Vicente Luque vs. Randy Brown – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 173: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 1, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Vicente “The Silent Assassin” Luque will take on Randy “Rudeboy” Brown in the Welterweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 173 card.

In this post, we will break down Vicente Luque vs. Randy Brown matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 33-year-old, Vicente Luque is coming in with a 18-7-1 record. Luque will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Niko Price at UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje in May.

Brown, meanwhile, is coming off a submission win against Warlley Alves on May 9, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare and holds a 12-3-0 record.

Vicente Luque has an orthodox fighting stance with a 75″ reach. The 34-year-old, Randy Brown is an orthodox fighter with a 78″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Vicente Luque:
→ Luque’s striking accuracy is 53%.
→ Luque lands 5.66 significant strikes per minute.
→ Luque’s takedown accuracy is 50%.
→ Luque’s takedown average is 0.73 per 15 minutes.
→ Luque’s takedown defense is 65%.

Luque comes in with 53% striking accuracy, typically landing about 5.66 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Brown fires at 47% accuracy, landing about 3.41 significant strikes per minute. Vicente Luque also has a 50% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.73 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Brown’s 0.95 takedowns and 71% takedown accuracy.

Randy Brown:
→ Brown’s striking accuracy is 47%.
→ Brown lands 3.41 significant strikes per minute.
→ Brown’s takedown accuracy is 46%.
→ Brown’s takedown average is 0.95 per 15 minutes.
→ Brown’s takedown defense is 71%.

Randy spent on average 10:31 minutes in the Octagon and Vicente has an average fight time of 8:47 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 173 is live in , who do you think will win, Vicente or Randy? Sound off in the comments.

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