Luque vs Krantz

Who won Luque vs Krantz?

Vicente Luque beat Derrick Krantz by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 10, on Saturday 18th May 2019 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.

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 Krantz stats

Vicente Luque stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Derrick Krantz made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 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 Derrick Krantz's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Luque had an advantage in power over Krantz, with a 53% knock out percentage over Krantz's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Krantz had a slight advantage over Luque, with a 46% submission rate over Luque's 40%.

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

Luque had a height advantage of 1 inch over Krantz. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Luque's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Krantz's, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 11 months later than Krantz, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 73 to Krantz's 65.

Luque vs Krantz form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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.

Activity check

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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