Nate Landwehr

Landwehr walked into Swanson's retirement fight and found himself on the wrong side of a veteran striking clinic, getting dropped multiple times before the late first-round stoppage. The loss fit the danger of his style: he stayed aggressive, but Swanson's calf kicks and sharper counters punished every open exchange.

Key moments

• Swanson scored multiple knockdowns before the stoppage at 4:06 of round one.
• Landwehr kept pressing forward, but the cleaner counters consistently favored Swanson.
• The defeat followed another violent stoppage loss to Morgan Charriere in July 2025.

Landwehr forced another chaotic fight, but Charriere won the final exchange almost immediately after round three began and ended the bout in a burst of punches. The result was important because it turned an action scrap into Landwehr's second straight stoppage loss after the Choi fight.

Key moments

• Charriere finished the fight just 27 seconds into the third round.
• The bout earned attention as another bonus-level firefight while it lasted.
• It left Landwehr on a two-fight skid heading into the 2026 Swanson matchup.

Landwehr gave Choi the kind of frantic fight that usually suits him, but Choi eventually trapped him in a crucifix and finished with elbows in the third round. The bout mattered because it spoiled Landwehr's momentum after the Emmers comeback and reminded how quickly his willingness to brawl can swing against him.

Key moments

• Choi earned the stoppage from crucifix elbows at 3:21 of round three.
• The fight was another high-action featherweight scrap rather than a controlled points fight.
• The loss came eight months after Landwehr's comeback knockout of Jamall Emmers.

Landwehr got hurt early, stayed in the pocket anyway, and eventually flipped the fight by stopping Emmers late in the opening round. It was a pure Landwehr performance: defensively risky, offensively relentless, and the kind of comeback that keeps him relevant on action alone.

Key moments

• Emmers dropped Landwehr early before the fight turned back the other way.
• Landwehr finished the comeback knockout at 4:43 of round one.
• The win earned him another performance bonus and reset the narrative after the Dan Ige loss.

Ige handled the pace and damage Landwehr tried to create, winning the striking exchanges often enough over three rounds to secure a unanimous decision. The fight still reinforced Landwehr's reputation as a hard night out, but it left him needing another rebound performance to stay climbing.

Key moments

• Lost a unanimous decision to Dan Ige over fifteen minutes in Vancouver.
• Ige later described Landwehr as a difficult, zombie-like opponent to put away cleanly.
• Landwehr answered the defeat with the comeback KO over Jamall Emmers in his next fight.

Landwehr turned another rough, chaotic fight in his favor by outlasting the uncomfortable moments and then cashing in once the scramble opened up late. It was the kind of performance that explains his appeal perfectly: absorb some danger, keep the pace filthy, then find the finish when the other man finally breaks.

Key moments

• Dragged Lingo into a pressure-heavy scrap rather than a clean kickboxing match.
• Stayed aggressive long enough to find the opening in the second-round scramble.
• Took the rear-naked choke finish at 4:11 of round two.

Landwehr and Onama produced one of the wildest featherweight fights of that year, with Landwehr surviving huge momentum swings and then stealing enough late work to edge the scorecards. The fight became part of Landwehr's identity because it showed how dangerous he remains even when the early exchanges go badly.

Key moments

• Survived several heavy Onama moments in a fight that swung dramatically back and forth.
• Kept forcing volume and pressure late enough to flip the momentum again in his favor.
• Won a majority decision, 29-27, 29-27 and 28-28, in a Fight of the Night contender.

Landwehr walked Klein down for long stretches and eventually forced the kind of exhausting fight that lets his grit matter most. Once the pace dragged the bout deep enough, he found the anaconda choke and completed one of the better comeback-style wins of his UFC run.

Key moments

• Pressured Klein consistently and kept him working through uncomfortable exchanges.
• Found the submission opening after forcing the fight into another extended scramble.
• Finished the anaconda choke at 2:22 of round three.

Landwehr barely had time to settle before Erosa caught him with a flying knee and poured on the follow-up. It was a brutal reminder of the downside of Landwehr's all-action approach, because the fight ended before his usual pressure and durability could become factors.

