The stakes will be raised when Belal
Muhammad and Vicente
Luque square off for a second time in the Octagon.
A welterweight rematch between Muhammad and Luque will serve as the
five-round headliner for a UFC
Fight Night event on April 16.
ESPN was first to report the pairing. A venue has not been
announced for the event.
Muhammad and Luque initially squared off at UFC 205 in Madison
Square Garden, where Luque won via knockout in 79 seconds. Muhammad
has lost just once in 12 UFC appearances since that defeat and is
currently unbeaten in his last seven outings, with a no contest
against Leon
Edwards the only blemish on his ledger during that time. The
former Titan FC title holder is coming off back-to-back decision
triumphs against Demian Maia
and Stephen
Thompson.
Luque, meanwhile, is currently riding the momentum of a four-bout
UFC winning streak, with finishes of Niko Price,
Randy
Brown, Tyron
Woodley and Michael
Chiesa to his credit. “The Silent Assassin” has been victorious
in 10 of his last 11 promotional appearances, with his lone loss
coming at the hands of Thompson in November 2019.