Luque vs Muhammad

Who won Luque vs Muhammad?

Vicente Luque beat Belal Muhammad by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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 Muhammad stats

Vicente Luque stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Belal Muhammad made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Vicente Luque's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Belal Muhammad marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Vicente Luque's UFC record stood at 16-7-0, while Belal Muhammad's came in at 15-4-0.

The stats suggested that Luque and Muhammad have similar power, both with a 40% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Luque had a massive advantage over Muhammad, boasting a 50% submission rate over Muhammad's 0%.

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

Luque had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Luque was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Muhammad, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 75 to Muhammad's 89.

Luque vs Muhammad 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.

Activity check

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.

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