WelterweightActive
Joaquin Buckley
“New Mansa”
Country
USARecord
21-8
Weight class
Welterweight
Height
5'10"
Reach
76"
Age
32
Stance
Southpaw
Career stats
14 of 20 wins inside the distance · 53rd percentile
Stopped in 14% of bouts — 4 of 28 · 59th percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 90th percentile
10:38
Avg bout length
2L
Streak
0
Title fights
2
Main events
Percentiles vs 567 welterweights
Counted from the 28 bouts on record, not the full 29-fight career
Strikes & grappling
723 landed from 1988 attempts — 36% accuracy · 24th percentile
19 landed from 42 attempts — 45% accuracy · 62nd percentile
9 in 17 statted bouts · 67th percentile
22m of 3h 20m fought · 33rd percentile
Head 62%
Body 28%
Leg 10%
Of 723 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 21 welterweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 17 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 3h 20m of fight time, of the 28 bouts on record
Next fightBuckley vs Mike MalottUFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott · Oct 17, 2026
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2026 | Mike Malott | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott |
| May 9, 2026 | Sean Brady | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Kamaru Usman | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley |
| Dec 15, 2024 | Colby Covington | WIN | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R3 · 4:42 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley |
| Oct 5, 2024 | Stephen Thompson | WIN | KOPunch | R3 · 2:17 | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. |
| May 11, 2024 | Nursulton Ruziboev | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento |
| Mar 30, 2024 | Vicente Luque | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 3:17 | UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot |
| Oct 7, 2023 | Alex Morono | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green |
| May 20, 2023 | Andre Fialho | WIN | KOKick | R2 · 4:15 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Chris Curtis | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 2:49 | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Nassourdine Imavov | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa |
| Jun 18, 2022 | Albert Duraev | WIN | KOTKO - Doctor's Stoppage | R2 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett |
| Feb 19, 2022 | Abdul Razak Alhassan | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill |
| Sep 18, 2021 | Antonio Arroyo | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 2:26 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann |
| Jan 16, 2021 | Alessio Di Chirico | LOSS | KOKick | R1 · 2:12 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar |
| Nov 21, 2020 | Jordan Wright | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 0:18 | UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez |
| Oct 10, 2020 | Impa Kasanganay | WIN | KOSpinning Back Kick | R2 · 2:03 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen |
| Aug 8, 2020 | Kevin Holland | LOSS | KOPunch | R3 · 0:32 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik |
| Aug 1, 2020 | Jackie Gosh | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | LFA 87: Logan vs. Rosales |
| Sep 14, 2019 | Chris Harris | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | LFA 76: Odgen vs. Browne |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Logan Storley | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 197: Chandler vs. Girtz |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Vinicius de Jesus | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 185: Mousasi vs. Shlemenko |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Justin Patterson | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Bellator 175: Jackson vs. Lawal 2 |
| Nov 10, 2016 | Jackie Gosh | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 2:44 | Bellator 164: Koreshkov vs. Lima 2 |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Chris Heatherly | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 4:14 | Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Kyle Kurtz | WIN | KOTKO (Knees and Punches) | R1 · 4:34 | Shamrock FC: Fuel |
| Jul 25, 2015 | Stacy Bacon | WIN | DECUnanimous Decision | R3 · 5:00 | Shamrock FC: Throwdown |
| Mar 21, 2015 | Kalel Robinson | WIN | KOTKO | R3 · 4:01 | Shamrock FC: Showdown |
| Feb 21, 2015 | Bryant West | WIN | KOTKO | R1 · 2:28 | Shamrock FC: Xtreme Fight Night 2 |
Upcoming
LOSS
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
LOSS
DECDecisionR5 · 5:00
Colby Covington
KOTKO - Doctor's StoppageR3 · 4:42
Stephen Thompson
KOPunchR3 · 2:17
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
KOPunchesR2 · 3:17
Alex Morono
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Andre Fialho
KOKickR2 · 4:15
Chris Curtis
KOPunchR2 · 2:49
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Albert Duraev
KOTKO - Doctor's StoppageR2 · 5:00
Abdul Razak Alhassan
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Antonio Arroyo
KOPunchesR3 · 2:26
Alessio Di Chirico
KOKickR1 · 2:12
Jordan Wright
KOPunchesR2 · 0:18
Impa Kasanganay
KOSpinning Back KickR2 · 2:03
LOSS
KOPunchR3 · 0:32
Jackie Gosh
KOKO/TKOR2
Chris Harris
KOKO/TKOR1
Logan Storley
DECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00
Vinicius de Jesus
DECDecision - SplitR3 · 5:00
Justin Patterson
DECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00
Jackie Gosh
KOKO/TKOR1 · 2:44
Chris Heatherly
KOKO/TKOR2 · 4:14
Kyle Kurtz
KOTKO (Knees and Punches)R1 · 4:34
Stacy Bacon
DECUnanimous DecisionR3 · 5:00
Kalel Robinson
KOTKOR3 · 4:01
Bryant West
KOTKOR1 · 2:28
How the wins came
Record
21
Wins
8
Losses
0
Draws
10:38
Avg bout length
2L
Streak
0
Title fights
2
Main events
Wins, losses and draws are Joaquin Buckley’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 28 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.