Luque vs Barberena

Who won Luque vs Barberena?

Vicente Luque beat Bryan Barberena by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC on ESPN 1, on Sunday 17th February 2019 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Luque vs Barberena stats

Vicente Luque stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Bryan Barberena made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Vicente Luque's 22nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Vicente Luque's UFC record stood at 16-6-0, while Bryan Barberena's came in at 9-10-0.

The stats suggested Barberena had a large advantage in power over Luque, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Luque's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Luque had a large advantage over Barberena, boasting a 43% submission rate over Barberena's 14%.

Vicente Luque was the younger man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Barberena had a height advantage of 1 inch over Luque. Despite this, he had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Luque was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 months earlier than Barberena, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 73 to Barberena's 73.

Luque vs Barberena form

Barberena had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Robbie Lawler at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Matt Brown at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Before that, he had defeated Darian Weeks at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Jason Witt at UFC Vegas 33 on 31st July 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Luque's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Barberena's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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