Buckley vs Luque

Who won Buckley vs Luque?

Joaquin Buckley beat Vicente Luque by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 30th March 2024 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

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).

Buckley vs Luque stats

Joaquin Buckley stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Vicente Luque made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Joaquin Buckley's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Vicente Luque marked his 22nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Joaquin Buckley's UFC record stood at 11-4-0, while Vicente Luque's came in at 16-6-0.

The stats suggested Buckley had a large advantage in power over Luque, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Luque's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Luque had a massive advantage over Buckley, boasting a 36% submission rate over Buckley's 0%.

Joaquin Buckley was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Luque had a height advantage of 1 inch over Buckley. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Buckley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 2 months later than Luque, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 61 to Luque's 73.

Buckley vs Luque form

Buckley had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Stephen Thompson at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Enterprise Center, St. Louis.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot on 30th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Before that, he was victorious 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.

He had won against 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.

Vicente Luque had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Geoff Neal at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Michael Chiesa at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He was victorious against Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Joaquin Buckley had been fighting more than Vicente Luque.

Going to this contest, Joaquin Buckley had last fought 7 months and 10 days ago, while Vicente Luque's last outing had been 1 year, 9 months and 3 days ago.

Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Buckley vs Luque?

Joaquin Buckley was a 1/1 (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Vicente Luque made his way into the ring at 4/5 (-130) with oddsmakers.