
Fighter profile
Joaquin Buckley
Per-discipline Elo and momentum, each with its percentile within the WW division (435 fighters).
Fought across 2 divisions:9 MW · 8 WW (now)
Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.
Striking · offense
Striking · defense
Grappling · offense
Grappling · defense
Totals (no benchmarks in this view) · 17 UFC fights · 199:51 total fight time
Opponents' records as of fight night — the quality of opposition Joaquin has faced, inside the UFC and out.
Div rank, percentile & tier place this view's opp win % among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Mean UFC pound-for-pound Elo of opponents faced (~1500 = average), split by result. Div rank, percentile & tier place it among active division peers with 3+ UFC bouts (career distribution).
Opponents' records as of each fight night, counted from their full pro careers rather than only the bouts we hold — so a regional opponent reads as the fighter they were, not as 0‑0. Always all promotions; SCOPE does not apply here.
How the betting market priced Joaquin, and the hypothetical return on a flat 1-unit bet at the closing line every UFC fight. Retrospective analytics — not a betting signal.
over 17 close-line bets
57% implied
ROI +1.4%
Avg -199
ROI +57.8%
Avg +189
Based on 17 of 17 UFC fights with a closing line · draws & no-contests excluded.
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · 2026-05-09Buckley-1665/310/00—Brady+13677/1804/10012:09
- U-DEC · R5 5:00UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · 2025-06-14Buckley-22044/1480/00—Usman+17841/994/13012:57
- KO/TKO · R3 4:42UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · 2024-12-14Buckley-21375/1510/101:18Covington+17437/1241/803:40
- KO/TKO · R3 2:17UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. · 2024-10-05Buckley-22534/934/714:13Thompson+18549/1060/000:03
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · 2024-05-11Buckley-13486/1564/415:30Ruziboev+11331/720/000:34
- KO/TKO · R2 3:17UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · 2024-03-30Buckley+10855/1310/000:49Luque-13221/630/300:09
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green · 2023-10-07Buckley-17968/1762/402:21Morono+14840/1411/200:13
- KO/TKO · R2 4:15UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill · 2023-05-20Buckley-22526/892/310:23Fialho+18222/510/000:07
- KO/TKO · R2 2:49UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · 2022-12-10Buckley-17450/1630/00—Curtis+14436/870/010:06
- U-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · 2022-09-03Buckley+20646/1740/300:29Imavov-25551/1092/703:56
- KO/TKO · R2 5:00UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett · 2022-06-18Buckley+18127/1050/020:22Duraev-22410/502/901:48
- S-DEC · R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill · 2022-02-19Buckley-16251/1535/802:05Razak Alhassan+13646/943/403:34
- KO/TKO · R3 2:26UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann · 2021-09-18Buckley-19341/1021/611:18Arroyo+16121/460/000:24
- KO/TKO · R1 2:12UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar · 2021-01-16Buckley-3033/220/00—Di Chirico+21712/230/010:01
- KO/TKO · R2 0:18UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez · 2020-11-21Buckley-26543/800/221:49Wright+20518/470/100:02
- KO/TKO · R2 2:03UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · 2020-10-10Buckley+20029/941/211:03Kasanganay-26528/790/00—
- KO/TKO · R3 0:32UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik · 2020-08-08Buckley+33340/1200/200:13Holland-45579/1340/020:12
- Decision · R3 5:00Bellator 197 - Chandler vs. Girtz · 2018-04-13Buckley+380—/——/———Storley-500—/——/———
- Decision · R3 5:00Bellator 185 - Mousasi vs. Shlemenko · 2017-10-20Buckley——/——/———de Jesus——/——/———
- Decision · R3 5:00Bellator 175 - Rampage vs. King Mo 2 · 2017-03-31Buckley——/——/———Patterson——/——/———
- Buckley——/——/———Heatherly——/——/———
Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

