Buckley vs Arroyo

Who won Buckley vs Arroyo?

Joaquin Buckley beat Ant nio Arroyo by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Vegas 37, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Arroyo stats

Joaquin Buckley stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ant nio Arroyo made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Joaquin Buckley's UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Ant nio Arroyo's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Buckley had a massive power advantage over Arroyo, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Arroyo's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Arroyo had a massive advantage over Buckley, boasting a 44% submission rate over Buckley's 0%.

Joaquin Buckley was the younger man by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Arroyo had a height advantage of 5 inches over Buckley. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Buckley was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 month later than Arroyo, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 50 to Arroyo's 23.

Buckley vs Arroyo 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.

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Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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