Key moments

• Was clipped almost immediately in one of the shortest fights of his UFC tenure.
• Erosa's flying knee set up the finishing sequence before Landwehr could recover.
• The stoppage came just 56 seconds into round one.

Landwehr earned his first UFC win by surviving Elkins' familiar pressure and answering it with even uglier, higher-volume offense over three rounds. It was not tidy, but it was exactly the kind of fight he needed after the Herbert Burns loss: gritty, messy and full of enough offense to keep the judges with him.

Key moments

• Snapped his early UFC skid with a pressure-heavy, high-volume performance.
• Matched Elkins' grind and kept throwing enough offense to stay ahead in the action.
• Won a unanimous decision over three rounds.

Landwehr's UFC debut unraveled quickly after Burns turned the fight into a grappling exchange, threatened a D'Arce choke, and then met Landwehr's return flurry with a clinch knee. It was a harsh first Octagon lesson because Landwehr barely got to establish his usual pace before Burns shut the fight down.

Key moments

• Burns scored an early takedown and immediately attacked a D'Arce choke before Landwehr escaped back to his feet.
• As Landwehr tried to answer with pressure along the fence, Burns countered with the finishing knee.
• The stoppage came at 2:43 of round one in Landwehr's UFC debut.

Landwehr's second fight with Kolesnik turned into the kind of drawn-out brawl that defined his M-1 title run, with the champion surviving scary moments and drowning the challenger in pace over five rounds. The unanimous decision mattered because it served as another successful featherweight title defense in one of the most talked-about regional fights of that summer.

Key moments

• The rematch was framed afterward as a fight-of-the-year candidate because both men kept trading through all five rounds.
• Kolesnik badly hurt Landwehr with a head kick in round two and later landed a spinning body kick that created another crisis in round four.
• Landwehr's pressure and output held up over the full twenty-five minutes, earning him the unanimous decision.

Landwehr's first M-1 featherweight title defense started badly when Lezhnev cracked him early and spent heavy energy chasing the finish, but the fight flipped once Landwehr's pace began to tell. By the third round the champion had broken the challenger down and closed the show with unanswered punches in another wild M-1 title fight.

Key moments

• Lezhnev hurt Landwehr with a leaping left hook in the opening round and briefly controlled from side control after following him down.
• Landwehr steadied himself, kept forcing scrambles and pressure, and looked noticeably fresher as the fight moved into the later rounds.
• Lezhnev's gas tank faded in round three and Landwehr finished with unanswered strikes at 3:10.

Landwehr went into enemy territory for his first M-1 title shot, absorbed the rough spots, and trusted that his pace would eventually crack Dalgiev. That is exactly how it played out: once the champion faded, Landwehr swarmed with punches and left Russia with the M-1 featherweight belt.

Key moments

• The bout was for the M-1 featherweight championship and marked Landwehr's first major title opportunity.
• Landwehr later said he could feel Dalgiev tiring as the fight stretched on, which shaped the way he managed the first two rounds.
• He forced the finish with punches at 4:35 of round two to win the belt.

Landwehr followed his strong M-1 debut with a much tighter fight against Kolesnik and still found a way to edge the cards. The split decision was significant because it set up the later rivalry and kept his momentum moving toward the title picture.

Key moments

• The bout went the full three rounds and was close enough that the judges were split on the winner.
• Landwehr earned the nod in Moscow despite entering as the less proven side of the matchup.
• The win pushed his M-1 start to 2-0 and laid the groundwork for their later title-fight rematch.

Landwehr announced himself in M-1 by stopping Korobkov in his promotional debut and doing it quickly once the second round opened. The finish was an early sign of the aggressive style that would soon carry him to the promotion's featherweight title.

Key moments

• This was Landwehr's first fight under the M-1 banner after building his record on the U.S. regional scene.
• He put Korobkov away with punches 1:31 into the second round.
• The win gave him immediate momentum in the promotion before the first Viktor Kolesnik meeting.

