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UFC Vegas 51 Post Fight Bonuses Announced, Belal Muhammad And Vicente Luque Miss Out

UFC Vegas 51UFC Vegas 51 saw the promotion return to the Apex Arena, with a Fight Night card headlined by a welterweight rematch between Belal Muhammad and Vicente Luque. The card was admittedly a little sparse when it comes to name value, and many of the fights reflected this. Nine of the bouts went to decision, with […]

UFC Vegas 51

UFC Vegas 51 saw the promotion return to the Apex Arena, with a Fight Night card headlined by a welterweight rematch between Belal Muhammad and Vicente Luque.

The card was admittedly a little sparse when it comes to name value, and many of the fights reflected this. Nine of the bouts went to decision, with several lackluster affairs in the mix. However, there were several gems hidden amongst the rest, with Miguel Baeza vs. Andre Fialho a particular highlight.

Belal Muhammad was able to avenge his first loss to Vicente Luque, utilizing a wrestling-heavy performance to pick up a decision victory. He promptly went on to issue a call out targeting Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington.

UFC Vegas 51 Post Fight Bonuses

However, despite winning the headline fight, Muhammad did not receive any form of post-fight bonus. Instead, Andre Fialho picked up a $50k performance of the night bonus for his dramatic KO of Miguel Baeza. Drakkar Klose also picked up the same award, for his brutal beatdown of Brandon Jenkins.

The Fight of the Night went to a women’s bantamweight scrap between Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Wu Yanan. Silva’s first fight as a bantamweight saw her come out on top, earning the unanimous decision victory in a hard-fought brawl with Yanan.

Devin Clark and Alatengheili may well feel somewhat hard done by, having missed out on any bonuses, despite KO victories over William Knight and Kevin Croom.

Do you agree with who received post-fight bonuses at UFC Vegas 51? Did Belal Muhammad deserve something?

Fighters React To Muhammad Outworking Luque At UFC Vegas 51

Belal Muhammad edged closer to a welterweight title shot by earning a unanimous decision win over Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 51 this evening. Both men had their moments in the main even bout, but in the end, Muhammad’s wrestling proved too much to handle for Luque. The American took Luque’s back several times during…

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Belal Muhammad edged closer to a welterweight title shot by earning a unanimous decision win over Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 51 this evening.

Both men had their moments in the main even bout, but in the end, Muhammad’s wrestling proved too much to handle for Luque. The American took Luque’s back several times during the fight and resiliently weathered some brutal strikes from the Brazilian. In his Octagon interview, Muhammad took the opportunity to call out Colby Covington.

#6 ranked welterweight Muhammad is now riding an eight-fight unbeaten streak, having previously defeated Stephen Thompson and Demian Maia last year. With this win over #5 ranked Luque, we can expect Belal to enter the top five in the coming days.

You can catch all the highlights of the main event below.

Belal Muhammad is now on an eight-fight unbeaten streak.

Now, let’s see how fighters reacted to Belal Muhammad’s victory over Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 51.

UFC Vegas 51: Luque vs. Muhammad Results & Highlights

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Fighters React To Muhammad Outworking Luque At UFC Vegas 51

Belal Muhammad edged closer to a welterweight title shot by earning a unanimous decision win over Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 51 this evening. Both men had their moments in the main even bout, but in the end, Muhammad’s wrestling proved too much to handle for Luque. The American took Luque’s back several times during…

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Belal Muhammad edged closer to a welterweight title shot by earning a unanimous decision win over Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 51 this evening.

Both men had their moments in the main even bout, but in the end, Muhammad’s wrestling proved too much to handle for Luque. The American took Luque’s back several times during the fight and resiliently weathered some brutal strikes from the Brazilian. In his Octagon interview, Muhammad took the opportunity to call out Colby Covington.

#6 ranked welterweight Muhammad is now riding an eight-fight unbeaten streak, having previously defeated Stephen Thompson and Demian Maia last year. With this win over #5 ranked Luque, we can expect Belal to enter the top five in the coming days.

You can catch all the highlights of the main event below.

Belal Muhammad is now on an eight-fight unbeaten streak.

Now, let’s see how fighters reacted to Belal Muhammad’s victory over Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 51.

UFC Vegas 51: Luque vs. Muhammad Results & Highlights

MMA News is providing ongoing coverage of UFC Vegas 51. We’ve got you covered with live results, video highlights, and post-fight tidbits.

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Belal Muhammad Avenges Loss To Vicente Luque With Decision Victory – UFC Vegas 51 Highlights

Belal MuhammadAvenging a November 2016 knockout loss to Vicente Luque in the main event of UFC Vegas 51 tonight — Belal Muhammad managed to turn in a wrestling clinic en route to a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) victory — improving his undefeated run to seven consecutive fights. Notching his rematch win over Luque, Muhammad had […]

Belal Muhammad

Avenging a November 2016 knockout loss to Vicente Luque in the main event of UFC Vegas 51 tonight — Belal Muhammad managed to turn in a wrestling clinic en route to a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) victory — improving his undefeated run to seven consecutive fights.

Notching his rematch win over Luque, Muhammad had suffered a one-sided first round knockout loss to the New Jersey-born contender at UFC 205 back in late 2016.

Avoiding the big, power shots and counters from Luque who was attempting to catch and return fire against the Chicago native — Muhammad managed to land five successful takedowns against the #5 ranked challenger, as well as landing a total 89 significant strikes over the course of his first five round turn in.

Off the back of his victory, where Muhammad amassed in excess of 6 minutes of control time — he issued a callout to former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington — echoing claims earlier this week that he would not hesitate fighting the outspoken Clovis native next.

