Kevin Holland said he wasn’t overly impressed with Reinier de Ridder heading into UFC 311, but perhaps his opinion now has changed.

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.

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)

We have you covered for all of tonight's UFC 311 results, including the middleweight bout between Reinier de Ridder and Kevin Holland.

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

Reinier de Ridder is coming off a submission win over Gerald Meerschaert in November, and we expect the Dutch grappler to shine against Kevin Holland in Inglewood.

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

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.