Thompson vs Luque

Who won Thompson vs Luque?

Stephen Thompson beat Vicente Luque by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 244, on Saturday 2nd November 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Stephen Thompson.

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).

Thompson vs Luque stats

Stephen Thompson stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Vicente Luque made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Stephen Thompson's 21st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Vicente Luque marked his 23rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Stephen Thompson's UFC record stood at 12-8-1, while Vicente Luque's came in at 16-7-0.

The stats suggested Luque had a slight advantage in power over Thompson, with a 53% knock out percentage over Thompson's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Luque had a large advantage over Thompson, boasting a 35% submission rate over Thompson's 7%.

Stephen Thompson was the older man by 9 years, at 42 years old.

Thompson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Luque. Despite this, Luque had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Thompson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 months later than Luque, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 74 to Luque's 75.

Thompson vs Luque form

Stephen Thompson had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Anthony Pettis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Darren Till at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tyron Woodley at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had drawn with Tyron Woodley at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Luque had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had defeated Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Stephen Thompson at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Stephen Thompson had last fought 6 years, 3 months and 20 days ago, while Vicente Luque's last outing had been 3 years, 2 months and 27 days ago.

Thompson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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