Fighter profile

Joaquin Buckley

“New Mansa”

Welterweight · UFC record 11-7 · 18 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 17 Oct 2026

Power Striker

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)67

Power86

Striking defense78

Takedown defense80

WrestlingProvisional measure76

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (18 detailed fights; as of Sat 17 Oct 2026). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED78.0

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED87.4

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 178 cm (5'10")
Reach: 193 cm (6'4")
Stance: Southpaw
Age: 32

Last 3: W L L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

18 detailed UFC fights · 47 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 17 Oct 2026; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed15.7significant, per round

Strikes absorbed14.0per round

Striking differential+1.7per round

Takedown attempts0.89per round

Takedown defense70.2%of attempts stopped

Finish rate72.7%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 15.7
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 14.0
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +1.7
Striking accuracy: 36.1%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 57.8%
Knockdowns per round: 0.19
Target: head / body / leg: 61.7% / 28.0% / 10.3%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 75.2% / 6.2% / 18.6%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 0.89
Takedowns landed per round: 0.40
Takedown accuracy: 45.2%
Takedown defense: 70.2%
Control time per round: 0:28
Submission attempts per round: 0.02
Reversals per round: 0.02

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 11-7-0
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 72.7%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 8 · 0 · 3
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 4 · 0 · 3
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 9 / 5
Average fight time: 11:50 (over 16 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Joaquin Buckley — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 17 Oct 2026	Mike Malott	L	KO/TKO Knee	R2 2:32	UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott
Sat 9 May 2026	Sean Brady	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
Sat 14 Jun 2025	Kamaru Usman	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley
Sat 14 Dec 2024	Colby Covington	W	KO/TKO	R3 4:42	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley
Sat 5 Oct 2024	Stephen Thompson	W	KO/TKO Punch	R3 2:17	UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.

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Joaquin Buckley — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 11 May 2024	Nursulton Ruziboev	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
Sat 30 Mar 2024	Vicente Luque	W	KO/TKO Punches	R2 3:17	UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
Sat 7 Oct 2023	Alex Morono	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green
Sat 20 May 2023	Andre Fialho	W	KO/TKO Kick	R2 4:15	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill
Sat 10 Dec 2022	Chris Curtis	L	KO/TKO Punch	R2 2:49	UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
Sat 3 Sep 2022	Nassourdine Imavov	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
Sat 18 Jun 2022	Albert Duraev	W	KO/TKO	R2 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett
Sat 19 Feb 2022	Abdul Razak Alhassan	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill
Sat 18 Sep 2021	Antonio Arroyo	W	KO/TKO Punches	R3 2:26	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
Sat 16 Jan 2021	Alessio Di Chirico	L	KO/TKO Kick	R1 2:12	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
Sat 21 Nov 2020	Jordan Wright	W	KO/TKO Punches	R2 0:18	UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez
Sat 10 Oct 2020	Impa Kasanganay	W	KO/TKO Spinning Back Kick	R2 2:03	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Sat 8 Aug 2020	Kevin Holland	L	KO/TKO Punch	R3 0:32	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik

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