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Joaquin Buckley
“New Mansa”
United StatesMiddleweightActiveage 32
21-8
72% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2024-12-14 → 2024-12-1473held 4 bouts-59 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2024-12-14
Eased since the peak
Upcoming
Scheduled and newly announced fights. Announced bouts are reported bookings not yet on the official card.
- UFC Edmonton2026-10-17Welterweight
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Draw / No contest
- Title
11 wins6 losseslast 5: L L W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(17) | R2(16) | R3(10) | R4(1) | R5(1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 14.1 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 11.0 | 20.0 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 15.7 | 16.0 | 20.8 | 6.0 | 10.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.76 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.12 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:31 | 0:28 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland2026-05-09L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley2025-06-14L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley2024-12-14W·KO·R3 · 4:42
- UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.2024-10-05W·KO·R3 · 2:17
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento2024-05-11W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot2024-03-30W·KO·R2 · 3:17
- UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green2023-10-07W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill2023-05-20W·KO·R2 · 4:15
- UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev2022-12-10L·KO·R2 · 2:49
- UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa2022-09-03L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett2022-06-18W·KO·R2 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill2022-02-19W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann2021-09-18W·KO·R3 · 2:26
- UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar2021-01-16L·KO·R1 · 2:12
- UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez2020-11-21W·KO·R2 · 0:18
- UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen2020-10-10W·KO·R2 · 2:03
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik2020-08-08L·KO·R3 · 0:32
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Mike Malott will face Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Edmonton on October 17 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, marking a significant step up in competition for the rising…
- Sherdog
Bo Nickal will face 2026 NCAA national champion wrestler Max McEnelly at RAF 12 in Cleveland on August 22, the wrestling organization announced.
- MMA Fighting
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