Landwehr banked a three-round unanimous decision over Solon Staley in one of his last U.S. regional fights before the move into M-1. The win mattered because it kept his momentum building after the Diego Saraiva stoppage earlier that year.

Key moments

• The fight went the full three rounds, giving Landwehr another decision win on the regional circuit.
• Judges awarded Landwehr a unanimous decision at Fight Time's November to Remember card.
• It was his final victory before the 2017 M-1 jump that changed the level of opposition.

Landwehr closed the first round hard against Diego Saraiva and collected another regional stoppage win by punches. It was part of the finishing-heavy stretch that rebuilt his record before the later M-1 run.

Key moments

• Stopped Saraiva with punches at 4:47 of round one.
• The finish came on the A&A Fight Time Promotions: A Night of Explosions card in Florida.
• It gave Landwehr his first win after the Mark Cherico submission loss.

Cherico handed Landwehr a setback in a vacant title fight, catching the rear-naked choke early in the second round. The loss mattered because it interrupted Landwehr's fast regional climb and left him needing to rebuild again on the local circuit.

Key moments

• The bout was contested for the vacant Gladiators of the Cage featherweight title.
• Cherico finished the rear-naked choke 1:34 into round two.
• Landwehr answered the defeat by winning his next three recorded fights in 2015 and 2016.

Landwehr kept his early-career momentum moving by stopping Anthony Jones in the second round at BMF Invitational 6. The result fit the shape of his pre-M-1 record, where pressure and volume regularly turned into punch stoppages.

Key moments

• Finished Jones with punches at 3:03 of round two.
• The bout came less than a month after Landwehr's decision win over Justin Steave.
• It moved him to 6-1 before the later title-fight loss to Mark Cherico.

Landwehr opened 2015 with a full three-round win over Justin Steave and kept adding rounds to a record that was still mostly built on finishes. That decision set up the busy stretch that followed with Anthony Jones and then Mark Cherico.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision after three rounds at Gladiators of the Cage 15.
• The result pushed Landwehr's record to 5-1 at the time.
• It started a three-fight run in the first four months of 2015.

Landwehr proved he could hold up over championship distance here, edging Adam Townsend by split decision after five rounds. The win mattered because it was one of the earliest signs that his pressure style could survive beyond the quick regional finishes on the front end of his record.

Key moments

• The bout lasted the full five rounds before going to the judges.
• Landwehr took a split decision over Townsend on the 3FC 20 card.
• It was his first recorded fight after the Keith Richardson knockout win in late 2013.

Landwehr rebounded from the D'Juan Owens loss by knocking out Keith Richardson late in the opening round at XFC 26. The finish put him back on track and started the stretch that led into the longer Adam Townsend fight the next February.

Key moments

• Stopped Richardson with punches at 4:43 of round one.
• The fight took place under the XFC banner in October 2013.
• It was Landwehr's first recorded win after the only loss of his first four pro bouts.

Owens handed Landwehr the first loss of his pro career by unanimous decision after three rounds at XFC 22. The setback was important mostly because of the response it forced, with Landwehr winning his next ten recorded fights before the Mark Cherico defeat.

Key moments

• Lost a unanimous decision over three full rounds.
• The fight marked the first defeat on Landwehr's professional MMA record.
• He answered by stopping Keith Richardson in his next recorded bout.

Landwehr moved to 2-0 as a pro by forcing a second-round punch stoppage of Chris Wright under the XFC banner. It was another early finish in the stretch where most of his wins were still arriving before the midpoint of the fight.

Key moments

• Finished Wright with punches at 3:56 of round two.
• The bout came three months after Landwehr's pro debut win over Billy Mullins.
• It gave him back-to-back stoppage victories to open his career.

Landwehr's professional debut ended with a second-round knockout of Billy Mullins and set the tone for how his record would build. It was the first entry in a career that quickly became heavy on pressure, damage and stoppages.

Key moments

• Knocked out Mullins with punches at 1:21 of round two.
• The fight was Landwehr's professional MMA debut at XFC 18.
• It started a 3-0 opening run before the first career loss to D'Juan Owens.