Buckley vs Duraev

Who won Buckley vs Duraev?

Joaquin Buckley beat Albert Duraev by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 18th June 2022 at Moody Center in Austin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Buckley vs Duraev stats

Joaquin Buckley stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Albert Duraev made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Joaquin Buckley's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Joaquin Buckley's UFC record stood at 11-5-0, while Albert Duraev's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Buckley had a massive power advantage over Duraev, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Duraev's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Duraev had a massive advantage over Buckley, boasting a 60% submission rate over Buckley's 0%.

Joaquin Buckley was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Duraev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Buckley. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Buckley's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Duraev's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 11 months later than Duraev, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 66 to Duraev's 43.

Buckley vs Duraev form

Buckley had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alex Morono at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Andre Fialho at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Chris Curtis at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had defeated Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Activity check

Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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