Below, catch the highlights from Belal Muhammad’s unanimous decision win over Vicente Luque

UFC Vegas 51: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 – Results

UFC Vegas 51LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 51: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 results throughout the night (Sat. April 16. 2022) live from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event honors at the UFC Apex facility event; a high-stakes welterweight rematch between the #5 ranked contender, Vicente Luque, and the #6 ranked challenger, Belal Muhammad. […]

UFC Vegas 51

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 51: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 results throughout the night (Sat. April 16. 2022) live from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main event honors at the UFC Apex facility event; a high-stakes welterweight rematch between the #5 ranked contender, Vicente Luque, and the #6 ranked challenger, Belal Muhammad.

In their initial matchup, Luque stopped Muhammad with first round strikes on the preliminary card of UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden in November 2016.

Embarking on a four-fight winning run since his most recent loss to common-foe, Stephen Thompson, Luque, a trainee at Sanford MMA — has recently handed losses to the quarter of Niko Price, Randy Brown, former champion, Tyron Woodley, and in August, Michael Chiesa.

For Muhammad, the Roufusport trainee has enjoyed a two-fight winning run since his official ‘No Contest’ against Leon Edwards last year — defeating both former title challengers, Demian Maia, and the aforenoted, Thompson with decision triumphs.

UFC Vegas 51: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 – Results

UFC Vegas 51 Main Card Results: (ESPN/ESPN+ 8:30 p.m.)

Welterweight: Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad

Middleweight: Caio Borralho vs. Gadhzi Omargadzhiev

Welterweight: Miguel Baeza vs. Andre Fialho

Bantamweight: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Wu Yanan

Featherweight: Pat Sabatini vs. T.J. Laramie

Welterweight: Mounir Lazzezz vs. Ange Loosa

UFC Vegas 51 Preliminary Card Results: (ESPN2/ESPN+ 5:30 p.m.)

Heavyweight: Devin Clark vs. William Knight

Bantamweight: Lina Lansberg vs. Pannie Kianzad

Lightweight: Drakkar Klose vs. Brandon Jenkins

Lightweight: Rafa Garcia vs. Jesse Ronson

Heavyweight: Chris Barnett vs. Martin Buday

Lightweight: Jordan Leavitt vs. Trey Ogden

Strawweight: Istela Nunes vs. Sam Hughes

Bantamweight: Heili Alateng vs. Kevin Croom

Luque Details 2021 Training With Upcoming Opponent Muhammad

UFC welterweight contender Vicente Luque has recalled training with upcoming opponent Belal Muhammad in Las Vegas last September. Having taken the Octagon to London, Columbus, and Jacksonville across the past three weeks, MMA’s premier promotion is set to return to Nevada’s Apex facility tonight for UFC Vegas 51. In the main event, fans will be…

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UFC welterweight contender Vicente Luque has recalled training with upcoming opponent Belal Muhammad in Las Vegas last September.

Having taken the Octagon to London, Columbus, and Jacksonville across the past three weeks, MMA’s premier promotion is set to return to Nevada’s Apex facility tonight for UFC Vegas 51.

In the main event, fans will be treated to a rematch between two elite 170lbers vying for a place in the title conversation. Headliners Luque and Muhammad first collided at UFC 205 in 2016. On that occasion, the Brazilian made quick work of the Chicago native, ending the fight via first-round knockout.

With both men building impressive form and rising the ranks in the years since, it’s time to run it back.

While their collision six years ago provided a taste of each other’s skillsets, as it turns out, the pair had a recent refresher.

Luque Reveals “Technical” Training With Muhammad

Looking ahead to his first main event on MMA’s biggest stage during an interview with The AllStar’s John Hyon Ko, Luque revealed the training session he took part in with Muhammad in 2021.

While in Las Vegas for September’s UFC 266 pay-per-view, the #5 and #6-ranked contenders, who are both managed by Dominance MMA CEO Ali Abdelaziz, did some technical grappling and sparring at the UFC Performance Institute.

“(Muhammad) has trained at Sanford, but I wasn’t there when that happened. But I trained with him last year in Vegas. We were there for—I don’t remember which UFC it was. It was the one where Nick Diaz fought Robbie Lawler,” Luque recalled.

“So we were there, and we’re both managed by Ali, so we were all together, we went to dinner and everything, then next morning, they told me, ‘There’s gonna be training, we’re gonna train at the PI, if you wanna go there?’ So I went there, we worked out a little bit,” added Luque. “But nothing crazy. It was some grappling and then some MMA sparring, but (with) really small gloves and mostly technical.”

It’s safe to say that not much spurs pre-fight discussion quite like history between two competitors in the gym. While that is often the case, as shown by Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane’s limited time sparring in Paris prior to their UFC 270 clash, the personalities of Luque and Muhammad certainly don’t lend themselves to that narrative.

Belal Muhammad & Vicente Luque
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 12: Vicente Luque of Brazil (right) fights against Belal Muhammad of the United States in their welterweight bout during the UFC 205 event at Madison Square Garden on November 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Reflecting on his training with “Remember The Name,” Luque said he has no issue sparring or sharing the gym with his fellow welterweights, even when he expects to fight them down the line. “The Silent Assassin” also pointed out that training with future rivals isn’t focused on as much as it is in MMA in any other sport.

“I had a great time, he’s a really nice guy, just like me. We don’t mind training with each other. We know that eventually we could fight again, and that’s just how it is,” said Luque. “I don’t mind training with guys and eventually fighting them. I think it’s natural. In other sports, it’s supernatural. People play tennis and they’ll train with each other and then play against each other. For me, it’s not a big deal.”

While both Luque and Muhammad have played down the impact their first fight could have on their rematch, that, along with their 2021 training session, means they’ve certainly had a unique look at each other’s arsenals ahead of their main event collision.

Who do you think will have their hand raised in tonight’s main event, Vicente Luque or Belal Muhammad?

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