Who won Luque vs Laprise?
Vicente Luque beat Chad Laprise by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 129, on Saturday 19th May 2018 at Movistar Arena in Santiago.
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 Laprise stats
Vicente Luque stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.
Chad Laprise made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Chad Laprise's came in at 6-4-0.
The stats suggested Laprise had an advantage in power over Luque, with a 54% knock out percentage over Luque's 42%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Luque had a massive advantage over Laprise, boasting a 50% submission rate over Laprise's 8%.
Vicente Luque was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.
Luque had a height advantage of 1 inch over Laprise. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.
Luque was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 11 months earlier than Laprise, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 42 more professional rounds, 73 to Laprise's 31.
Luque vs Laprise form
Vicente Luque had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had lost to Geoff Neal at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beaten Michael Chiesa at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.
He had defeated Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
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Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
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