A welterweight bout between Vicente Luque and Mike Perry will serve as the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 14 in August.
MMA Junkie verified the matchup between Luque (16-6-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) and Perry (13-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) with a person close to the situation following an initial report from Twitter user @MMAUNCENSORED1. The person request anonymity because the UFC has yet to make an official announcement.
UFC on ESPN+ 14 takes place Aug. 10 at Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay. The entire card streams on ESPN+.
Luque, 27, who in an honorable mention in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie MMA welterweight rankings, is riding an impressive 9-1 stretch over his past 10 fights and has beaten some solid fighters along the way. His finishing ability has stood out above all, though, because Luque has put all his opponents away inside the distance.
Perry, 27, will not make it easy for Luque to continue his trend, however. “Platinum” has never been stopped by strikes and submitted just once in MMA. Moreover, Perry is coming off the biggest win of his career, which was a unanimous decision over Alex Oliveira in the “Fight of the Night” at UFC on ESPN+ 8 in April.
With the additions, the latest UFC on ESPN+ 14 lineup includes:
- Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche
- Vicente Luque vs. Mike Perry
- Taila Santos vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith
- Rogerio Bontorin vs. Raulian Paiva
- Enrique Barzola vs. Bobby Moffett
- Marina Rodriguez vs. Tecia Torres
- Cyril Gane vs. Raphael Pessoa
- Veronica Macedo vs. Rachael Ostovich
- Geraldo de Freitas vs. Chris Gutierrez
- Aleksei Kunchenko vs. Laureano Staropoli
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