Luque vs Muhammad II

Who won Luque vs Muhammad II?

Belal Muhammad beat Vicente Luque by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 16th April 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Belal Muhammad.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Luque vs Muhammad II stats

Vicente Luque stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Belal Muhammad made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Luque had a massive power advantage over Muhammad, boasting a 52% knock out percentage over Muhammad's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Luque had a massive advantage over Muhammad, boasting a 38% submission rate over Muhammad's 5%.

Vicente Luque was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Luque had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Luque was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Muhammad, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 70 to Muhammad's 79.

Luque vs Muhammad II form

Luque had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Michael Chiesa at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Stephen Thompson at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He was victorious against Mike Perry at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Belal Muhammad had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Demian Maia at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Leon Edwards at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Lyman Good at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Tim Means at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

He had been beaten by Vicente Luque at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Vicente Luque had been fighting more than Belal Muhammad.

Going to this contest, Vicente Luque had last fought 2 years, 8 months and 27 days ago, while Belal Muhammad's last outing had been 2 years, 10 months and 22 days ago.

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Muhammad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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