Overview

• Alvarez defeated Luque by unanimous decision with three 30-26 scorecards on the UFC Fight Night 261 main card in Rio de Janeiro.
• A first-round stoppage for a suspected eye poke was clarified by replay as a legal punch before the bout continued.
• The win was Alvarez’s first at welterweight after a 7-2 UFC run at lightweight marked by a 100 percent finishing rate.
• Luque entered as an unusually large betting underdog on home soil after going 2-4 in his previous six UFC outings.
• Before the fight Luque warned that welterweight power would be different, yet Alvarez controlled both striking and grappling phases.