Joaquin Buckley
17 UFC Fights | 65% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (73%)
Joaquin Buckley UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Joaquin Buckley is 11-6 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 8 wins by knockout and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 21-8, 10-2 of it outside the UFC. Buckley competes at middleweight as a southpaw grappler, standing 5'10" with a 76" reach at 32 years old. The last bout was a loss to Sean Brady by unanimous decision in May 2026.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 89th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (0.56/fight).
Joaquin Buckley's UFC win rate is 65% (11 of 17 fights), and 73% of those wins came by finish. Buckley averages 1.2 takedowns per fight at 45% accuracy and stops 72% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 21-8
- UFC Record
- 11-6
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 76"
- Age
- 32
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Sean Brady · Decision - Unanimous · May 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Joaquin Buckley's Last 5 Fights
Buckley is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Sean Brady · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
- Loss vs Kamaru Usman · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Jun 2025
- Win vs Colby Covington · KO/TKO · R3 4:42 · UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · Dec 2024
- Win vs Stephen Thompson · KO/TKO · R3 2:17 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · Oct 2024
- Win vs Nursulton Ruziboev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · May 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
Strike Targets
Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Joaquin Buckley vs Average
Joaquin Buckley lands 14.7 strikes in R1 but 21.5 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Joaquin Buckley's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (11-6), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Sean Brady | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 2026-05-09 |
| L | Kamaru Usman | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley | 2025-06-14 |
| W | Colby Covington | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:42 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley | 2024-12-14 |
| W | Stephen Thompson | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:17 | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. | 2024-10-05 |
| W | Nursulton Ruziboev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | 2024-05-11 |
| W | Vicente Luque | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:17 | UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot | 2024-03-30 |
| W | Alex Morono | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green | 2023-10-07 |
| W | Andre Fialho | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:15 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill | 2023-05-20 |
| L | Chris Curtis | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:49 | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev | 2022-12-10 |
| L | Nassourdine Imavov | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa | 2022-09-03 |
| W | Albert Duraev | KO/TKO | R2 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett | 2022-06-18 |
| W | Abdul Razak Alhassan | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill | 2022-02-19 |
| W | Antonio Arroyo | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:26 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann | 2021-09-18 |
| L | Alessio Di Chirico | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:12 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar | 2021-01-16 |
| W | Jordan Wright | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:18 | UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez | 2020-11-21 |
| W | Impa Kasanganay | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:03 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen | 2020-10-10 |
| L | Kevin Holland | KO/TKO | R3 · 0:32 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik | 2020-08-08 |
How Buckley Ranks at Middleweight
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