About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement TomNolan has moved permanently from Australia to New Zealand tojoin EugeneBareman 's City Kickboxing gym in Auckland ahead of the biggest fight ofhis Ultimate Fighting Championship career. The Australian lightweight will headline UFC Vegas 123 against Renato"Money" Moicano on Oct. 31 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Nolansaid he made the move after a two-week trial and has been impressedby the number of UFC fighters available as training partners.
Speaking to MMA Junkie , Nolanexplained that he relocated before receiving the offer to headlineagainst Moicano. "I went over there for two weeks as a trial, and then, yeah, I madethe permanent move. I got the call up after that," he revealed. Nolan described the preparation as the best training camp of hiscareer, citing the experienced fighters and coaches at the Aucklandfacility. "Yeah, it's the best camp I've ever had by a mile," Nolan said."It's unreal, dude. I'm so stoked that the timing of this workedout to be that it has because it's the biggest gym in this part ofthe world for us. There's multiple coaches, there's countless UFCfighters. The amount of UFC fighters on the mat at one time is morethan members in most gyms in Australia." He also emphasized the variety of training partners and coachingperspectives available as he prepares for his first UFC mainevent. "It's endless. There's so many people to train with, and there's somany minds to learn from and different coaches to work with," heconcluded.
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