Buckley vs Alhassan

Who won Buckley vs Alhassan?

Joaquin Buckley beat Abdul Razak Alhassan by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 19th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Joaquin Buckley.

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 Alhassan stats

Joaquin Buckley stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Abdul Razak Alhassan made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Joaquin Buckley's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Abdul Razak Alhassan marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Joaquin Buckley's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, while Abdul Razak Alhassan's came in at 6-7-0.

The stats suggested Alhassan had a large advantage in power over Buckley, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Buckley's 77%.

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

Joaquin Buckley was the younger man by 9 years, at 30 years old.

Buckley had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Buckley was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 months later than Alhassan, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 61 to Alhassan's 30.

Buckley vs Alhassan form

Joaquin Buckley had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ant nio Arroyo at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alessio Di Chirico at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jackie Gosh at LFA 87 on 31st July 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Chris Harris at LFA 76 on 13th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

He had been beaten by Logan Storley at Bellator 197 on 13th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Charles.

Abdul Razak Alhassan had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Alessio Di Chirico at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Jacob Malkoun at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Khaos Williams at UFC Vegas 14 on 14th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Mounir Lazzez at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had won against Niko Price at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Abdul Razak Alhassan had been fighting more than Joaquin Buckley.

Going to this contest, Joaquin Buckley had last fought 3 years, 6 months and 12 days ago, while Abdul Razak Alhassan's last outing had been 3 years, 7 months and 2 days ago.

Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Alhassan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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