Fares Ziam delivered a shutout against Nazim Sadykhov at UFC 323.
It was all Ziam in the opening round, who kept Sadykhov from landing a single strike in the first five minutes of the fight. Ziam flexed his ground game early, getting his opponent to the mat and quickly taking his back. From there, Ziam looked to cinch in a choke, but couldn’t get his arm tucked under Sadykhov’s chin before the end of the stanza.
In the waning seconds of a dominant round two, Ziam landed a pair of brutal elbows on Sadykhov against the fence.