incomplete.

Stat advantages

Ylies DjirounvsBasel Shalaan

No tracked UFC stat edge yet.

Finishing profile

Ylies Djirounsubmission leads 48% of wins

Basel Shalaansubmission leads 57% of wins

Common opponents

No clean shared-opponent match found in tracked pro MMA history.

Tale of the tape

Ylies DjirounBasel Shalaan

Tracked UFC statistics may not cover a fighter's full career. Unavailable measurements are not zero.

Not availableSig. strikes landed per minNot available

UFC featherweight average : 3.97

Not availableSig. strike accuracyNot available

UFC featherweight average : 47%

Not availableSig. strikes absorbed per minNot available

UFC featherweight average : 3.85

Not availableSig. strike defenseNot available

UFC featherweight average : 54%

Not availableTakedown averageNot available

UFC featherweight average : 1.56

Not availableTakedown accuracyNot available

UFC featherweight average : 31%

Not availableTakedown defenseNot available

UFC featherweight average : 55%

Not availableSubmission averageNot available

UFC featherweight average : 0.62

4Wins by knockout1

12Wins by submission4

9Wins by decision2

3Losses by knockout1

0Losses by submission0

6Losses by decision0

Ylies Djiroun vs Basel Shalaan is a scheduled Lightweight Semifinal fight on PFL MENA 11 : RIYADH. Ylies Djiroun enters with a 25-9-0 record and Basel Shalaan enters with a 7-1-0 record. Combat Edge tracks the matchup preview, UFC stats, Elo edge, shared opponents, event date, venue, and full fight card.