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Vicente Luque

Middleweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #32; v1.1 (shadow) #41

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 26-38: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,645, deviation 105: measured from 26 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 34 (born 1991-11-27) · Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) · Reach 75 in (190 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 78 days since last bout (2026-08-15) · Last five 2-3 · Streak L1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,645 is the division's 13th highest of 79 board fighters; the ledger stands at -2.4 (+1.6 from quality wins, less 2.0 for blowout losses, less 2.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 4 quality wins in 15 years, 3 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.15 for a 2-3 last five. Score +0.05 = +0.28 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.08 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.15 (form penalty); score order put him at #32.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.0570% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.28resume rating 1,645, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.08quality ledger -2.4: +1.6 QW +0.0 proof -2.0 blowout -2.0 weak
Form penalty0.15last five 2-3
Quality wins, 15 years43 over top-10 opponents, 3 over top-15
Placementscore order #32v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#41score -0.20; score order #39; placement rules -> #41

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-08-15UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado GarryTresean GoreunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)73%
2026-04-11UFC 327: Prochazka vs. UlbergKelvin GastelumunrankedWsubmission1 (4:08)45%
2025-10-11UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. GamrotJoel AlvarezunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)37%
2025-06-07UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2Kevin HollandunrankedLsubmission2 (1:03)52%
2024-12-07UFC 310: Pantoja vs. AsakuraThemba GorimbounrankedWsubmission1 (0:52)42%
2024-03-30UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. FiorotJoaquin BuckleyunrankedLKO/TKO2 (3:17)62%
2023-08-12UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos AnjosRafael Dos Anjos#9Wunanimous decision5 (5:00)43%
2022-08-06UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. HillGeoff Neal#13LKO/TKO3 (2:01)55%
2022-04-16UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. MuhammadBelal Muhammad#6Lunanimous decision5 (5:00)46%
2021-08-07UFC 265: Lewis vs. GaneMichael Chiesa#5Wsubmission1 (3:25)49%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 79 board fighters at Middleweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute4.69(71st percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike accuracy50%(56th percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.66(76th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of wins by finish88%(74th percentile at Middleweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute5.19(89th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike defence52%(53rd percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.24(48th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career1,306(97th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses2 (last 2024-03-30, 946 days ago)(82nd percentile at Middleweight)
Submission losses1(87th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.045(44th percentile at Middleweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes0.83(39th percentile at Middleweight)
Takedown defence61%(40th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of cage time in control14%(43rd percentile at Middleweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground11%(19th percentile at Middleweight)
Stylestriker (1.8 takedown attempts per 15 min; 14% control)
Career stage
Age34.9(68th percentile at Middleweight)
Age at UFC debut23.6(14th percentile at Middleweight)
Years since UFC debut11.3(94th percentile at Middleweight)
UFC bouts26(99th percentile at Middleweight)
