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Here's the thing about Fares Ziam right now. The dude is on a six fight win streak in the lightweight division, which is the longest active run in one of the UFC's most stacked weight classes. That's not just impressive, that's scary. He's coming off back to back finishes, including a nasty second round TKO over Nazim Sadykhov in December and that brutal knee that put Matt Frevola away in Paris. When you're finishing guys in front of your home crowd, you're feeling yourself. Tom Nolan is no joke though.
Round two is when both guys historically turn up the heat and start hunting for the finish.
Big Train has won four straight himself, and he's been getting it done in different ways. That rear naked choke of Charlie Campbell in Perth took less than five minutes, and before that he went the full fifteen with Viacheslav Borshchev, landing 111 strikes. The Aussie can bang and he can grapple. His only UFC loss was that quick knockout to Nikolas Motta back in January 2024, and he's clearly learned from it. The matchup is wild because you've got Ziam's orthodox pressure against Nolan's southpaw volume. Ziam showed he can mix it up, going 4 for 4 on takedowns against Frevola and controlling over seven minutes against Mike Davis.
Nolan threw 236 strikes in that Borshchev fight, which is insane output. Both guys are dangerous in the clinch too. Ziam has that knee that ended Frevola, while Nolan put away Victor Martinez with a body knee. This is about who can impose their game first. Ziam wants to grind and find that finish. Nolan wants to keep it moving and pile up damage.
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Here's the thing about Fares Ziam right now. The dude is on a six fight win streak in the lightweight division, which is the longest active run in one of the UFC's most stacked weight classes. That's not just impressive, that's scary. He's coming off back to back finishes, including a nasty second round TKO over Nazim Sadykhov in December and that brutal knee that put Matt Frevola away in Paris. When you're finishing guys in front of your home crowd, you're feeling yourself. Tom Nolan is no joke though.
Round two is when both guys historically turn up the heat and start hunting for the finish.
Big Train has won four straight himself, and he's been getting it done in different ways. That rear naked choke of Charlie Campbell in Perth took less than five minutes, and before that he went the full fifteen with Viacheslav Borshchev, landing 111 strikes. The Aussie can bang and he can grapple. His only UFC loss was that quick knockout to Nikolas Motta back in January 2024, and he's clearly learned from it. The matchup is wild because you've got Ziam's orthodox pressure against Nolan's southpaw volume. Ziam showed he can mix it up, going 4 for 4 on takedowns against Frevola and controlling over seven minutes against Mike Davis.
Nolan threw 236 strikes in that Borshchev fight, which is insane output. Both guys are dangerous in the clinch too. Ziam has that knee that ended Frevola, while Nolan put away Victor Martinez with a body knee. This is about who can impose their game first. Ziam wants to grind and find that finish. Nolan wants to keep it moving and pile up damage.
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Pace delta
+2.7 significant strikes/min
Nazim Sadykhov averages 5.5 significant strikes per minute while Fares Ziam sits at 2.9.
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93%
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Fares Ziam vs Nazim Sadykhov odds: this page includes live Polymarket odds for this matchup.
