It wasn’t the start to his UFC career that he’d hoped for, but the only thing for Tom Nolan to do is get back in the Octagon and deliver.
Coming off the most recent season of Dana White’s Contender Series, Nolan was one of the top prospects to earn a UFC contract. The Australian lightweight dropped his UFC debut in January to Nikolas Motta, suffering the first defeat of his professional mixed martial arts career.
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The loss lit a fire under the 24-year-old and pushed him to level up every aspect of his physical and mental game.