Cage time, minutes252(91st percentile at Middleweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.0(58th percentile at Middleweight)
Days since last bout78(54th percentile at Middleweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C1020304020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #3, Welterweight2023-10-13: #3, Welterweight2023-10-20: #3, Welterweight2023-11-03: #5, Welterweight2023-11-10: #5, Welterweight2023-11-17: #6, Welterweight2023-12-01: #6, Welterweight2023-12-08: #6, Welterweight2023-12-15: #6, Welterweight2024-01-12: #7, Welterweight2024-01-19: #7, Welterweight2024-02-02: #7, Welterweight2024-02-09: #7, Welterweight2024-02-16: #7, Welterweight2024-02-23: #7, Welterweight2024-03-01: #7, Welterweight2024-03-08: #7, Welterweight2024-03-15: #6, Welterweight2024-03-22: #6, Welterweight2024-03-29: #6, Welterweight2024-04-05: #15, Welterweight2024-04-12: #15, Welterweight2024-04-26: #15, Welterweight2024-05-03: #15, Welterweight2024-05-10: #14, Welterweight2024-05-17: #14, Welterweight2024-05-31: #14, Welterweight2024-06-07: #14, Welterweight2024-06-14: #14, Welterweight2024-06-21: #14, Welterweight2024-06-28: #14, Welterweight2024-07-12: #13, Welterweight2024-07-19: #14, Welterweight2024-07-26: #14, Welterweight2024-08-02: #14, Welterweight2024-08-09: #17, Welterweight2024-08-16: #17, Welterweight2024-08-23: #18, Welterweight2024-09-06: #18, Welterweight2024-09-13: #17, Welterweight2024-09-27: #17, Welterweight2024-10-04: #17, Welterweight2024-10-11: #16, Welterweight2024-10-18: #16, Welterweight2024-10-25: #16, Welterweight2024-11-01: #15, Welterweight2024-11-08: #15, Welterweight2024-11-15: #15, Welterweight2024-11-22: #15, Welterweight2024-12-06: #15, Welterweight2024-12-13: #12, Welterweight2025-01-10: #12, Welterweight2025-01-17: #12, Welterweight2025-01-31: #12, Welterweight2025-02-07: #12, Welterweight2025-02-14: #12, Welterweight2025-02-21: #12, Welterweight2025-02-28: #12, Welterweight2025-03-07: #12, Welterweight2025-03-14: #12, Welterweight2025-03-21: #12, Welterweight2025-03-28: #12, Welterweight2025-04-04: #12, Welterweight2025-04-11: #12, Welterweight2025-04-25: #11, Welterweight2025-05-02: #10, Welterweight2025-05-09: #10, Welterweight2025-05-16: #10, Welterweight2025-05-30: #10, Welterweight2025-06-06: #10, Welterweight2025-06-13: #14, Welterweight2025-06-20: #15, Welterweight2025-06-27: #15, Welterweight2025-07-11: #15, Welterweight2025-07-18: #15, Welterweight2025-07-25: #18, Welterweight2025-08-01: #16, Welterweight2025-08-08: #13, Welterweight2025-08-15: #13, Welterweight2025-08-22: #12, Welterweight2025-09-05: #12, Welterweight2025-09-12: #12, Welterweight2025-09-26: #12, Welterweight2025-10-03: #12, Welterweight2025-10-10: #12, Welterweight2025-10-17: #19, Welterweight2025-10-24: #20, Welterweight2025-10-31: #20, Welterweight2025-11-07: #21, Welterweight2025-11-14: #20, Welterweight2025-11-21: #22, Welterweight2025-12-05: #23, Welterweight2025-12-12: #23, Welterweight2026-01-23: #23, Welterweight2026-01-30: #23, Welterweight2026-02-06: #23, Welterweight2026-02-20: #24, Welterweight2026-02-27: #25, Welterweight2026-03-06: #25, Welterweight2026-03-13: #25, Welterweight2026-03-20: #25, Welterweight2026-03-27: #26, Welterweight2026-04-03: #27, Welterweight2026-04-10: #27, Welterweight2026-04-17: #18, Welterweight2026-04-24: #19, Welterweight2026-05-01: #19, Welterweight2026-05-08: #19, Welterweight2026-05-15: #21, Welterweight2026-05-29: #21, Welterweight2026-06-05: #20, Welterweight2026-06-13: #18, Welterweight2026-06-19: #18, Welterweight2026-06-26: #18, Welterweight2026-07-10: #19, Welterweight2026-07-17: #19, Welterweight2026-07-24: #19, Welterweight2026-07-31: #20, Welterweight2026-08-07: #23, Welterweight2026-08-14: #24, Welterweight2026-08-21: #27, Middleweight2026-08-28: #28, Middleweight2026-09-04: #27, Middleweight2026-09-11: #29, Middleweight2026-09-18: #29, Middleweight2026-09-25: #29, Middleweight2026-09-26: #29, Middleweight2026-10-03: #30, Middleweight2026-10-10: #30, Middleweight2026-10-17: #32, Middleweight2026-10-24: #31, Middleweight2026-10-31: #32, Middleweight#32

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Listed at Welterweight, then Middleweight over this period.

