By the time December rolls around, and we start considering fights for “Fight of the Year,” I’m pretty confident Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barberena will stand the test of time.
For nearly 15 full minutes, Luque (15-6-1 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and Barberena (14-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) put themselves through an all-out war, trading blows to the tune of 332 combined significant strikes – third most in the history of the UFC. Just when it looked like the fight would go to a decision, it was Luque who finally found a TKO with 6 seconds remaining in the third round.
It was an incredible finish to an incredible fight as Luque became the first man to knock out Barberena in his nearly 10-year professional career.
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WHAT. A. FIGHT.
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