In the featured matchup of UFC Rio tomorrow night, we are going to see a fight that I’m scratching my head over in terms of the match making. Brazil’s Vicente Luque (23-11-1) will be welcoming Joel Alvarez (22-3) to the welterweight division.

Starting with Alvarez, he makes the move up to 170 after struggling for years to make 155 pounds. Alvarez was a massive lightweight and he’s still very big for 170 pounds. I mean the man is 6’3 and he missed weight twice at lightweight.

Since June 2019, Alvarez is 7-1 with the lone loss coming against top lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan. Since that loss to Tsarukyan, Alvarez has won three fights in a row all by finish. Now, he’ll be making his welterweight debut against Vicente Luque.

It would likely shock most to find out that Vicente Luque

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