Vicente Luque knows how the game is played, in and out of the cage, but he refuses to allow it to dictate how he conducts himself. The 26-year-old “Silent Assassin,” who faces fellow up-and-coming welterweight Chad Laprise at UFC Fight Night 129 on Saturday in Santiago, Chile, relates how he came by his nickname.
“It was while I was on [‘The Ultimate Fighter’ Season 21]. There were a lot of guys on the show who were always talking, and I didn’t talk very much,” Luque told Sherdog.com. “Because I was quiet, people were surprised when they saw that I can really fight.