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After D’Arce choke win, Vicente Luque wants recent UFC main-event winner Darren Till next
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SAO PAULO – After taking advantage of a short-notice opportunity, Vicente Luque has lofty aspirations for his next outing.
On Saturday at UFC Fight Night 119, Luque (12-6-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) choked out previously unbeaten Niko Price (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in a welterweight preliminary-card bout.
After the FS2-televised bout, which preceded the FS1 main card at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Luque said the fight with Price, which came on about three weeks’ notice, was a golden opportunity.
“He was definitely a dangerous guy, but I think that made so much sense,” Luque told MMAjunkie. “(I could) take all of the momentum he got with knocking out Alan Jouban (in August). …
“This guy is undefeated, has all of this momentum coming from him. I wanted to take that from him. That’s what I had as a plan.”
The 25-year-old New Jersey-born Brazilian, who successfully rebounded from a decision loss to Leon Edwards with Saturday’s victory, is now on a 5-1 run – and all five of the victories have come via stoppage. Like he did against Price, who tapped out from a second-round D’Arce choke, Luque is now anxious to swipe someone else’s momentum.
Namely, he wants undefeated Darren Till (16-0-1 MMA, 4-0-1 UFC) who scored a signature career victory after topping perennial contender Donald Cerrone via first-round TKO in UFC Fight Night 118’s headliner a week ago.
“I want to get the best strikers in the division,” Luque said. “I believe Darren Till is a guy who’s doing awesome, and he has beautiful striking. I feel like a fight with me and him, that’s going to be awesome. Also, Cerrone, (Jorge) Masvidal – those guys are big names. But Till? I think Till will be an exciting fight.”
Why?
“He’s a great striker,” Luque said. “He’s a long guy. He knows how to move well. I want to test myself against a guy like that. … Now I’m ready to face a top guy like that.”
For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 119, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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