As Luque put it, dominating a prospect like Gorimbo was a reminder to the entire division of just how dangerous he can be on fight night, and why no opponent, regardless of ranking, can afford to take him lightly inside the Octagon.
Luque carries that momentum to Newark this Saturday, where he’ll take on fan-favorite Kevin Holland at UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O’Malley 2. Luque was born less than an hour from the Prudential Center, in Westwood, New Jersey, and will have many of his family members in attendance for what he hopes is the first step of a run toward the welterweight title.
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“The [welterweight] division is moving all over the place,” Luque said. “You got a new champion, a lot of strikers coming up. We have a current striker champion. I think that’s awesome. That’s something I really appreciate, being a striker myself. I think it’s a great opportunity for me to take advantage of all this movement and jump back into the top and soon get a title fight. That’s in my plans and Holland is kind of the fight that I see can start that off for me.
