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 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Joaquin Buckley's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, 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 6 years, at 30 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 18 more professional rounds, 61 to Duraev's 43.

Buckley vs Duraev form

Buckley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ant nio Arroyo at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He was victorious against Chris Harris at LFA 76 on 13th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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