
MMA · Athlete
Joaquin Buckley
- Ranking
- 12.
- Form
- Last 5
- Last 15 games
- 9–6 60% wins
Fighter profile
Source: OrcaScore21-9-0
Record
3 losses in a row UFC Welterweight — ranked #8
By method
Wins · 9
Losses · 6
Based on 15 fights recorded by the source
Physical
- Height
- 178 cm
- Reach
- 193 cm
- Weight
- 77 kg
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Style
- Kickboxing
- Age
- 32 years old
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Last 5 fights
- WUD — Win, Decision
- WKO — Win, KO / TKO
- WTKO — Win, KO / TKO
- LUD — Loss, Decision
- LUD — Loss, Decision
Career statistics
- Strikes landed per round
- 46.5
- Significant strikes per round
- 15.1
- Takedowns landed per 15 min
- 1.2
- Takedown success
- 50%
- Takedown defence
- 51.5%
- Submission attempts per 15 min
- 0.1
Significant strike target
- Head 72.2%
- Body 19.9%
- Legs 7.9%
Significant strike position
- Distance 80.6%
- Ground 19.4%
Averages from the fights recorded by the source
Fight history
Loss: Mike Malott UFC · UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott · Welterweight 18 Oct 2026KO / TKO · round 2, 2:35 Loss: Sean Brady UFC · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · Welterweight 10 May 2026Decision · round 3, 5:00 Loss: Kamaru Usman UFC · UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Welterweight 15 Jun 2025Decision · round 5, 5:00 Win: Colby Covington UFC · UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · Welterweight 15 Dec 2024KO / TKO · round 3, 4:43 Win: Stephen Thompson UFC · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree · Welterweight 6 Oct 2024KO / TKO · round 3, 2:25 Win: Nursulton Ruziboev UFC · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · Welterweight 12 May 2024Decision · round 3, 5:00 Win: Vicente Luque UFC · UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · Welterweight 31 Mar 2024KO / TKO · round 2, 3:18 Win: Alex Morono UFC · UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green · Welterweight 8 Oct 2023Decision · round 3, 5:00 Win: Andre Fialho UFC · UFC Fight Night: Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill · Catchweight 21 May 2023KO / TKO · round 2, 4:31 Loss: Chris Curtis UFC · UFC 282: Błachowicz vs. Ankalaev · Middleweight 11 Dec 2022KO / TKO · round 2, 2:52 Loss: Nassourdine Imavov UFC · UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · Catchweight 3 Sep 2022Decision · round 3, 5:05 Win: Albert Duraev UFC · UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett · Middleweight 18 Jun 2022KO / TKO · round 2 Win: Jordan Wright UFC · UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez · Middleweight 22 Nov 2020KO / TKO · round 2 Win: Impa Kasanganay UFC · UFC Fight Night: Moraes x Sandhagen · Catchweight 11 Oct 2020KO / TKO · round 2 Loss: Kevin Holland UFC · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik · Middleweight 9 Aug 2020KO / TKO · round 3Recent matches15
Ended
18 Oct
UFC
Joaquin Buckley12
Mike Malott8
Ended
10 May
UFC
Sean Brady5
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
15 Jun
UFC
Kamaru Usman11
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
15 Dec
UFC
Colby Covington15
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
6 Oct
UFC
Stephen Thompson12
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
12 May
UFC
Joaquin Buckley12
Nursulton Ruziboev
Ended
31 Mar
UFC
Vicente Luque14
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
8 Oct
UFC
Alex Morono
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
21 May
UFC
Andre Fialho
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
11 Dec
UFC
Chris Curtis15
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
3 Sep
UFC
Nassourdine Imavov3
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
18 Jun
UFC
Joaquin Buckley12
Albert Duraev
Ended
22 Nov
UFC
Joaquin Buckley12
Jordan Wright
Ended
11 Oct
UFC
Impa Kasanganay
Joaquin Buckley12
Ended
9 Aug
UFC
Kevin Holland15
Joaquin Buckley12
Source: OrcaScore