Kevin Holland, who faces Reinier de Ridder at #UFC311, is 8-2-1 against UFC-level southpaws (W: Neal, Phillips, *GM3, Buckley, Ontiveros, Means, Chiesa, Oleksiejczuk; L: Vettori, Brunson; NC: Dukakis)

Reinier de Ridder faced some adversity in his UFC debut, but none in his sequel fight against Kevin Holland. The former two-weight ONE Champion opened up the UFC 311 main card on Saturday night, taking down Holland with ease in the first round.

Reiner de Ridder debuted with the UFC in November, but UFC 311 was his real welcome party. De Ridder, a former two-division champion under the ONE Championship banner, delivered a flawless performance inside Los Angeles' Intuit Dome on Saturday that will do him wonders moving forward.

Reinier de Ridder lived up to his pre-fight promises, submitting Kevin Holland in the first round to kick off the UFC 311 PPV main card.

Check out the best photos from Reinier de Ridder's first-round submission win over Kevin Holland at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Sp

Kicking off the PPV main card at UFC 311 was a very intriguing matchup in the middleweight division between two guys trying to crack the top fifteen. One of

UFC kicks off the new year with a pay-per-view that will be tough to beat. UFC 311 is topped by two terrific title fights: UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan and bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili vs.

Prediction, pick and betting odds for the main card middleweight matchup Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder at UFC 311

Kicking off the PPV main card tomorrow night at UFC 311 is a very intriguing matchup in the middleweight division

Kevin Holland made it clear heading into UFC 311 that he wasn't overly impressed with Reinier de Ridder. Perhaps now his opinion has changed. De Ridder, the former two-division ONE Championship title holder,