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 4 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

Belal Muhammad had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Previous to that, he had beaten Demian Maia at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Going into that contest, his fight against Leon Edwards at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

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

He was victorious against 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.

Activity check

Muhammad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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