UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The sound of a knee square to the jaw didn’t just surprise the crowd at Bellator 207. The guy who threw it was caught off guard, too. “You don’t live your everyday life hearing that sound and doing that sort of stuff to people,” Mandel Nallo told reporters after flooring Carrington Banks on Friday at Bellator 207 from Mohegan Sun Arena. “So when it happens, it’s like, jeez, oh man – it’s crazy.” Nallo (7-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), 29, had been taking his lumps at the famed Tristar gym before he stepped into the cage against Banks (7-2 MMA, 3-2 BMMA). An early submission attempt failed, and he wound up on bottom after giving up a takedown in the first
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