UFC on FOX 11 results, photos: Alex White throttles Estevan Payan in first

ORLANDO – From the outset of their meeting, Estevan Payan and Alex White agreed to stand and slug it out, throwing punches and kicks with abandon.

Short-notice replacement White came out ahead in the end, catching Payan in mid-flurry with a punch that floored him early in the first.

The featherweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC on FOX 11 event at Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. It aired on FOX Sports 1 following additional prelims on UFC Fight Pass and ahead of a main card on FOX.

The bout was called off at the 1:28 of the first round after a defenseless Payan took several unanswered punches as he lay against the cage. He immediately leaped up to protest, but in reality, the final punch he took woke him up.

White, who stepped in for an injured Mike Brown, put his speed on display with a series of kicks and spinning backfists, one of which set up a straight left that caught Payan on the chin and set the fight’s end in motion.

“I was pretty nervous with this being my first fight in the UFC,” White said. “But once you get in there, you think, ‘Man, this is just like training,’ and everything just starts kicking in. I was able to connect with some pretty good shots and that was it. I thought the stoppage was pretty fair. He was pretty defenseless, so I think the ref made the right call.”

White (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) remains unbeaten in his professional career and makes a successful octagon debut, while Payan (14-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC), who faced three opponent switches before the confirmation of White, remains winless in the UFC and could face a pink slip.

Up-to-the-minute UFC on FOX 11 results include:

• Alex White def. Estevan Payan via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:28
• Caio Magalhaes def. Luke Zachrich via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:44
• Jordan Mein def. Hernani Perpetuo via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Dustin Ortiz def. Ray Borg via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Mirsad Bektic def. Chas Skelly via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28)
• Derrick Lewis def. Jack May via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:23

For complete coverage of UFC on FOX 11, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.

John Morgan and Matt Erickson contributed to this report on-site in Orlando.