UFC welterweights Vicente Luque and Belal Muhammad squared off in a five-round rematch at UFC Vegas 51 this evening. The first time No. 4 Luque and No. 5 Muhammad fought was in 2016. In that fight Luque knocked out Muhammad in under two minutes.
This time they both had their moments in a fight that went all five rounds. Luque landed some heavy shots, but Muhammad used his wrestling to outwork his opponent and won the fight via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-47). With the win, “Remember the name” is now one step closer to the titleshot.
In the co-main event middleweight Caio Borralho defeated Gadzhi Omargadzhiev by technical decision after three rounds.
On the prelims Swedish bantamweights Pannie Kinzad and Lina Lansberg fought three tough and bloody rounds, with Kianzad coming out as the winner.
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$50,000 bonuses
As usual, a couple of fighters banked an extra $50,000 in bonuses.
The Fight of the Night bonus went to Mayra Bueno Silva and Wu Yanan. The Performance of the Night bonuses went to Drakkar Klose and Andre Fialho.
UFC Vegas 51 full results
Main card:
- Welterweight: Belal Muhammad def. Vicente Luque by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-47)
- Middleweight: Caio Borralho def. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev by technical decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
- Welterweight: Andre Fialho def. Miguel Baezaby TKO (punches), round 1
- Women’s bantamweight: Mayra Bueno Silva def. Yanan Wu by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Featherwegiht: Pat Sabatini def. T.J. Laramie by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Welterweight: Mounir Lazzez def. Ange Loosa by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30,27)
Prelims:
- Heavyweight: Devin Clark def. William Knight by TKO (elbow and punches),
- Women’s bantamweight: Pannie Kianzad def. Lina Lansberg by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Lightweight: Drakkar Klose def. Brandon Jenkins by TKO (punches), round 2
- Lightweight: Rafa Garcia def. Jesse Ronson by submission (rear naked choke), round 2
- Heavyweight: Martin Buday def. Chris Barnett by technical decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Lightweight: Jordan Leavitt def. Trey Ogden by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
- Strawweight: Sam Hughes def. Istela Nunes by majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28)
- Bantamweight: Alatengheili def. Kevin Croom by TKO (punches), round 1
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