Taleb sits Roberts with right hand for 1st-round KO

What Nordine Taleb couldn't do with the head kick, he did with his right hand.

After rocking Danny Roberts with the former strike, the Tristar man put the Brit on his hind parts with the latter to take their welterweight bout by KO in just 59 seconds at UFC on FOX 26 in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Saturday.

Taleb now heads into 2018 on a two-fight win streak after rebounding from a February decision loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio with a unanimous verdict over Oliver Enkamp at UFC Fight Night 109 in May. His promotional record sits at 6-2.

Roberts, 30, has alternated wins and losses over his last four, with both defeats coming by way of knockout.