Vicente Luque earned a hard-fought win by unanimous decision over fellow Brazilian Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Luque took the cards 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 in their welterweight bout, the main event.
Luque landed more strikes overall but Dos Anjos landed nearly as many significant strikes as his countryman; Luque landed 72 significant strikes to Dos Anjos’ 66.
Luque finished with eight takedowns to two for Dos Anjos, and Luque had 12:01 of control to just 3:54 for Dos Anjos.
Luque improved to 22-9-1 in MMA while Dos Anjos dropped to 32-15.
–Field Level Media