Ranked Welterweight contenders Vicente Luque and Michael Chiesa are set to fight at UFC 265.
Luque (No. 5) and Chiesa (No. 6) continue to carve their paths to a UFC Welterweight title shot; however, one of those routes will hit a dead-end on Aug. 7, 2021. A source with knowledge of the booking confirmed it to MMAmania.com following an initial report by Cageside Press.
Luque (20-7-1) is riding a three-fight win streak with consecutive finishes of former UFC champion Tyron Woodley, Randy Brown and Niko Price. Unanimous decision losses to Stephen Thompson and Leon Edwards are his only defeats since bouncing back from a loss in his promotional debut in 2015. His hit list includes Mike Perry, Bryan Barberena, Belal Muhammad and Hayder Hassan, among others.
A revitalized Chiesa (18-4) is undefeated since moving to 170 pounds in Dec. 2018. He enters the Luque fight on a four-fight win streak, the best of his UFC career, with wins over Neil Magny, Rafael dos Anjos, Diego Sanchez and Carlos Condit. Other notable names on his record include Beneil Dariush, Jim Miller, Fransisco Trinaldo and Al Iaquinta.
UFC 265 takes place on Sat., Aug. 7, 2021, from a location to be determined. The pay-per-view (PPV) event is headlined by a UFC women’s Bantamweight match-up between division champion Amanda Nunes vs. Julianna Pena. Also on the card is Jose Aldo vs. Pedro Munhoz and Tecia Torres vs. Angela Hill.
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