There’s putting your best foot forward, and then there’s what Bryan Barberena and Vicente Luque did on Sunday.
UFC Phoenix marked the promotion’s first main card to be broadcast on ESPN television and the second fight on that card was an all-time barnburner between Barberena and Luque, two welterweights determined to smash each other into oblivion. It was Luque who would pick up the TKO-victory with just six seconds remaining in the final round, but both men were awarded with a $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus and showered with praise following the spirited encounter.