“I wanted to be a professional fighter. I wanted to become a champion one day. And that made me work hard and get to where I am. So in that beginning, maybe that lack of talent kind of cost me a little bit on some fights. But my effort and my dedication overcame that.”

Brazilian and American mixed martial artist

Vicente Catta Preta Luque is a Brazilian and American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has built his career in the UFC, where he fights at welterweight. His public profile is tied to mixed martial arts rather than to writing or public office, and the facts available here identify him chiefly through his athletic career and dual Brazilian and American background.