Result · UFC
Nolan stops Moicano in the third
Nolan finished with punches and elbows from half guard in his first UFC main event. Nolan moves to 12-1, and Moicano falls to 21-8-1.
UFC · Lightweight
Tom Nolan
12–1–0
6 KO · 1 SUB · 5 DEC
- Height
- 6′3″191 cm
- Reach
- 73″185 cm
- Weight
- 155 lb70 kg
- Age
- 26
- Born
- March 8, 2000
- From
- Brisbane, Australia
- Style
- Muay Thai
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Team
- City Kickboxing
- Streak
- 6wins
- UFC
- 6–1
- Last
- Renato MoicanoWin · October 31, 2026
Tom Nolan fights at lightweight in the UFC.
He stopped Renato Moicano with punches and elbows at 1:28 of the third round on October 31, 2026, in his first UFC main event. The fight before it was a decision over Farès Ziam on June 6, 2026. The only submission is a rear-naked choke of Charlie Campbell.
The only loss is a first-round stoppage to Nikolas Motta on January 13, 2024, his UFC debut. Five wins came before the UFC, the last of them a first-round knockout of Bogdan Grad on Dana White’s Contender Series.
The UFC lists his camp as Team Compton Training Centre. He started training in 2014, at 14, to add wrestling to rugby league, won two amateur XFC titles, and holds a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from 2021 and a black rank in Muay Thai. He was an apprentice plumber, and he turned pro in 2020.
Latest news
Fight night · UFC
Moicano meets Nolan to close October
Nolan is in his first UFC main event and his first five-round fight, and lightweight is 155 pounds (70 kg). Moicano submitted Chris Duncan with a rear-naked choke at 3:14 of the second round on April 4.
Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renato Moicano | Win | TKO (punches and elbows) | 3 | 1:28 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Nolan | |
| Farès Ziam | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | |
| Charlie Campbell | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:08 | UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes | |
| Viacheslav Borshchev | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 312 | |
| Alex Reyes | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 305 | |
| Victor Martinez | Win | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | 1 | 3:50 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy | |
| Nikolas Motta | Loss | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:03 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | |
| Bogdan Grad | Win | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:23 | Dana White's Contender Series 57 | |
| Aidan Aguilera | Win | TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 2:22 | Eternal MMA 74 | |
| Adam Cook | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:58 | Eternal MMA 72 | |
| Niam Stephen | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:54 | Eternal MMA 67 | |
| Trevor Sinclair | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Eternal MMA 63 | |
| Sam Flint | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Xtreme FC 46 |