Luque vs Woodley

Who won Luque vs Woodley?

Vicente Luque beat Tyron Woodley by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 260, on Saturday 27th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Woodley 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.

Tyron Woodley made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 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 Tyron Woodley's came in at 9-5-1.

The stats suggested Luque had a large advantage in power over Woodley, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Woodley's 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Luque had a slight advantage over Woodley, with a 32% submission rate over Woodley's 26%.

Vicente Luque was the younger man by 9 years, at 33 years old.

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

Luque was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 months later than Woodley, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 73 to Woodley's 70.

Luque vs Woodley form

Vicente Luque had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Joaquin Buckley at UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot on 30th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Geoff Neal at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated 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.

He had beaten Michael Chiesa at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Tyron Woodley had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Colby Covington at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gilbert Burns at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Darren Till at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

He was victorious against Demian Maia at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Vicente Luque had last fought 8 months and 10 days ago, while Tyron Woodley's last outing had been 4 years, 2 months and 21 days ago.

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Woodley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

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