Vicente Luque Taps Kelvin Gastelum With First-Round D’Arce at UFC 327

Overview

• The middleweight prelim bout took place at UFC 327 in Miami’s Kaseya Center on the CBS/Paramount+ broadcast.
• Luque dropped Gastelum with an uppercut, followed with ground strikes, then secured a D’Arce choke for the tap at 4:08 of Round 1.
• The D’Arce is a shoulder-and-arm choke that compresses the neck, and it is a move Luque often uses.
• Both fighters are longtime UFC veterans and former welterweights, and Gastelum entered as the betting favorite.
• Coverage noted this as Luque’s fifth career D’Arce and his seventh win on a numbered UFC card, which could set up bigger matchups.