{"id":441442,"date":"2022-04-07T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=441442"},"modified":"2022-04-07T08:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:00:16","slug":"vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot.<\/p>\n<p>Luque (21-7 MMA) is scheduled to meet up with Belal Muhammad (20-3 MMA) at UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday, April 16th. It will be their second fight, the first taking place back in November of 2016 where &#8216;The Silent Assassin&#8217; came out the victor.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of going 2-0 against Muhammad in his first UFC headliner, Luque has his sights set on fighting the former two-time title challenger Colby Covington (17-3 MMA).<\/p>\n<p>In speaking with &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>&#8216;, Luque had this to say about a potential Covington match-up:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s the No. 1 contender. He\u2019s coming off a win. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s gonna happen in the division until I fight and after I fight, so it might be a good fight for me to secure that No. 1 contender (spot) and get the next title shot, so we got to see what\u2019s going to happen.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vicente Luque continued (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmajunkie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When I see Colby, I don\u2019t like his personality, I don\u2019t like who he is as a person outside of the octagon, but I respect him as a fighter. He\u2019s a tough guy. He goes in there and really puts his heart in the fight. So I think it would be an awesome fight. He would go in there and try to beat me; I\u2019m going to go in there and try to finish him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-391867\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Vicente-Luque-Michael-Chiesa.png\" alt=\"Vicente-Luque-Michael-Chiesa\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Vicente-Luque-Michael-Chiesa.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Vicente-Luque-Michael-Chiesa-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Vicente-Luque-Michael-Chiesa-640x367.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luque, 30, has won four of his past five fights and if he defeats Muhammad, he&#8217;s believing a match-up with Covington will prepare him for getting in the Octagon with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/kamaru-usman\/\">Kamaru Usman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing his discussion, Luque said of Covington:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s a wrestler. He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s gonna try to control me, very (much) like Kamaru would try and do against me, so I think it would be a good training. Go in there, five rounds against a guy like Colby and go out there and try and beat him, secure my No. 1 spot, and that might be an option for sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No doubt about it, Luque is already looking past Muhammad, and wanting to secure a title fight.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Vicente Luque vs. Colby Covington in the near future? What is your prediction for his upcoming fight with Belal Muhammad?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot. Luque (21-7 MMA) is scheduled to meet up with Belal Muhammad (20-3 MMA) at UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday, April 16th. It will be their second fight, the first taking place back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54491,"featured_media":290371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22188,39610,39562],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/vicente-luque-Cropped.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Susan Cox\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Susan Cox\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Susan Cox\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/efaaf02455521c802ef054fe6875f60f\"},\"headline\":\"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/\"},\"wordCount\":414,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Colby Covington\",\"UFC\",\"Vicente Luque\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/\",\"name\":\"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/efaaf02455521c802ef054fe6875f60f\",\"name\":\"Susan Cox\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/susan-cox\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot | BJPenn.com","description":"Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/vicente-luque-Cropped.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Susan Cox","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Susan Cox","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/"},"author":{"name":"Susan Cox","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/efaaf02455521c802ef054fe6875f60f"},"headline":"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot","datePublished":"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/"},"wordCount":414,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Colby Covington","UFC","Vicente Luque"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/","name":"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-07T15:00:16+00:00","description":"Vicente Luque believes a fight with Colby Covington could be the ticket for him to secure a UFC welterweight title shot.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/vicente-luque-views-colby-covington-as-the-ticket-to-securing-a-future-ufc-welterweight-title-shot\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Vicente Luque views Colby Covington as the ticket to securing a future UFC welterweight title shot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/efaaf02455521c802ef054fe6875f60f","name":"Susan Cox","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/susan-cox\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}