Fares Ziam has won six straight in UFC competition. |
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Two lightweights looking to make a statement will square off at
UFC Fight Night 278.
Fares
Ziam will lock horns with Tom Nolan in
an intriguing 155-pound matchup on June 6 at the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas. Both fighters confirmed the booking on social media
following an initial report from MMA Odds
Breaker. UFC Fight Night 278 is headlined by a welterweight
showdown between Belal
Muhammad and Gabriel
Bonfim and airs in its entirety on Paramount+.
On a Roll
Ziam has been victorious in six consecutive Octagon appearances.
The 29-year-old Frenchman is coming off a 2-0 campaign in 2025 in
which he defeated Mike Davis
via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 250 and scored a
second-round TKO over Nazim
Sadykhov at UFC 323. The Frenchman known as “Smile Killer” is
8-2 in the Las Vegas-based promotion overall.
Australia’s Nolan has won four straight contests since dropping his
UFC debut against Nikolas
Motta in January 2024. Most recently, “Big Train” submitted
Charlie
Campbell with a rear-naked choke in the opening stanza at UFC
Fight Night 260 this past September.