Luque vs Chiesa

Who won Luque vs Chiesa?

Vicente Luque beat Michael Chiesa by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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 Chiesa stats

Vicente Luque stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Michael Chiesa made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws and 11 by submission.

This was Vicente Luque's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Michael Chiesa marked his 21st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Vicente Luque's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Michael Chiesa's came in at 14-7-0.

The stats suggested Luque had a massive power advantage over Chiesa, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Chiesa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chiesa had a large advantage over Luque, boasting a 61% submission rate over Luque's 32%.

Vicente Luque was the younger man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Chiesa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Luque. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Luque was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 10 months later than Chiesa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 75 to Chiesa's 54.

Luque vs Chiesa form

Luque had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He was victorious against Derrick Krantz at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, United States.

Michael Chiesa had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tony Ferguson at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov on 3rd August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kevin Holland at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Sean Brady at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Vicente Luque at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He had beaten Neil Magny at UFC Fight Island 8 on 20th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Vicente Luque had last fought 4 years and 3 months ago, while Michael Chiesa's last outing had been 10 months and 24 days ago.

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Chiesa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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