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 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Vicente Luque's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, 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 10 more professional rounds, 75 to Krantz's 65.

Luque vs Krantz form

Luque had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 opponents and going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won 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.

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

Going into that contest, he had defeated Bryan Barberena at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix.

Before that, he was victorious against Chad Laprise at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

He had won against Belal Muhammad at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Activity check

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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