Marc-Andre Barriault was coming off second-best in the early stages of his fight with Kyle Daukaus tonight at UFC Fight Night 291, but he rallied late in the first round with big knee strikes to put his opponent down and then delivered punishing ground-and-pound to secure a TKO finish.

Round One

One-two for Daukaus and another punch behind it. Big right hand from Barriault. Daukaus punches his way into the clinch against the cage.

Daukaus sweeps out a leg to help lands a takedown. Daukaus into full mount then takes the back and gets his body triangle in.

Two minutes of the round remaining as Daukaus can’t quite get his arm under the chin to go for a rear-naked choke. Barriault able to battle back to his feet. He lands a knee and some elbows as Daukaus is committing to another takedown attempt.

Barriault hurts Daukaus with another knee and he goes to his knees. Big ground-and-pound from Barriault. He’s absolutely blasting him here and that forces the referee to intervene for a TKO finish at 4:28mins of the opening round.