Fialho vs Buckley

Who won Fialho vs Buckley?

Joaquin Buckley beat Andre Fialho by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2, on Saturday 20th May 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

Fialho vs Buckley stats

Andre Fialho stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Joaquin Buckley made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Andre Fialho's UFC record stood at 2-5-0, while Joaquin Buckley's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Fialho had a slight advantage in power over Buckley, with a 81% knock out percentage over Buckley's 73%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fialho had a slight advantage over Buckley, with a 6% submission rate over Buckley's 0%.

Andre Fialho was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Buckley had 2-inch reach advantage.

Fialho's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Buckley's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 month earlier than Buckley, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 44 to Buckley's 50.

Fialho vs Buckley form

Andre Fialho had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Muslim Salikhov at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jake Matthews at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had won against Cameron VanCamp at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Miguel Baeza at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been defeated by Michel Pereira at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Buckley had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chris Curtis at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Before that, he was victorious 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.

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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Andre Fialho had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 8 days ago, while Joaquin Buckley's last outing had been 1 year, 4 months and 17 days ago.

Fialho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Fialho vs Buckley?

Andre Fialho was a 7/4 (+180) underdog going into the contest, while Joaquin Buckley made his way into the ring at 47/100 (-210) with oddsmakers.