Timothy Cuamba had too much for the debuting Louis Jourdain tonight at UFC Fight Night 291, with good work on the feet and the mat culminating in a 2nd round submission finish.

Round One

Jourdain starts by feeling out with a few kicks. He lands a calf kick. He misses a front kick flicked upstairs, while Cuamba comes up short with a flurry of punches in response.

Punch off the guard from Cuamba. Now a body punch for him. Spinning backfist from Jourdain misses the target.

Another calf kick from Jourdain. Cuamba goes in on a takedown attempt and gets Jourdain down parallel to the cage.

Jourdain trying for a guillotine choke off his back. He continues to hold onto it, but it doesn’t look on. He lets it go and Cuamba looks to settle on top in half-guard.

Cuamba chipping away with a few punches as Jourdain stands up against the cage. Elbows to the upper thigh from Jourdain, but then gets taken back down.

Jourdain stands again facing the cage, then turns into his opponent. Knee from Cuamba. He lands a couple of punches in close and then goes straight into another successful takedown attempt.

Jourdain gets back up, but he’s soon back down again late in the round.

Round Two

Body kicks from Jourdain and then Cuamba rips to the body with punches.

Elbow off the guard from Cuamba. Body kick for Jourdain. Hard punch to the body from Cuamba and Jourdain misses a spinning backfist.

Glancing right hand for Cuamba. Spinning backfist misses again from Jourdain. Cuamba picks out another good body shot.

Cuamba just misses with a step-in elbow. Now he goes for a takedown in the center of the Octagon and lands it.

Jourdain is trapped on one hip here as Cuamba lands some solid punches. Now Cuamba takes his back and tries to flatten him out. He goes for a neck crank instead while rolling to his back. He’s applying a lot of pressure here and Jourdain is soon forced to tap out at 2.48mins of the second round!