| UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 16, 2022 (2022-04-16) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 (also known asUFC on ESPN 34 andUFC Vegas 51) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 16, 2022, at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A welterweight rematch betweenVicente Luque andBelal Muhammad headlined the event.[3] The pair previously met atUFC 205, where Luque won the bout via first-round knockout.[4]
A lightweight bout betweenDrakkar 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 betweenMiguel Baeza andDhiego Lima was scheduled for the event.[7] However, Lima announced his retirement from competition in early February and was replaced byAndré Fialho.[8]
A featherweight bout betweenMelsik Baghdasaryan and T.J. Laramie was originally booked forUFC 268, but Laramie had anMRSA infection and it was postponed. They were then expected to meet at this event.[9] In turn, Baghdasaryan pulled out for unknown reasons and Laramie was matched up againstPat Sabatini.[10]
A lightweight bout between Victor Martinez andJordan Leavitt was scheduled for the event.[11] However, Martinez withdrew from the event for unknown reasons and was replaced by Trey Ogden.[12]
Uriah Hall was expected to meetAndré 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 betweenElizeu Zaleski dos Santos andMounir Lazzez was expected to take place at the event.[16] However, Zaleski dos Santos withdrew the week of the fight for personal reasons.[17] He was replaced by Ange Loosa.[18]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Belal Muhammad | def. | Vicente Luque | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Caio Borralho | def. | Gadzhi Omargadzhiev | Technical Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 3:56 | [a] |
| Welterweight | André Fialho | def. | Miguel Baeza | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:39 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Mayra Bueno Silva | def. | Wu Yanan | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Pat Sabatini | def. | T.J. Laramie | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Mounir Lazzez | def. | Ange Loosa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Devin Clark | def. | William Knight | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:21 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Pannie Kianzad | def. | Lina Länsberg | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Drakkar Klose | def. | Brandon Jenkins | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:33 | |
| Lightweight | Rafa García | def. | Jesse Ronson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:50 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Martin Buday | def. | Chris Barnett | Technical Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 1:35 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Jordan Leavitt | def. | Trey Ogden | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Sam Hughes | def. | Istela Nunes | Decision (majority) (29–27, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Bantamweight | Alateng Heili | def. | Kevin Croom | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:47 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[20]
