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 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 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mike Perry at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Before that, he had defeated Derrick Krantz at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, United States.

He was victorious against Bryan Barberena at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix.

Activity check

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Muhammad's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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