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.

Joaquin Buckley's UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Vicente Luque's came in at 15-5-0.

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 30 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 20 less professional rounds, 50 to Luque's 70.

Buckley vs Luque form

Vicente Luque had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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 beaten Michael Chiesa at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

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

Activity check

Luque's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 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.