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Joaquin Buckley “New Mansa”

21-9-0 · MatchWiz rating 1615

Age32Height5'10"Reach76"StanceSouthpawDivisionWelterweightCampMurcielago MMACountryUSA

Rating trend

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Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Joaquin Buckley is 11-7 across 18 fights on our tape. He's on a 3-fight losing run. Our rating has him at 1615 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He ends fights

73% of Joaquin's wins have come inside the distance. That's a real trait and a volatile one: a finisher's floor is lower than his highlight reel suggests, because the same aggression that ends fights early loses them early. He absorbs 3.1 significant strikes a minute, which is the number to watch — a high finish rate paired with heavy absorption is a career that tends to be short and loud.

How the model reads him

Joaquin's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Joaquin Buckley — FAQ

What is Joaquin Buckley's record?

11-7 across 18 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1615 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Joaquin Buckley?

He lands 3.6 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 3.1, with 1.4 takedowns per 15 minutes and 70% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Oct 18, 2026Mike MalottL · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott-18
May 10, 2026Sean BradyL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland-15
Jun 15, 2025Kamaru UsmanL · Decision - Unanimous R5UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley-13
Dec 15, 2024Colby CovingtonW · TKO - Doctor's Stoppage R3UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley+20
Oct 6, 2024Stephen ThompsonW · KO/TKO R3UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.+16
May 11, 2024Nursulton RuziboevW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento+15
Mar 31, 2024Vicente LuqueW · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot+25
Oct 7, 2023Alex MoronoW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green+17
May 20, 2023Andre FialhoW · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill+16
Dec 11, 2022Chris CurtisL · KO/TKO R2UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev-17
Sep 3, 2022Nassourdine ImavovL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa-16
Jun 18, 2022Albert DuraevW · TKO - Doctor's Stoppage R2UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett+19
Feb 20, 2022Abdul Razak AlhassanW · Decision - Split R3UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill+15
Sep 18, 2021Antonio ArroyoW · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann+36
Jan 16, 2021Alessio Di ChiricoL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar-46
Nov 22, 2020Jordan WrightW · KO/TKO R2UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez+40
Oct 10, 2020Impa KasanganayW · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen+50
Aug 8, 2020Kevin HollandL · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik-28

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →