LAS VEGAS – Vicente Luque (14-6-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC) wasted little time taking out a UFC newcomer, scoring a vicious first-round finish of Jalin Turner (7-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC).

The welterweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC 229 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It aired on FS1 following additional prelims on UFC Fight Pass and ahead of the main card on pay-per-view.

Luque was the aggressor in the opening seconds, pushing forward with powerful punches. Turner seemed relaxed on the outside and looked to counter with his longer limbs, and he did find the mark with several quick counters. Luque clearly was throwing the heavier blows, but Turner’s work reddened his opponent’s nose.

As the round wore on, Turner became comfortable firing out a quick left hand with pinpoint accuracy. However, he did pay the price of Luque’s counters on a few low kick and knee attempts. A Turner spinning elbow seemed to find the mark, but Luque instantly countered with a big right hand to the chin that sent his opponent to the canvas. Luque jumped on top, finishing the fight in vicious fashion with several massive left hands that left his opponent unconscious on the canvas at the 3:52 mark of the first round.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 229 results include:

• Vicente Luque def. Jalin Turner via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 3:52
• Aspen Ladd def. Tonya Evinger via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:26
• Scott Holtzman def. Alan Patrick via knockout (elbows) – Round 3, 3:42
• Yana Kunitskaya def. Lina Lansberg via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Nik Lentz def. Gray Maynard via TKO (kick, punches) – Round 2, 1:19
• Tony Martin def. Ryan LaFlare via TKO (kick, punches) – Round 3, 1:00

For complete coverage of UFC 229, check out the UFC Events section of the site.