Predictive rating by bout

1,4001,5001,6001,7001,8002018202020222024Jul 2015Oct 20262015-07-12: 1,467 (L vs Michael Graves)2015-12-19: 1,456 (W vs Hayder Hassan)2016-07-07: 1,562 (W vs Alvaro Herrera Mendoza)2016-09-24: 1,632 (W vs Hector Urbina)2016-11-12: 1,699 (W vs Belal Muhammad)2017-03-18: 1,639 (L vs Leon Edwards)2017-10-28: 1,694 (W vs Niko Price)2018-05-19: 1,700 (W vs Chad Laprise)2018-10-06: 1,717 (W vs Jalin Turner)2019-02-17: 1,710 (W vs Bryan Barberena)2019-05-18: 1,724 (W vs Derrick Krantz)2019-08-10: 1,717 (W vs Mike Perry)2019-11-02: 1,674 (L vs Stephen Thompson)2020-05-09: 1,669 (W vs Niko Price)2020-08-01: 1,687 (W vs Randy Brown)2021-03-27: 1,734 (W vs Tyron Woodley)2021-08-07: 1,736 (W vs Michael Chiesa)2022-04-16: 1,739 (L vs Belal Muhammad)2022-08-06: 1,688 (L vs Geoff Neal)2023-08-12: 1,717 (W vs Rafael Dos Anjos)2024-03-30: 1,650 (L vs Joaquin Buckley)2024-12-07: 1,660 (W vs Themba Gorimbo)2025-06-07: 1,612 (L vs Kevin Holland)2025-10-11: 1,574 (L vs Joel Alvarez)2026-04-11: 1,613 (W vs Kelvin Gastelum)2026-08-15: 1,556 (L vs Tresean Gore)1,556

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 97 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 42 points behind their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 56 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-42what fighters aged 34.9 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-56his recency-weighted mean and trend over 26 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -11 points a year
Combined-97the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0242628303234362015-07-12 (age 23.6): L vs Michael Graves, residual -0.092015-12-19 (age 24.1): W vs Hayder Hassan, residual +0.482016-07-07 (age 24.6): W vs Alvaro Herrera Mendoza, residual +0.492016-09-24 (age 24.8): W vs Hector Urbina, residual +0.382016-11-12 (age 25.0): W vs Belal Muhammad, residual +0.372017-03-18 (age 25.3): L vs Leon Edwards, residual -0.242017-10-28 (age 25.9): W vs Niko Price, residual +0.362018-05-19 (age 26.5): W vs Chad Laprise, residual +0.382018-10-06 (age 26.9): W vs Jalin Turner, residual +0.242019-02-17 (age 27.2): W vs Bryan Barberena, residual +0.362019-05-18 (age 27.5): W vs Derrick Krantz, residual +0.202019-08-10 (age 27.7): W vs Mike Perry, residual -0.222019-11-02 (age 27.9): L vs Stephen Thompson, residual -0.472020-05-09 (age 28.4): W vs Niko Price, residual +0.322020-08-01 (age 28.7): W vs Randy Brown, residual +0.302021-03-27 (age 29.3): W vs Tyron Woodley, residual +0.442021-08-07 (age 29.7): W vs Michael Chiesa, residual +0.422022-04-16 (age 30.4): L vs Belal Muhammad, residual -0.342022-08-06 (age 30.7): L vs Geoff Neal, residual -0.692023-08-12 (age 31.7): W vs Rafael Dos Anjos, residual +0.132024-03-30 (age 32.3): L vs Joaquin Buckley, residual -0.702024-12-07 (age 33.0): W vs Themba Gorimbo, residual +0.332025-06-07 (age 33.5): L vs Kevin Holland, residual -0.672025-10-11 (age 33.9): L vs Joel Alvarez, residual -0.482026-04-11 (age 34.4): W vs Kelvin Gastelum, residual +0.482026-08-15 (age 34.7): L vs Tresean Gore, residual -0.51-0.14

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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