French contender, Fares Ziam has turned in his fifth straight victory tonight to open the primary card of UFC Saudi Arabia, touchdown a hard-fought unanimous resolution win over fan-favorite Contender Collection product, Mike Davis in Riyadh.
Ziam, who most just lately featured on residence soil at UFC Paris final September, turned in a large third spherical knee knockout win over light-weight staple, Matt Frevola to earn a Efficiency of the Night time bonus.
And leaking some important claret in tonight’s struggle with Davis — who himself entered tonight’s showdown within the midst of his personal four-fight profitable rise, Ziam would prevail with a unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) triumph.
Managing to outlast Davis — who many pundits, followers and fellow fighters speculated had entered tonight’s pairing with Ziam considerably compromised, the latter provides the previous to a run of victories in opposition to the likes of Claudio Puelles, and British contender, Jai Herbert.