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Joaquin Buckley
Joaquin Buckley
15-4 · USA
September 3, 2022 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Nassourdine Imavov def. Joaquin Buckley by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Imavov15/350/100:43
Buckley10/480/200:22
R2
Imavov14/301/102:10
Buckley10/450/000:00
R3
Imavov22/441/501:03
Buckley26/810/100:07
Total
Imavov51/1092/703:56
Buckley46/1740/300:29

Scorecards

Imavov vs Buckley

RdBen CartlidgeDerek ClearyMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R39-1010-99-109-9.9
Total29-2830-2729-2828.9-27.9

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928 · 17 Imavov · 0 Buckley

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Imavov-Buckley.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
ImavovWin probabilityBuckley
46.4%53.6%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
19%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Imavov, blue toward Buckley. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Imavov46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%24%29%
Submission13%28%14%
Decision22%48%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 51
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 2
Buckley54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%36%17%
Submission6%11%3%
Decision28%53%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 46
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R215%
R38%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Imavov
49.5%-101
Buckley
+10149.3%
Most takedownstie 32.9%
Imavov
47.0%-233
Buckley
+23320.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Imavov
Expected: 41.4
41.5
Over 41.5
39.6%
+152
Under 41.5
60.4%
-152
052104
Buckley
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
39.1%
+153
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.7%
-153
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Imavov
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.1%
+110
Exactly 1
19.8%
push
Under 1
42.1%
-110
035
Buckley
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.9%
+204
Under 0.5
67.1%
-204
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 10.3 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Imavov46.4%68.7%−22.3-255
Buckley53.6%31.3%+22.3+205
By method
Imavov by KO/TKO14.1%28.5%−14.4+196
Imavov by submission8.8%13.8%−5.0+514
Imavov by decision23.4%26.3%−2.9+221
Buckley by KO/TKO16.4%17.3%−0.9+388
Buckley by submission10.2%2.7%+7.5+2999
Buckley by decision27.1%11.4%+15.7+638
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds73.3%61.0%+12.3-186
Over 2.5 rds58.4%43.6%+14.8+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.5%38.9%+11.6+141

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
77.2Striking60.6
Imavov +16.6
57.3Grappling42.2
Imavov +15.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ImavovBuckley
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1575
1549
Divisional
1575
1514
Striking offense
1522
1500
Striking defense
1502
1525
Grappling offense
1487
1528
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
26 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.29
Strikes landed / min
3.74
57%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.23
Strikes absorbed / min
3.42
55%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.68
20%
Takedown accuracy
35%
72%
Takedown defense
64%
2.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
71%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
75%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nassourdine Imavov
  • WEdmen ShahbazyanKO/TKO R2
    Close -12010mo before
  • WIan HeinischKO/TKO R2
    Close +1321y 1mo before
  • LPhil HawesM-DEC R3
    Close +1011y 6mo before
  • WJordan WilliamsU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 11mo before
Joaquin Buckley
  • WAlbert DuraevKO/TKO R2
    Close +1813mo before
  • WAbdul Razak AlhassanS-DEC R3
    Close -1626mo before
  • WAntonio ArroyoKO/TKO R3
    Close -19311mo before
  • LAlessio Di ChiricoKO/TKO R1
    Close -3031y 8mo before
  • WJordan WrightKO/TKO R2
    Close -2651y 9mo before
Imavov — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1
Buckley — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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.

KO/TKO
11 wins, 3 losses
W
73% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Imavov
Buckley
4
UFC fights
7
48.0 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
62.5 min · 8.9 avg
10y 6m
Career length
11y 10m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Imavov
Buckley
43W–11L · 79.6%
Overall
83W–21L · 79.8%
34W–9L · 79.1%
Wins
54W–11L · 83.1%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
29W–10L · 74.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Imavov
Buckley
48W–19L · 71.6%
Overall
74W–24L · 75.5%
36W–15L · 70.6%
Wins
61W–24L · 71.8%
12W–4L · 75.0%
Losses
13W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Imavov
Buckley
6.80
Landed / min
4.14
48.8%
Accuracy
31.4%
58.8%
Defense
57.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.44
37.4%
Time at distance
75.7%
Grappling & control
Imavov
Buckley
0.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.68
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
35.0%
72.2%
Takedown defense
64.3%
2.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
37.1%
Control share
53.2%
Strike target map
Imavov
  • Head75%(155)div 64%
  • Body18%(38)div 20%
  • Legs6%(13)div 17%
Buckley
  • Head50%(117)div 64%
  • Body38%(90)div 20%
  • Legs12%(27)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Nassourdine Imavov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Joaquin Buckley
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.