Storley vs Buckley

Who won Storley vs Buckley?

Logan Storley beat Joaquin Buckley by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 197, on Friday 13th April 2018 at The Family Arena in St. Charles.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Logan Storley.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Storley vs Buckley stats

Logan Storley stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Joaquin Buckley made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Logan Storley's 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Joaquin Buckley marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Logan Storley's Bellator record stood at 10-2-0, while Joaquin Buckley's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Storley had a large advantage in power over Buckley, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Buckley's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Storley and Buckley would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Logan Storley was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Buckley had a height advantage of 1 inch over Storley. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Storley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 11 months later than Buckley, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 53 to Buckley's 66.

Storley vs Buckley form

Storley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Dante Schiro at Bellator 265 on 20th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ion Pascu at Bellator 215 on 15th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated AJ Matthews at Bellator 204 on 17th August 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

He was victorious against Joaquin Buckley at Bellator 197 on 13th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Charles.

Activity check

Storley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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