UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2

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UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateApril 16, 2022 (2022-04-16)
Venue UFC Apex
City Enterprise, Nevada, United States
AttendanceNot announced [1]
Event chronology
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade

UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 (also known as UFC on ESPN 34 and UFC Vegas 51) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 16, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. [2]

Contents

Background

A welterweight rematch between Vicente Luque and Belal Muhammad headlined the event. [3] The pair previously met at UFC 205, where Luque won the bout via first-round knockout. [4]

A lightweight bout between Drakkar Klose and Nikolas Motta was briefly link to the event. [5] However, Motta was removed from the event for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Brandon Jenkins. [6]

A welterweight bout between Miguel Baeza and Dhiego Lima was scheduled for the event. [7] However, Lima announced his retirement from competition in early February and was replaced by André Fialho. [8]

A featherweight bout between Melsik Baghdasaryan and T.J. Laramie was originally booked for UFC 268, but Laramie had an MRSA infection and it was postponed. They were then expected to meet at this event. [9] In turn, Baghdasaryan pulled out due to unknown reasons and Laramie was matched up against Pat Sabatini. [10]

A lightweight bout between Victor Martinez and Jordan Leavitt was scheduled for the event. [11] However, Martinez withdrew from the event due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Trey Ogden. [12]

Uriah Hall was expected to meet André Muniz in a middleweight bout at the main card. [13] However, on April 2, Hall withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. [14] Muniz was also pulled after promotion wasn't able to find him a replacement. [15]

A welterweight bout between Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos and Mounir Lazzez was expected to take place at the event. [16] However, Zaleski dos Santos withdrew the week of the fight due to personal reasons. [17] He was replaced by Ange Loosa. [18]

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight Belal Muhammad def. Vicente Luque Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47)55:00
Middleweight Caio Borralho def.Gadzhi OmargadzhievTechnical Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)33:56 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight André Fialho def. Miguel Baeza TKO (punches)14:39
Women's Bantamweight Mayra Bueno Silva def. Wu Yanan Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Featherweight Pat Sabatini def.T.J. LaramieDecision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26)35:00
Welterweight Mounir Lazzez def.Ange LoosaDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Heavyweight Devin Clark def. William Knight TKO (punches)33:21
Women's Bantamweight Pannie Kianzad def. Lina Länsberg Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Drakkar Klose def.Brandon JenkinsTKO (punches)20:33
Lightweight Rafa García def. Jesse Ronson Submission (rear-naked choke)24:50 [lower-alpha 2]
HeavyweightMartin Budaydef. Chris Barnett Technical Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)31:35 [lower-alpha 3]
Lightweight Jordan Leavitt def.Trey OgdenDecision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Women's Strawweight Sam Hughes def.Istela NunesDecision (majority) (29–27, 29–27, 28–28)35:00 [lower-alpha 4]
Bantamweight Alateng Heili def. Kevin Croom TKO (punches)10:47
  1. ↑ Bout was stopped at 3:56 of round 3 as Borralho was deducted one point due to an accidental illegal knee which rendered Omargadzhiev unable to continue.
  2. ↑ García was deducted one point in round 2 due to an illegal knee.
  3. ↑ Bout was stopped at 1:35 of round 3 as Buday inadvertently elbowed Barnett in the back of the head rendering him unable to continue.
  4. ↑ Nunes was deducted one point in round 3 due to an eye poke.

[19]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [20]

See also

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