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UFC on FOX 11 results, photos: Body shot leads Caio Magalhaes past Luke Zachrich

ORLANDO – From the way Caio Magalhaes came out throwing nothing but power punches, you could probably guess that he wasn’t terribly interested in playing it safe.

That’s why it should have come as no surprise that, less than a minute into the fight, he dropped Luke Zachrich with body shots and finished him off with punches from the top to claim the TKO victory at 0:44 of Round 1.

The middleweight 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.

Magalhaes wasted no time going on the offensive in this one. After following one headhunting hook with one another, he finally put Zachrich in trouble when he went to the body. A left hook to the gut doubled Zachrich over, and a follow-up knee in nearly the same spot put him down.

From there, Magalhaes went right after the finish, punishing Zachrich with power punches from above until referee John McCarthy called a stop to the bout, over the protests of Zachrich.

“It was a quick and fast fight,” Magalhaes said. “I’m very happy with the knockout. I’ve improved and gotten much better every fight. I’ve been training a lot with Glover Teixeira, and he just keeps making me better. I’ve won a few times in the UFC now, so I’m ready to fight whoever they want me to.”

Magalhaes (8-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has now won three straight in the UFC. Zachrich (13-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) loses for the first time since 2010.

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

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