Mandel Nallo completely bossed the striking action against Nate Landwehr tonight at UFC Fight Night 291, landing big punches and hard low kicks until his opponent’s lead leg gave way early in the 2nd round to set up a TKO finish.

Round One

Nallo immediately works his jab. Now a leg kick. He misses a punch and that enables Landwehr to get into the clinch, but they quickly separate.

Nallo still looking for the jab from range. Low kick for Landwehr. Jab again for Nallo and Landwehr’s nose already looks reddened.

Front kick to the body for Nallo and then a punch behind it to the head that stiffens Landwehr’s legs for a moment. Straight punches now for Nallo snap Landwehr’s head back.

Nallo following up with more punches down the pipe. Landwehr tries to throw a counter, but it doesn’t land. Nallo with a spinning kick to the body.

Yet more clean punches land on the bloodied face of Landwehr, but he’s still eating them and continuing to fight.

Nallo working the occasional calf kick too. and meanwhile his punches can’t miss. Another calf kick lands and that visibly hurt Landwehr who grimaces and fights on.

Nallo able to get Landwehr down late in the round and tries for a rear-naked choke, but Landwehr is able to defend it and survives to take this into the second round.

Round Two

Landwehr immediately presses forward, but he’s soon eating strikes again, and a calf kick has him hobbling on his lead leg again.

Landwehr lands a right hand but a big counter leaves him wincing in pain. Then a calf kick buckles Landwehr’s leg and he falls to the canvas in a heap, with Nallo landing a few more follow-up punches to his grounded opponent to seal a dominant TKO victory 47 seconds into the second round.