Chirico vs Buckley

Who won Chirico vs Buckley?

Alessio Di Chirico beat Joaquin Buckley by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on ABC 1, on Saturday 16th January 2021 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

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).

Chirico vs Buckley stats

Alessio Di Chirico stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Joaquin Buckley made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

Alessio Di Chirico's UFC record stood at 4-7-0, while Joaquin Buckley's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Buckley had a massive power advantage over Chirico, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Chirico's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chirico had a massive advantage over Buckley, boasting a 33% submission rate over Buckley's 0%.

Alessio Di Chirico was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

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

Chirico was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 9 months earlier than Buckley, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 41 to Buckley's 50.

Chirico vs Buckley form

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

In his last fight before 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

Chirico's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Buckley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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