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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

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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 […]

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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: If I Wanted To Be Rewarded For Results, I Wouldn’t Be In UFC

Vicente Luque is being realistic about his UFC career. The UFC welterweight division is full of talented athletes, many of whom may be very close to a title shot. However, one man who only has one win at 170 pounds may be swooping in to take a shot at the champion. That man is Conor…

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Vicente Luque is being realistic about his UFC career.

The UFC welterweight division is full of talented athletes, many of whom may be very close to a title shot. However, one man who only has one win at 170 pounds may be swooping in to take a shot at the champion. That man is Conor McGregor.

McGregor recently announced that he would like to return to the welterweight division and feels he deserves an immediate title shot. McGregor is the most famous fighter on the roster and in the past has been known to get exactly what he wants.

To the rest of the welterweights that have been putting in the work, McGregor jumping the line is unfair. Luque feels that McGregor inserting himself in the title picture doesn’t make sense, but he is also realistic about how these things world in the UFC.

“That’s the thing. MMA is not only a sport. It’s entertainment. And there’s nothing we can do about it,” Luque to The Allstar. “If I wanted to be in a system where there would be rankings and I would be rewarded for my results, I would be an Olympic athlete and I would fight in another sport. In this sport, we’ve gotta entertain.

Luque has four wins in a row against top welterweight talent. He is currently sitting in the number five spot in the rankings and could be up for a title shot soon. He is doing what he can to make his way up the ranks but could continue to be passed over.

“The way I can do it is by fighting my ass off and putting on good fights,” he explained. “Eventually, (I’ll) be interesting enough to be the guy to fight for the title. I know that I’m gonna sell pay-per-views just by my style. But other guys are gonna do it by talking. So, it’s not something that I get mad about. I understand. Whenever they decide to do that, I’ll fight more and I’ll put on better shows, and I’ll knock guys out… That’s just gonna move my worth up.”

With McGregor sniffing around a title shot, another option is more likely. Dana White has announced that it will be Leon Edwards who is slated to be next for champion Kamaru Usman. Perhaps Luque can hold off McGregor from cutting in and secure his shot against the winner of Usman vs. Edwards.

Luque has a bout against Belal Muhammad tonight at UFC Vegas 51 and, with a win, could have a chance at cutting the line himself.

Do you think Vicente Luque would deserve a title shot with a victory over Belal Muhammad tonight at UFC Vegas 51?

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