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Belal Muhammad vs. Vicente Luque

UFC 15-6-0 (1 NC) vs. 17-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-6-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
17-9-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
38
AgeΔ 4 yrs
34
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.5
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
2.2
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vicente Luque carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Vicente Luque absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Belal Muhammad hunts takedowns — 1.98 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Belal Muhammad

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 176
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.5 wins over .500

Vicente Luque

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 178
Tier 3 — regional circuit 74

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15154.36/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
11814.69/min · norm 3.17
13623.92/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13065.19/min · norm 3.08
42.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 44.75%
55.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
110.66/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Belal Muhammad

Distance 91.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 8.1%)

Vicente Luque

Distance 92.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Belal Muhammad

Head 86.6% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 8.0%)

Vicente Luque

Head 75.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Muhammad L/AAccWelterweight med Luque L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1324 / 3270 40.5% 38.5% 1046 / 2170 48.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 72 / 124 58.1% 67.8% 65 / 81 80.2% 67.8%
On the ground 119 / 178 66.9% 67.0% 70 / 101 69.3% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1166 / 3095 37.7% 36.4% 718 / 1775 40.5% 36.4%
To the body 219 / 324 67.6% 70.7% 160 / 225 71.1% 70.7%
To the legs 130 / 153 85.0% 83.0% 303 / 352 86.1% 83.0%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Muhammad L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Luque L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1257 / 2896 43.4% 39.1% 1037 / 2319 44.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 68 / 86 79.1% 68.9% 144 / 197 73.1% 68.9%
On the ground 37 / 57 64.9% 68.0% 125 / 184 67.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 780 / 2308 33.8% 35.6% 985 / 2290 43.0% 35.6%
To the body 245 / 350 70.0% 69.6% 179 / 247 72.5% 69.6%
To the legs 337 / 381 88.5% 82.2% 142 / 163 87.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4635.9% acc · 1.98/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1446.7% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.31
4890.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3960.9% def · norm 63.9%
76:1821.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
34:5513.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:530:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
49:412:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.13/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
120.72/15 · norm 0.44

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Luque has more cage time on record.