Undefeated Australian Prospect Tom Nolan Booked for UFC Debut in January

Australian lightweight Tom Nolan is set to make his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut early next year.

Nolan is slated to enter the Octagon against Nikolas Motta at UFC Fight Night 234 on Jan. 13 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Nolan confirmed the bout on social media following an intial report from Eurosport.

Nolan earned a UFC contract with a first-round knockout of Bogdan Grad on Dana White’s Contender Series this past August. The 23-year-old Team Compton Training Centre representative has finished his last four victories by knockout or technical knockout.

Also a former competitor on the Contender Series, Motta has gone 1-2 with one no contest thus far in his UFC tenure. His most recent appearance came at UFC Fight Night 232, when his bout against Trey Ogden was waved off prematurely by referee Mike Beltran, who incorrectly determined that Motta had been rendered unconscious by an arm-triangle choke. That resulted in the fight being overturned to a no contest.