With a win over Belal Muhammad, Vicente Luque thinks Colby Covington may very well be the battle to propel him to a UFC welterweight title shot.
Luque (21-7-1 MMA, 14-3 UFC) rematches Muhammad (20-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) in the primary occasion of UFC on ESPN 34 on April 16 seeking to go 2-0 towards the surging Muhammad.
Ought to he emerge victorious in his first UFC headliner, Luque likes the thought of going through former two-time title challenger Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC), whom he appreciates as a fighter however not a lot outdoors the cage.
“He’s the No. 1 contender. He’s coming off a win,” Luque informed ESPN. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen in the division until I fight and after I fight, so it might be a good fight for me to secure that No. 1 contender (spot) and get the next title shot, so we got to see what’s going to happen. When I see Colby, I don’t like his personality, I don’t like who he is as a person outside of the octagon, but I respect him as a fighter. He’s a tough guy. He goes in there and really puts his heart in the fight. So I think it would be an awesome fight. He would go in there and try to beat me; I’m going to go in there and try to finish him.”
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Luque has been on a tear by means of the welterweight rankings. The 30-year-old has scored stoppage wins in his previous 4 fights, incomes three bonuses for his spectacular showings. If he will get previous Muhammad, Luque sees somebody with Covington’s type as the proper prep for champion Kamaru Usman.
“He’s a wrestler,” Luque stated of Covington. “He’s a guy that’s gonna try to control me, very (much) like Kamaru would try and do against me, so I think it would be a good training. Go in there, five rounds against a guy like Colby and go out there and try and beat him, secure my No. 1 spot, and that might be an option for sure.”
